Barcelona, April 25 (IANS) Two-time champion Kei Nishikori of Japan on Wednesday pulled out of the Barcelona Open second round due to a physical problem against Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. The world No. 22 Nishikori lost…
Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) Finally biting the bullet, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday permitted releasing 3,355 hectares of land, falling under ‘No Development Zones’ or salt pans, for housing, besides a bonanza of higher FSI…
Ratnagiri (Maharashtra), April 23 (IANS) Maharashtra’s ruling Shiv Sena on Monday challenged its coalition ally Bharatiya Janata Party to shift the proposed Nanar refinery complex from the state to Gujarat, even as the latter hit…
Mumbai, April 18 (IANS) Bank customers may be hit as ATM operators have demanded higher ‘interchange rates’ for ATM transactions to enable them to comply with recent stringent RBI guidelines, an industry body said here…
Berlin, April 17 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have discussed the situation in Syria and the possible political process there. Steffen Seibert, spokesperson of the German federal government, said…
Mumbai/Kolkata, April 16 (IANS) Shares of public sector lender UCO Bank on Monday plunged to almost a 12-year low on the stock exchanges following the ongoing probe into an alleged multi-crore loan fraud case. During…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) There has been a 20 per cent decrease in violence related to Left Wing Extremism (LWE) from 2013 to 2017 in the country, along with a 34 per cent reduction…
Thiruvidanthai (Tamil Nadu), April 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that the government was keen to foster creative entrepreneurship in defence manufacturing. He also said that the government was committed to building…
Geneva, April 12 (IANS) Two independent UN human rights experts on Thursday called on Myanmar to release two Reuters reporters who were arrested while investigating the killing of Rohingya Muslims and to drop the charges…
Gold Coast (Australia), April 12 (IANS) Veteran Indian star Sushil Kumar won gold in the men’s 74 kilogram category in the men’s wrestling competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Thursday. Sushil overpowered…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Weakening the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC-PNDT) Act, 1994, implemented to put a check on illegal sex determination, will encourage sex-determination tests, experts said on Tuesday. The Act, which…
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) Three persons were arrested in connection with fraudulent export diversion of more than 500 kg of gold jewellery and 54 kg of gold bangles meant for export were seized, an official…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) In another instance of alleged corporate financial irregularity, a Rajya Sabha MP has lodged a complaint with the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) in Mumbai against the L&T Group and…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday accepted a joint application by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley seeking to withdraw two civil defamation cases. A…
Bangkok, March 30 (IANS) Twenty migrant workers from Myanmar were killed when their bus caught fire in northwestern Thailand on Friday, the police said. The workers were travelling to a factory district near Bangkok when…
Cairo, March 27 (IANS) Voting in Egypt’s presidential elections, in which incumbent President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is widely expected to win a second term, got underway for the second day on Tuesday. The country’s nearly…
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Manufacturer of Nokia phones HMD Global on Monday announced that Nokia 1 with Android Oreo (Go edition) is available in India at all leading mobile phone outlets at a best…
Los Angeles, March 26 (IANS) “Darkest Hour” filmmaker Joe Wright, who has separated from Indian origin sitar player Anoushka Shankar, is set to direct “The Woman in the Window” a big screen adaptation of A.J….
Seoul, March 15 (IANS) North Korea’s Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho was flying to Sweden on Thursday, the Swedish government said, raising the possibility that his trip might be aimed at contacting US officials ahead of…
Paris, March 14 (IANS) France is to sue Google and Apple over abusive trade practices against its startups and software developers, the country’s Minister of Economy and Finance said on Twitter on Wednesday. Bruno Le…