Chicago, Dec 29 (IANS) An Indian-origin college student was shot dead during a robbery attempt at a gas station in the US on Thursday and his relative critically injured, media reports said. Nineteen-year-old Arshad Vhora…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Indian Air Force chief B.S. Dhanoa on Friday flew the last sortie of the ‘Hawkeyes’ squadron’s Mig-21, bringing a glorious end to the reign of the Type 96 variant of…
Shimla, Dec 29 (IANS) Congress leader and Himachal Pradesh firebrand legislator Asha Kumari was booked on Friday for allegedly slapping a woman constable who was on duty outside the venue of a review meeting being…
Sarajevo, Dec 29 (IANS) Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) midfielder Senad Lulic on Friday decided to retire from international football. The 34-year-old Lazio captain emotionally said that he has made this decision with the help of…
Majuli (Assam), Dec 29 (IANS) Aiming to give a boost to the inland water transport sector in the North-East, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday flagged off regular cargo transportation through waterways from Pandu Port…
Shimla, Dec 29 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Friday allocated portfolios to 11 of his Cabinet colleagues, keeping important portfolios like Home, Finance, Tourism and General Administration with himself. Mohinder Singh…
Shillong, Dec 29 (IANS) In a setback to the Congress in Meghalaya ahead of assembly elections, eight MLAs including five from Congress, on Friday resigned from the assembly to contest the polls on the ticket…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Ruling out income tax exemption for cooperative banks, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said they were no different from commercial banks and were, therefore, required to be treated at…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The government has no plans to waive off corporate loans and banks while banks have advised to either resolve their issue of non-performing assets (NPAs), or stressed loans speedily, or…
Mumbai, Dec 29 (IANS) Fourteen persons, including a young woman celebrating her birthday, died from breathing toxic fumes and at least 55 others were injured in a major fire that engulfed a pub and other…
Chicago, Dec 29 (IANS) An Indian-origin student was shot dead during a robbery attempt at a gas station in the US, a media report said. Nineteen-year-old Arshad Vahora was an employee at the gas station…
Bengaluru, Dec 29 (IANS) Search engine Google on Friday honoured eminent Kannada poet and Jnanpith awardee Kuvempu with a doodle on his 113rd birthday. “It’s a great day for Kannadigas and Karnataka, as Google joined…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) India’s total external debt for the end-September quarter 2017 rose by $23.9 billion or 5.1 per cent to $495.7 billion over the level of end-March period, official data showed on…
Chennai, Dec 29 (IANS) DMK on Friday demanded that the Bill that seeks to criminalise triple talaq be referred to a Parliamentary standing committee for in-depth consideration in view of the fact that it has…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Dec 29 (IANS) A tragic fire in a fine-dining restaurant early on Friday morning snuffed out a lively birthday party, killed a get-together and crashed plans for a New Year outing…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Dec 29 (IANS) Silencing those who cite his age, India’s Viswanathan Anand, a five-time World Chess Champion, on Thursday presented himself a world title as a belated birthday gift. Much to…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Government think-tank NITI Aayog is slowest among 52 central ministries and departments, when it comes to addressing public grievances, reveals a government report. According to the Centralised Public Grievance Redress…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind will attend the 22nd convocation of NIMHANS in Karnataka on Saturday, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said on Friday. The President left for Karnataka on Friday evening…
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday dubbed attempts to distort history a “crime” and said it was a “political vendetta”. “I am always in favour of historians… and truth….
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 29 (IANS) Traditionally, remittances from the Middle East have been the mainstay of Kerala’s economy, but with more and more of the state’s diaspora bidding goodbye to the Gulf countries, things are going…