New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Former Congress MP, Sajjan Kumar, who was serving life imprisonment in connection with cases arising from the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, died on Thursday at a Delhi hospital. He was 80. Kumar, lodged in Tihar Jail,...
Toronto, August 20 (IANS) Monty Desai has stepped down as head coach of the Canada men’s cricket team, bringing an end to his second stint with the side after just over three months in charge. Desai was appointed to the...
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) India will need to more than double its current export trajectory to achieve its ambitious target of $2 trillion in total exports by FY31, requiring a structural transformation of the country's manufacturing and trade ecosystem,...
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) As the Vande Mataram row intensifies, the Congress party on Thursday defended its long-standing practice of singing the first two stanzas of the national song at its programmes, invoking the legacy and endorsement of leaders...
Guwahati, Aug 20 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Thursday reaffirmed his government’s commitment to accelerating development and welfare initiatives as the BJP-led NDA government in the state completed 100 days of its third consecutive term."Building a 'Viksit...
Kolkata, Aug 20 (IANS) The police on Thursday disclosed the identities of all nine persons killed in the fire incident at a hotel building on Mirza Ghalib Street in central Kolkata.Of the nine killed, seven are nationals of Bangladesh, one...
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand continued their stunning run at the BWF World Championships on Thursday, knocking out seventh seeds Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi of Japan 21-16, 21-12 to reach the women’s doubles quarter-finals...
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Brushing aside the doubts over his future in Formula 1, four-time world champion Max Verstappen has signed a contract extension with his Red Bull team that will see him race for the RB22 until the...
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) India will host the 12th BRICS Communications Ministers Meeting on Friday to deliberate on strengthening cooperation in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), digital transformation, innovation and resilient digital infrastructure.The meeting is being organised under India’s...
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Centre’s Department of Consumer Affairs on Thursday announced that it has invited online applications from eligible industries, laboratories, engineering colleges, polytechnics, ITIs and testing facilities for recognition as Government Approved Test Centres (GATCs) under...
Ayodhya, Aug 20 (IANS) Ram Temple Construction Committee Chairman Nripendra Misra on Thursday said that all construction work related to the temple, including within its premises and that of the 'Ram Katha Museum', is expected to be completed by March...
Patna, Aug 20 (IANS) Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday remarked that the Congress Working Committee's (CWC) resolution to sing only the first two stanzas of the national song 'Vande Mataram' at party events, is an "insult to Bharat...