Indian economy grew 7.2% in 2018-19, likely to top at 7.5%: World Bank
By Arul Louis
New York-- As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman prepares her budget, the World Bank reports Indias economy grew by 7.2 per cent in...
2 prisoners escape UP jail, one gets run over by train
Etawah--Two inmates at Uttar Pradesh's Etawah jail escaped in the wee hours of Sunday but one of them was run over by a train,...
India aims to build $5 tn economy by 2024: Modi
Vladivostok-- Sharing the dais with Russian President Vladimir Putin and leaders of other countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke of building a...
Mahatma’s ashes stolen, photo defaced in MP’s Rewa
Bhopal--As India celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, unidentified miscreants stole a portion of his ashes kept at Bapu Bhawan in Madhya...
Scolded by mom for damaging mobile, teenage girl ends life
Kolkata-- A teenage girl here hanged herself after she was scolded by her parents for damaging her mother's mobile phone, police said on Tuesday. She...
India offered to evacuate people from all neighbouring countries from Wuhan: Jaishankar
New Delhi-- India had offered to evacuate people from all the neighboring countries while bringing back Indian students from the Chinese city of Wuhan...
UN chief wants full investigation into Visakhapatnam gas leak
By Arul Louis
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wants a full investigation into the gas leak at a chemical plant in Vishakapatnam that has killed at...
Opinion: Strategic action against human trafficking long overdue in India
By Amit Kapoor
The annual US Congress-mandated report on human trafficking last week continued to place India in the tier-2 category, which includes countries that...
Two candidates use stray dogs to campaign for them in local UP elections
Lucknow--Campaigning in the Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections is going to dogs -- literally so.
At least two candidates -- one in Rae Bareli and another...
Belgian King, Queen to be treated to Bollywood dance
By Nivedita
New Delhi-- Bollylicious, a four-member Belgium-based dance collective, is set to perform to Bollywood songs inspired by Rajasthani folk and semi-classical music as...
