New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) In a move aimed at strengthening India's energy security and reducing the impact of disruptions in imported cooking gas supplies, the government has for the first time fixed refinery-wise and company-wise LPG production targets for...
Amaravati, Aug 16 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Governor S. Abdul Nazeer, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Sunday paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary. The Governor...
Galle, Aug 16 (IANS) Persistent showers forced an early lunch break to be taken on day two of the opening Test between India and Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium here on Sunday, with not a single ball bowled...
Darwin, Aug 16 (IANS) Former players and commentators united to applaud Bangladesh's landmark Test victory over Australia on Sunday, describing their nine-wicket thrashing of the hosts at the Marrara Stadium in Darwin as a ‘momentous’ occasion. Social media exploded with...
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has dismantled a major network allegedly involved in illegally importing South-East Asian areca nuts into India by falsely declaring them as Bangladeshi-origin goods to fraudulently avail concessional duty benefits...
Ranchi, Aug 16 (IANS) The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Sunday alleged that a number of forces are involved in the ongoing students' agitation in the state, including "coaching mafias" and that a certain political party is "using students as...
Kolkata, Aug 16 (IANS) After the former Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly and ex-Trinamool Congress MLA Asish Banerjee was found dead in his home office at Rampurhat in Birbhum district on Sunday morning, a political slugfest erupted in the...
Kolkata, Aug 16 (IANS) Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal's former bodyguard Saigal Hossain has been arrested after a marathon interrogation of about 22 hours, said the police on Sunday morning.He was arrested from his flat in Birbhum district's Bolpur at...
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) As the BWF World Championship are returning to Indian shores after a gap of 17 years, with the world’s best players looking forward to getting their hands on the coveted title, the Indira Gandhi Indoor...
Lucknow, Aug 16 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, BJP state president, Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, the party's general secretary (organisation) Dharampal Singh, and Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak on Sunday...
Mumbai, Aug 16 (IANS) The Indian stock market is likely to remain volatile next week as investors track the US Federal Reserve’s meeting minutes, developments in the US-Iran conflict, elevated crude oil prices, foreign fund flows and movements in gold...
Ahmedabad, Aug 16 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel departed from Ahmedabad in the early hours of Sunday for a visit to the United States and Canada aimed at attracting global investment and inviting investors and industry leaders to the...