By Kavita Bajeli-Datt New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Start-ups are flavour of the season and women are impressively standing tall among a clutter of new-age growth drivers. Filtering through the clichéd slogans that resonate around…
Indore, March 7 (IANS) Unable to pay back borrowed money, a man in Indore opted to sell off his wife for one lakh rupees and posted the offer along with her photograph on Facebook. The…
Bengaluru, March 7 (IANS) In a setback to industrialist Vijay Mallya, the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) on Monday ordered British liquor major Diageo plc not to pay him the $75 million (Rs.504 crore) agreed as…
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) India’s water management issues have pushed the country to the top among 11 nations on the Environmental Justice Atlas, an interactive portal conceived by an international team that…
Bengaluru, March 7 (IANS) The Debt Recovery Tribunal on Monday ordered Britain’s Diageo and its Indian arm, United Spirits Ltd not to pay industrialist Vijay Mallya the $75 million deal amount till the case against…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the Narendra Modi government of muzzling the voice of the poor, tribals and the underprivileged….
Amritsar, March 7 (IANS) Army chief General Dalbir Singh on Monday presented the coveted President’s Standard to 18 Cavalry of the Indian Army at an impressive ceremony here. General Dalbir Singh is also the Honorary…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) The condition of former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who had been hospitalised with fever, improved on Monday and he is likely to be discharged in a few days, a hospital…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Two scientists of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur here have been selected for the National Geoscience Awards-2014 instituted by the union mines ministry, it was announced on Monday. Abhijit Mukherjee,…
Lucknow, March 7 (IANS) A policeman was killed when a stray bullet hit him during the wedding of his daughter in Mainpuri district in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday. The deceased, 50-year-old Rajendra Singh,…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Telecom service providers have requested the sector regulator not to enforce its order on call drops compensation from Monday, as the matter will be heard by the apex court on…
Gurgaon, March 7 (IANS) The Haryana government on Monday signed 11 MOUs involving a total investment of Rs.18,159 crore with different companies on the first day of the two-day “Happening Haryana Global Investors’ Summit-2016” here….
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Panasonic India has launched its exclusive all-body rolling handheld massager costing Rs.3,295 to cure patients with multiple orthopaedic and nerve ailments. Saving the time, effort and money invested in a…
Kulgam: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed during a meeting with party workers in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on May 20, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Srinagar, March 7 (IANS) PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said Monday…
Chennai, March 7 (IANS) India is slated to put into orbit its sixth navigation satellite on Thursday evening, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced here on Monday. The 1,425-kg IRNSS-1F – Indian Regional Navigation…
AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. (File Photo: IANS) Chennai, March 7 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene personally and secure the…
By Debdoot Das Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Come April 3, an expected full house of 65,000 would scream their lungs out in the World Twenty 20 final at a greener and prettier Eden Gardens, with…
Lucknow, March 7 (IANS) A 700-year-old tradition was broken at the famous Mankameshwar temple here on Monday when water from the Gomti river was used for ‘jal abhishek’ on Mahashivratri to spread the message of…
By Mohit Dubey Lucknow, March 7 (IANS) On Sunday, as the results of the legislative council elections through local bodies were being announced, there was a mad scamper by the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) to…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 (IANS) Congress leader A.K. Antony and M.P. Veerendra Kumar of the JD(U) will file their nominations for the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, United Democratic Front (UDF) convener P.P. Thankachen said on Monday….