New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The government on Monday said it will try to ensure that more women MPs get a chance to speak in parliament on Tuesday, the International Women’s Day. The government assurance…
Mumbai/New Delhi/Bengaluru, March 7 (IANS) In a double blow to beleaguered business tycoon Vijay Mallya on Monday, the Enforcement Directorate in Mumbai lodged a money laundering case and the Debt Recovery Tribunal in Bengaluru barred…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Around 200 companies of central forces have arrived in West Bengal ahead of assembly polls and are being engaged in extensive confidence building measures in all districts, an Election Commission official…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Online marketplace Snapdeal and FICCI Ladies Organization (FLO) have signed an agreement to kick-start the “Women Entrepreneurship (WE) in e-commerce” initiative, a statement said here on Monday. “India is the…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Delhi Police has claimed to have arrested a key member of an extortion gang that took about Rs.82 lakh from businessmen in the national capital and Haryana in separate cases….
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Automobile giants Tata Motors has signed a strategic agreement with Bharat Forge Limited and US’ General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) for the Indian defence ministry’s Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) programme,…
Panaji, March 7 (IANS) A case of unnatural death has been registered in connection with the death of a naval personnel after choking on fumes aboard aircraft carrier INS Viraat, Goa Police said on Monday…
Lucknow, March 7 (IANS) Public-sector Hindustan Petroleum (HP) Corp. has launched an ‘all women’ petrol pump here on the eve of International Women’s Day. Named ‘Shakti Filling Station’, the petrol pump with two fuel discharge…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Health organisations on Monday called for improved gender equality all over the world, particularly in the economy and access to healthcare. They said women across the world have unique health…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Women’s right to equal opportunities and a dignified life must be respected, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday on the eve of International Women’s Day. “On the occasion of International…
Gurgaon, March 7 (IANS) Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu announced on Monday that a rail coach factory would be set up in Haryana. Addressing captains of industry in the two-day ‘Haryana Happening Global Investors Summit’ here,…
By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, March 7 (IANS) Twenty years is a long time to carry through the dream of passing at least the Class 10 examination, especially when life is a struggle just to make…
President Pranab Mukherjee. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will not attend the World Culture Festival to be organised by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living foundation,…
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday reviewed the overall security situation in the country in the wake of inputs that 10…
Ranchi, March 7 (IANS) A Maoist guerrilla was killed on Monday in a gun battle with security forces in Jharkhand’s Palamau district, police said. The encounter took place in a jungle area under Paki police…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 (IANS) Kerala’s ruling UDF is “pained” at the personal attack unleashed by the Left opposition on Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, said its convenor P.P. Thankachen. Addressing reporters here Monday at the Congress…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Indian Navy chief, Admiral R.K. Dhowan on Monday began a visit to Britain to consolidate existing Maritime Cooperation initiative as well as explore new avenues, an official statement said on…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) State-run oil marketing company (OMC) Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) plans to invest Rs.45,000 crore by 2020 in capacity expansion of its Mumbai and Visakhapatnam refineries, along with augmenting of…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Bariatric surgeons specialising in obesity and diabetes in Asia will be able to access, via Facebook, the latest trends, data and know-how on procedures to better serve their patients, said B….
Shimla, March 7 (IANS) The Congress in Himachal Pradesh on Monday slammed Indian cricket board secretary and BJP MP Anurag Thakur for double-speak on the issue of holding the World Twenty20 India-Pakistan match in Dharamsala,…