New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Amazon is improving its foothold in India and the American e-commerce giant could be the second biggest player after Flipkart in the online retail market by 2019, says a new…
Patna, Sep 15 (IANS) The fortnight-long Pitrapaksh period, considered by the Hindus as auspicious for offering ‘pindadan’ — religious service seeking salvation for the dead from the cycle of rebirth, began in Bihar’s Gaya town…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Denying reports of the government mulling devaluation of the rupee, sources in the Finance Ministry here on Thursday asserted that lowering of the value of the Indian currency was not…
Lucknow, Sep 15 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Samajwadi Party needs to remain united ahead of assembly elections next year, party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav said on Thursday. “Elections are around the corner. It’s best for…
By Vikas Datta Title: The Ocean of Churn – How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History; Author: Sanjeev Sanyal; Publisher: Penguin Random House India; Pages: 323; Price: Rs 599 What could be more Indian then…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The worldwide public Cloud services market is expected to grow 17.2 per cent to total $208.6 billion this year — up from $178 billion in 2015, market research firm Gartner…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday said his younger brother Shivpal Singh Yadav will remain the Uttar Pradesh party president. Mulayam Singh told the media here that Shivpal…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The government on Thursday assured people that the information declared under the Income Declaration Scheme (IDS) would be kept confidential and not shared with any authority, an official statement said….
By Biswajit Choudhury New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The Russian-built Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu could, in the near future, be operating on the newer generation TVS-2M fuel assembly, which offers increased…
By Nityanand Shukla Ranchi, Sep 15 (IANS) More than 50 per cent of the land owned by tribals has been acquired for a variety of reasons over the years, displacing and marginalising lakhs of them,…
Agartala/New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) A frontline Sukhoi SU-30 combat jet landed at the civil airport in Agartala on Thursday and departed soon after, with the authorities describing it as a “routine” mission. Informed sources,…
Bhopal, Sep 15 (IANS) Bodies of two teenage girls were found in suspicious circumstances on a farmland in Harda district of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, police said. The victims — Rajni, 15 and Vimla, 16…
Mumbai, Sep 15 (IANS) A fire broke out on Thursday on the top floors of a residential building in Hiranandani Heritage complex at Kandivali here. There were no reports of casualties. According to the fire…
Bengaluru, Sep 15 (IANS) Amidst tight security, police on Thursday foiled attempted rail blockades across southern Karnataka by angry mobs protesting against the state releasing the Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu. “We have arrested…
Nagaon (Assam), Sep 15 (IANS) At least eight people had a miraculous escape on Thursday after their helicopter made an emergency landing at Nagaon in Assam following a technical snag. The helicopter, belonging to Sky…
Lucknow, Sep 15 (IANS) The crisis in Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Samajwadi Party continued on Thursday with General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav failing to persuade Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to call a truce with Shivpal Yadav,…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday congratulated Devendra Jhajharia for winning a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. In a message to Jhajharia, the President said: “I am delighted to…
Sep 15 (IANS) The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Thursday staged protests across Bihar against the release of former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Mohammad Shahabuddin. “NDA leaders and workers have staged dharnas at…
Hyderabad, Sep 15 (IANS) The immersion of Ganesh idols was underway in Hyderabad on Thursday with religious fervour and amid rain and tight security Thousands of vehicles carrying idols of all sizes and in different…
Mumbai, Sep 15 (IANS) Maharashtra bid adieu to Lord Ganesh – the elephant-headed god – on Anant Chaturdashi on Thursday as the curtains fell on the 11-day Ganeshotsav festivities. After performing the farewell ‘Uttar Pooja’,…