Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday nominated Sajda Ahamed as its candidate for the Uluberia Lok Sabha seat bypoll slated to be held on January 29 next year. Sajda is…
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) Bravehearts Indian Arrows held an incoherent Mohun Bagan to a 1-1 draw in an I-League encounter here on Friday. Playing their first ever I-League game on their club ground, the city…
Johannesburg, Dec 29 (IANS) South Africa’s Constitutional court on Friday ordered Parliament to set rules related to the potential dismissal of the country’s President Jacob Zuma after the legislature failed to hold him accountable for…
Athens, Dec 29 (IANS) The arrival of the French modern circus Baraka in Greece for first time on November 15 this year happened to coincide with a tragedy. That night torrential rains hit Elefsina, a…
Cape Town, Dec 29 (IANS) Indian opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan on Friday slammed the Emirates Airlines for not allowing his wife and kids to catch the connecting flight from Dubai to South Africa. Dhawan and…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Delhi government on Friday approved the Education Department’s proposal for setting-up a “world-class” skill centre at Jonapur village in south Delhi at an estimated cost of around Rs 254…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Shortfall in GST collections led to India’s fiscal deficit for the first eight months of 2017-18 reaching 112 per cent — Rs 6.12 lakh crore — of the full year’s…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal has approved the state government’s scheme under which victims of road accidents, fire and acid attacks will get medical treatment in all city hospitals at…
Lucknow, Dec 29 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday once again issued instructions to all government offices to put up a picture of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. The government offices told to put up…
Washington, Dec 29 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Friday put Democratic congressional leaders on notice warning that he would not back relief for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) beneficiaries unless lawmakers appropriated funds…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Centre on Friday urged businesses to prepare for implementing the e-way bill for inter-state transportation of goods under GST from February 1, terming it an efficient use of Information…
Moscow, Dec 29 (IANS) Russian athletes will participate in the parade of national teams at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Koreas PyeongChang, Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Alexander Zhukov…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) A 33-year-old property dealer was gunned down and another severely injured by their two friends following a money-related brawl in the national capital, police said on Friday. The police said…
Gandhinagar, Dec 29 (IANS) Miffed at being given “light-weight” portfolios, Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel was on Friday conspicuous by his absence in his office even as all the newly-anointed Cabinet colleagues took charge…
Cairo, Dec 29 (IANS) At least ten people were killed in a shootout outside a church here on Friday, state media reported. “The security forces thwarted an attack on Mar Mina Church in the Helwan…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The government on Friday extended the deadline to file GSTR-1 for all taxpayers by 10 days, till January 10. In a statement, the Finance Ministry said that all registered persons…
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) The Kolkata Police on Friday issued a notice prohibiting people from carrying sharp and offensive weapons in any public place in the city and the adjoining suburbs for a year starting…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The CBI on Friday said it has busted a human trafficking racket and booked three persons on charges of sending 23 teenaged students to France in 2016 for “a rugby…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) In order to provide safe and affordable accommodation to working women, the Ministry of Women Child and Development (WCD) on Friday said that it has approved 54 new hostels for…