New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) After Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman blamed the mindset of millennials for adversely affecting the automobile industry, hashtags like #BoycottMillenialls and #SayItLikeNirmalaTai have thrown up thousands of tweets. “The automobile and…
Mumbai, Sep 11 (IANS) The liquidity crisis triggered after the default of IL&FS is causing the non-banking financial and housing finance companies to pull back on loans to micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs),…
By Vishal Gulati Mohali (Punjab), Sep 11 (IANS) Science poses surprises – sometimes failures and sometimes successes, according to Nobel laureate Serge Haroche, who said on Wednesday that Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists will…
By Ravi Dutta Mishra Mumbai, Sep 10 (IANS) The ongoing economic slowdown in the country has claimed the livelihood of lakhs of people. New projects and investments have been put on hold, while a revival…
Mumbai, Sep 10 (IANS) Caught in a web of intra-party politicking, Bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar abruptly quit the Congress Party here on Tuesday. “I have resigned from the Indian National Congress,” said Matondkar in a…
By Quaid Najmi Beed (Maharashtra), Sep 10 (IANS) In a rare display of affinity, four tearful daughters-in-law broke age-old traditions and carried the body of their beloved mother-in-law, who expired here on Monday morning for…
Beijing, Sep 10 (IANS) Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma is stepping down as Chairman of the multi-billion dollar e-commerce behemoth on Tuesday as the company celebrates its 20th anniversary. Ma, who turned 55 on Tuesday, announced…
Mumbai, Sep 10 (IANS) Moody’s Investor Service on Tuesday said the RBI’s mandate on aligning commercial bank floating loan rates to the external benchmark from next month is credit negative for Indian banks. “Currently, banks’…
Patna, Sep 10 (IANS) The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) may be creating new slogans for the next year’s Bihar Assembly elections, with all its focus on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, but its ally BJP has advised…
Kolkata, Sep 9 (IANS) Kolkata Metro Railway Corporation Limited (KMRCL) here on Monday said it would demolish five damaged houses in the Bowbazar area to do the tunneling work for the 16.60-km East-West Metro Railway…
Chennai, Sep 9 (IANS) Science and technology journalist with NDTV television channel Pallava Bagla was roasted on the social media for the past couple of days. On Monday, he faced flak on Twitter for allegedly…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) IANS launched its latest digital platform IANSLife (www.ianslife.in) On Monday. This is the second B2C offering from IANS after cricketfanatic.in IANSLife focuses on premium lifestyle content. It presents readers with…
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 9 (IANS) Trouble for Rampur Member of Parliament (MP) Azam Khan and his families is mounting day by day. The District Administration has pasted a notice on the house of Azam…
Buldhana (Maharashtra), Sep 9 (IANS) After around 90 stray dogs were found dead with their muzzles and legs tied in the dense forests off Maharashtra’s Buldhana town, civic officials are under scrutiny, police said here…
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) India which currently hosts more than 450 start-ups in the agri-tech sector and every ninth start-up in the world in this field is originating from its soil,…
By Ranjana Narayan Berlin, Sep 8 (IANS) Chinese technology giant Lenovo, that recently won a mammoth 1.5 million laptop order from the Tamil Nadu government, is keen to push the frontiers of its growth in…
Panaji, Sep 8 (IANS) Goa’s former chief swimming coach Surajit Ganguly, who was arrested in the national capital for raping and molesting a 15-year-old swimming champion, has been remanded to six days in police custody…
By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, Sep 8 (IANS) The alleged insult of a Dalit MLA from the ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) at a Ganesh pandal in Amaravati last week, highlights the deep-rooted caste discrimination that…
Kolkata, Sep 7 (IANS) Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Limited (KMRCL) on Saturday started distributing compensation cheques to the residents of central Kolkata’s Bowbazar area who had to vacate their homes after the buildings suffered damages…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi and the party’s interim Chief Sonia Gandhi on Saturday hailed ISRO scientists for their incredible work on the Chandrayaan-2 mission, saying their passion and dedication…