New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday thanked the people of the country for supporting his government’s measures to eradicate black money, on the first anniversary of demonetisation. In a series…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Doctors on Wednesday issued a health advisory asking people to avoid outdoor activities like jogging and cycling as high levels of air pollution in Delhi and NCR can cause chronic…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) A year after demonetisation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said terror funding through counterfeit currency had come down drastically in Jammu and Kashmir and Chhattisgarh. “It is very clear…
Bengaluru, Nov 8 (IANS) The Congress party in Karnataka observed Wednesday as black day, marking the completion of one year of demonetisation in the country. There were protests held across the state capital here. On…
Chennai, Nov 8 (IANS) Reliance Infrastructure Limited (RInfra) has emerged the lowest bidder for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract tendered by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) for two 1,000 MW power…
Beijing, Nov 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump arrived here on Wednesday on a state visit to China likely to focus heavily on bilateral trade and tensions with North Korea. Air Force One landed around…
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 8 (IANS) Demonetisation has been all pain and no gain, senior Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor said on Wednesday, summing up the effects of the note ban on its…
Chandigarh, Nov 8 (IANS) Dense fog claimed nine young lives in Punjab’s Bathinda district on Wednesday morning when a cement-mixer truck ploughed through them in low visibility on a flyover on the Bathinda-Chandigarh highway, police…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Observing November 8 as “anti-black money day”, the BJP on Wednesday said the scrapping of high value currency notes a year ago was a “historic” move that “broke the backbone”…
Washington, Nov 8 (IANS) Democrats have scored two significant victories in the US by exploiting President Donald Trump’s deep unpopularity to capture the governorships in Virginia and New Jersey. In Virginia, Ralph Northam defeated Republican…
Lucknow, Nov 8 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the first anniversary of demonetization, saying the “hasty and immature” decision had hurt millions of…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Nov 8 (IANS) A day after Russia’s envoy to India said Beijing and New Delhi should resolve their differences on the Belt and Road project, China said on Wednesday that New…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) All schools and colleges in Delhi will remain shut till Sunday due to alarming levels of pollution, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced on Wednesday. “Delhi’s air quality is getting…
Kolkata, Nov 8 (IANS) Coal India is going to “legally” examine the show cause notices issued by the Odisha government to its subsidiary – Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd – carrying penalty of Rs 20,169 crore for…
Bhubaneswar, Nov 8 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expedite the issuance of notification for constitution of a tribunal to resolve the Mahanadi water dispute with Chhattisgarh….
Srinagar, Nov 8 (IANS) CPI-M MLA Yusuf Tarigami on Wednesday said he told the central government’s special representative Dineshwar Sharma that peace in Jammu and Kashmir can only result out of “genuine and meaningful parleys”….
By Arul Louis United Nations, Nov 8 (IANS) World Court Judge Dalveer Bhandari of India is running for re-election on Thursday when the UN General Assembly and the Security Council will hold separate ballots to…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday attacked the Modi government over demonetisation and questioned how it was being called an “ethical step” when jobs were destroyed and several businesses…
Beijing, Nov 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump arrived here on Wednesday on a state visit likely to focus heavily on trade and tensions with North Korea. The third leg of the US President’s five-nation…
By Nivedita New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Bollylicious, a four-member Belgium-based dance collective, is set to perform to Bollywood songs inspired by Rajasthani folk and semi-classical music as part of a cultural event to celebrate…