New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday slapped an initial fine of Rs.5 crore on Sri Sri Ravi Shankar-led Art of Living foundation, but declined to stay the holding of the…
Guwahati, March 9 (IANS) In a development that might benefit the ruling Congress ahead of the April assembly elections, the BJP and AGP have split over the recent alliance between the two and both the…
Agartala, March 9 (IANS) The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has been setting up supercomputing centres in technical institutions to boost research and development in manufacturing, defence, power, agriculture, communications, climate change, drugs…
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 9 (IANS) Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, India and the US have agreed to deepen their collaboration against Pakistan-based terror groups Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), responsible for…
Hyderabad, March 9 (IANS) Opposition legislators belonging to YSR Congress Party were suspended from Andhra Pradesh assembly for one day on Wednesday for stalling the proceedings over the land scam in the upcoming state capital….
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) India was the top recipient of remittances in 2015, the government said on Wednesday citing the World Bank. According to the World Bank Migration and Remittances Factbook, 2016, India is…
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) After extremely volatile trading on Wednesday, key Indian equity market indices ended the day on a positive note for the sixth session in a row putting aside weak global cues. A…
Chennai, March 9 (IANS) The 54 hour, 30-minute countdown status for the March 10 launch of an Indian rocket with the country’s sixth navigation satellite is proceeding normally, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The national security advisors of India and Pakistan continue to remain in touch with each other following the cross-border terror attack on the Pathankot airbase in January this year, the…
Bhopal: Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti during a press conference in Bhopal on Feb 5, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Union Water Resources Minister Uma…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Parliament House during the presentation of national budget 2016-17 in New Delhii on Feb, 29, 2016. (Photo: IANS/ Lok Sabha TV) New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Striking…
Kolkata: CAB president Sourav Ganguly visits Eden Garden to inspect preparations for ICC T20 World Cup in Kolkata on Feb 24, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) on…
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) After extremely volatile trading on Wednesday, key Indian equity market indices ended the day on a positive note for the sixth session in a row putting aside weak global cues. A…
London, March 9 (IANS) All deaths in Britain’s hospitals will be examined by a second doctor unconnected to the patients treatment, the media reported on Wednesday. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt told The Guardian he will…
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) An Indian medical student, who was in a state of coma after being attacked by unidentified miscreants in a Russian city, has…
Thane (Maharashtra), March 9 (IANS) A Thane college girl studying in Mumbai has been selected to attend the US Presidential Inauguration Leadership Summit to be held in Washington next year. Oishika Neogi, 16, who just…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) In reciting Urdu poet Nida Fazli’s famous ghazal “safar main dhoop to hogi…” in the packed Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra…
Islamabad, March 9 (IANS) Pakistan has decided not to send its cricket team to the World Twenty20 tournament being held in India until the Indian government gives an assurance of complete security to its players,…
Srinagar, March 9 (IANS) A gunfight was raging on Wednesday between security forces and separatist guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. “A gunfight has started in Awantipora (Pulwama) plant nursery area between…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) For the second year in a row, the government faced embarrassing moments in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday as the opposition forced an amendment to the motion of thanks on…