New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) India, Iran and Afghanistan held the first round of trilateral consultations on Afghanistan here on Wednesday, a senior government official said on Thursday. The first round of director general/joint secretary-level…
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) Cement maker ACC, which follows the calendar year in its accounting system, Thursday said it posted a decline of 4 percent in its consolidated net profit during the January-March quarter at…
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti during a meeting in Srinagar on March 24, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Srinagar, April 28 (IANS) As long as Kashmiris play with bats and not guns, the ruling Peoples…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Two housekeeping employees at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library here were arrested for stealing a gold dagger gifted to late prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru by Saudi Arabia, police said…
Vijay Mallya. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) After having revoked his passport last week, India on Thursday wrote to Britain seeking the extradition of liquor baron Vijay Mallya. As of today the…
Kolkata, April 28 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who undertook a massive rally in south Kolkata’s Jadavpur on Thursday ahead of the crucial fifth phase of assembly polls, took a swipe at the…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Morocco, which has free trade pacts with countries in North America and Europe, can be a window for Indian businesses in these regions, according to a Moroccan business delegation on…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Kuldeep Bishnoi’s Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) on Thursday formally merged with the Congress to fight, its leadership said, against the “communal BJP”. The merger, which took place in the presence…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Helped by good growth across key categories like oral care, home care, foods and hair oils, Dabur India posted net profit of 16.6 percent for the fourth quarter (January-March) of…
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. (File Photo: IANS) Thiruvananthapuram, April 28 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Thursday wrote to the Indian embassy in Oman and also to the ministry of external affairs (MEA)…
Kollam (Kerala), April 28 (IANS) Kerala’s Labour Minister Shibhu Baby John was injured on Thursday while taking part in an election debate on a TV channel when a group of people turned violent and pelted…
By Kavita Bajeli-Datt New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) A new drive was rolled out on Thursday in which 100 toilets in schools and anganwadis (rural child health centres) in four Indian states will be made…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) With China losing sheen as the global leader in the apparel market, India needs to take specific steps like lowering input duties and extending market access to fill that space,…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The much-awaited report of a sub-committee of the Public Accounts Committee that scrutinised the “powers and accountability” of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) vis-a-vis the powers of parliament is…
Chandigarh, April 28 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday urged the World Bank to sanction additional funds for the timely execution of water supply and sanitation schemes in waterlogged areas of the…
Ranchi, April 28 (IANS) A petition was filed on Thursday in the Jharkhand High Court for an independent probe into the role of Chief Minister Raghubar Das in awarding a drainage and sewerage consultancy worth…
Agartala, April 28 (IANS) All the top CPI-M leaders including general secretary Sitaram Yechury, his predecessor Prakash Karat, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, and politburo member Brinda Karat would campaign in Kerala ahead of the…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) A 30-year-old woman scientist employed at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) here committed suicide on Thursday by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her government flat, police said….
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The talks between the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan were merely a courtesy meeting — and not an “official dialogue” — where they discussed certain matters, Minister of State…
Agra, April 28 (IANS) A six-foot-long cobra created panic when it was found perched in the office of a carpet making factory here. The Wildlife SOS Rapid Response Unit was summoned after the snake refused…