New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) India on Thursday signed a loan agreement worth $40 million with the World Bank for “UP Pro-Poor Tourism Development Project” aimed at increasing tourism-related benefits for local communities in Uttar…
Mumbai, Dec 28 (IANS) Taking a lesson from the September 29 stampede that claimed 23 lives at Elphinstone Road station here, the Western Railway on Thursday inducted 232 trained security personnel to man 34 critical…
Hyderabad, Dec 28 (IANS) In a New Year gift to farmers in Telangana, the state government on Thursday announced free 24-hour electricity supply to them from January 1. The state electricity authorities have made all…
Jamshedpur, Dec 28 (IANS) Chennaiyin FC consolidated their position at the top of the points table with a 1-0 win over Jamshedpur FC in an Indian super League (ISL) encounter here on Thursday. Jeje Lalpekhlua…
Kolkata, Dec 28 (IANS) Questioning attempts to change the country’s history, noted historian Irfan Habib on Thursday said it would become a mere fiction if one “invented facts” in analysing history. Denying that the Left…
Chengdu, Dec 28 (IANS) The first Malaysian-born giant panda Nuan Nuan, who returned to China last month, finished her stay in quarantine and met the public on Thursday in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The female…
Rome, Dec 28 (IANS) Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni on Thursday said his political mandate has been fulfilled, paving the way for general elections. Holding a traditional year-end press conference at the lower house, Gentiloni…
Mogadishu, Dec 28 (IANS) The Somali government on Thursday announced that it has officially regained control and management of its airspace after 27 years being run by the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The Union government will not reconsider the decision to divest its stake in the debt-ridden Air India, Parliament was informed on Thursday. According to Minister of State of Civil Aviation…
Kolkata: Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee, actress and DMax founder Pallavi Chatterjee and AEMPL MD Srimanta Chatterjee during a program organised to announce Bongo Probashi Milap 2018, in Kolkata on Dec 28, 2017. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata: Actor…
Harare, Dec 28 (IANS) Zimbabwe’s former Army commander Constantino Chiwenga, who led a military takeover that saw former President Robert Mugabe ousted, was sworn in on Thursday as one of the southern African country’s Vice…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Jordan on Thursday called for an increased role for India in the Middle East peace process while appreciating New Delhi’s support for a two-state solution to end the Palestinian conflict….
Bengaluru, Dec 28 (IANS) Upbeat after his victory in the recent R.K. Nagar by-poll, AIADMK leader T.T.V. Dinakaran called on his “silent” aunt and sidelined party leader V.K. Sasikala at the central prison here on…
Shimla, Dec 28 (IANS) A day after assuming charge, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday announced three per cent dearness allowance for the state government employees. The new dearness allowance rates will…