New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will on Friday chair a pre-Budget consultation meeting with financial sector regulators, according to official sources on Thursday. Finance Ministry sources here said that Jaitley would…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) To incentivise farmers against stubble burning in Delhi’s neighbouring states, a major cause of the toxic air pollution in the NCR, the Union Environment Ministry on Thursday approved a regional…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The teachers’ body at JNU on Thursday slammed the administration’s “compulsory attendance” decision as a “malicious” act to create a problem “where none exists”, maintaining that it was taken despite…
Los Angeles, Dec 29 (IANS) Singer Zara Larsson says she considers singer Beyonce Knowles as her “idol”. Larsson, 19, is “influenced” by Beyonce, whom she thinks is a “brilliant role model,” reports femalefirst.co.uk. “I look…
New York, Dec 29 (IANS) The US dollar slipped against other major currencies as investors were digesting the latest economic data from the country. In late New York trading on Thursday, the euro rose to…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has ordered eateries to keep all meat — raw or cooked — out of sight as “it can hurt sentiments”….
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Delhi government’s first priority is to upgrade education, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said after launching a mobile app that would connect about 16,000 members of School Management Committees (SMCs)….
New York, Dec 29 (IANS) US stocks traded slightly higher as trading remains thin in a holiday-shortened week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday increased 32.16 points, or 0.13 per cent, to 24,806.46. The…
Los Angeles, Dec 29 (IANS) Actress Laura Dern says filmmaker Steven Spielberg told her not to have any surgery on her face. Dern, 50, starred in Spielberg’s hit movie “Jurassic Park” when she was just…
Washington, Dec 29 (IANS) Former US President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were named respectively the most admired man and woman in the new Gallup poll. Obama, who has held the…
London, Dec 29 (IANS) Singer Brian McFadden branded his former wife Kerry Katona “evil” after she posed throttling his current girlfriend. Katona enjoyed a four-year marriage with the former Westlife star between 2002 and 2006….
Chennai, Dec 28 (IANS) The ruling AIADMK on Thursday dismissed 44 supporters of sidelined leader and Independent legislator T.T.V. Dinakaran from the party. The party also removed two persons from their posts. In a statement…
Jaipur, Dec 28 (IANS) The Election Commission on Thursday announced by-elections to the Lok Sabha constituencies of Alwar and Ajmer as well as Mandalgarh assembly seat of Rajasthan on January 29, 2018. The counting will…
Manchester, Dec 28 (IANS) Manchester United on Thursday confirmed that their Argentine defender Marcos Rojo will be available for the forthcoming English Premier League (EPL) clash with Southampton at the Old Trafford here on Saturday….
Islamabad, Dec 28 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday said it has been “open and transparent” throughout the meeting between alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav and his wife and mother, and added that it was not an…
Mumbai, Dec 28 (IANS) Remember Swedish pop group ABBA’s effervescent “Dancing Queen”? Well, a Filipino “Dancing Queen” has been wowing audiences at a tony eatery here as the lead singer of the Sino Sikat band…
Mumbai, Dec 28 (IANS) The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) on Thursday said its Consumer Complaints Council (CCC) has upheld complaints against 200 advertisements out of 319 in October for mainly “gross exaggeration of…
Mumbai, Dec 28 (IANS) Hinting at a brewing scam, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Thursday asked Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to “explain” the cost revision of Rs 40,000 crore for 307 irrigation projects…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The Bill on triple talaq passed by the Lok Sabha on Thursday has nothing to do with the Uniform Civil Code, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Thursday, insisting…
Kolkata, Dec 28 (IANS) Mohun Bagan take on the rookies of the Indian Arrows in what is being touted as a historic first ever I-League match at the city football giants’ home ground here on…