New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) With obesity on the rise among women, experts have said that silicon balloon implants in the stomach are becoming popular among young women in order to reduce their appetite. According…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Nagaland are still out of the purview of the National Food Security Act (NFSA), union Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan informed…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Juvenile Justice Board on Tuesday granted bail to a minor accused in a hit-and-run case in which a 33-year-old business consultant was killed. The minor sought bail on the…
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) The Election Commission on Tuesday asserted central forces which are on deployment for the ongoing assembly polls in West Bengal have never exceeded their brief. “They have never exceeded their brief,”…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Chinese internet conglomerate LeEco said it received 23 million registrations for its second generation of superphones on LeMall.com, eventually selling over 7,50,000 units in a day. The company said Le…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) India and Pakistan on Tuesday held their first formal talks since the January 2 Pathankot terror attack with both sides indulging in some plain speak. New Delhi raised the issue…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Parliament’s key Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has lashed out at the railways for not according due importance to “serious environmental problems” of emissions from diesel locos and dealing with waste…
Siachen: Rescue operation underway on the seventh day at Siachen on Feb 8, 2016. (Photo: IANS/DPRO) New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) At least 15 soldiers lost their lives in avalanches in the last winter, while…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Delhi government was fully prepared to deal with the water crisis for the summer, Water Minister Kapil Mishra said on Tuesday. “Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is fully prepared. The…
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) Ridiculing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who have been campaigning in West Bengal for the ongoing assembly polls, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the two…
Mumbai, April 26 (IANS) A suspected Indian Mujahideen operative wanted by Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat Police forces for various acts of terror, including the triple blasts in Mumbai in July 2011, was on Tuesday arrested…
Chandigarh, April 26 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday directed the authorities to complete construction of the Sri Ram Tirath temple-cum-panorama complex in Amritsar town by September 15. Presiding over a meeting…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) India on Tuesday called for improving connectivity in the region to help Afghanistan harness its trade and transit potential. Connectivity in the region has to be the centrepiece of all…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Hailing the Indian government’s decision to include a panic button for the safety of women and satellite-based GPS in all mobile handsets from next year, the country’s leading smartphone manufacturers…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday refused to divulge information on the mountain strike corps being raised by the Indian Army, saying it would not be in the “national interest”….
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Tuesday strongly pitched for separate system to procure, process and market the milk of ‘desi’ (indigenous) cows. “There is need for separate (system…
Oil rig. (File Photo: IANS) Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) War-hit Yemen has stopped investments in its oil fields after oil prices crashed, said a Yemeni diplomat on Tuesday. “Our government has stopped investments in oil…
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) In the wake of a toddler and her family being beaten up during an alleged political violence in West Bengal, a section of civil society members on Tuesday approached the Election…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Oracle University India on Tuesday announced a tie-up with Punjab-based Rayat Bahra University (RBU) and launched three specialised degree programmes under the Oracle Workforce Development Programme (WDP). The degree programmes…
Imphal, April 26 (IANS) A powerful hand grenade was hurled at the out patient department at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal, but no one was injured in the attack, police said on…