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  • Jaitley for urgent World Bank, IMF quota reforms
    Washington, April 23 (IANS) The World Bank needs to decide the issues of Selective Capital Increase (SCI) to reflect the increasing weight of Developing and Transition Countries (DTCs) and General Capital Incre
    / 23rd April 2017
  • GST consensus exemplar of cooperative federalism: Modi
    New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday applauded Chief Ministers of states for setting aside ideological and political differences for a consensus on the GST regime which he said will
    / 23rd April 2017
  • Kenya's Mary Keitany breaks women's only world record at London Marathon
    April 23 (Reuters) - Kenya's Mary Keitany broke the women's only world record en route to her third London Marathon gold medal on Sunday, finishing in a time of 2:17.01 hours to beat Paula Radcliffe's time of 2
    / 23rd April 2017
  • Meghalaya CM files FIR over fake Twitter account
    Shillong, April 23 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma has filed an FIR over a fake Twitter account created in his name, a police official said here on Sunday.   Sangma lodged a formal compl
    / 23rd April 2017
  • Indian tribal women's 'smart' ride to economic self-reliance
    Sahebganj (Jharkhand), April 23 (IANS) Her thumbs flying fast over the touchscreen of her smartphone, Purnima Mahato, 35, of this tribal village in Jharkhand, has just discovered ease of doing business with her
    / 23rd April 2017
  • North Korea says ready to strike U.S. aircraft carrier
    SEOUL, April 23 (Reuters) - North Korea said on Sunday it was ready to sink a U.S. aircraft carrier to demonstrate its military might, as two Japanese navy ships joined a U.S. carrier group for exercises in the
    / 23rd April 2017
  • French presidential poll a bellwether for Europe
    PARIS, April 23 (Reuters) - France voted on Sunday in the first round of a bitterly fought presidential election that is crucial to the future of Europe and a closely-watched test of voters' anger with the poli
    / 23rd April 2017
  • Actress Erin Moran dead at 56
    Washington, April 23 (IANS) Erin Moran, best known for her role as Joanie Cunningham on the American sitcom "Happy Days" has died. She was 56.   Officers in Harrison county in the Indiana state respo
    / 23rd April 2017
  • I'm not afraid to speak my mind: Frieda Pinto
    Los Angeles, (PTI) Actress Freida Pinto says that speaking her mind can get her "into trouble" but she will still not shy away from sharing her views.   "I'm not afraid to speak my mind, and that can
    / 23rd April 2017
  • Meryl Streep writes an emotional tribute to Viola Davis
    Los Angeles, (PTI) Hollywood star Meryl Streep has written an emotional essay as a tribute to friend and fellow actress Viola Davis.   In Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World issu
    / 23rd April 2017
  • Mumbai beat Delhi in IPL tie
    Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Daredevils by 14 runs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 tie at a jampacked Wankhede Stadium here on Saturday.   Asked to bat first by the
    / 23rd April 2017
  • U.S. Vice President Pence tries hand at koala diplomacy Down Under
    SYDNEY, April 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence crouched down in the shade of a eucalyptus tree on Sunday at Sydney's Tarango Zoo where Penny, a red kangaroo, dozed in the midday heat, scratching he
    / 23rd April 2017
  • Chelsea edge Tottenham in thrilling FA Cup semi
    LONDON, April 23 (Reuters) - Late goals from Eden Hazard and Nemanja Matric settled a rip-roaring FA Cup semi-final 4-2 in Chelsea's favour over title rivals Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley on Saturday.  
    / 23rd April 2017
  • Trump visits wounded U.S. service members at military hospital
    BETHESDA, Md., April 23 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump visited wounded U.S. service members at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Saturday, his first visit as president to the armed forces hosp
    / 23rd April 2017
  • Pope likens migrant holding centres to 'concentration camps'
    ROME, April 23 (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged governments on Saturday to get migrants and refugees out of holding centres, saying many had become "concentration camps".   During a visit to a Rome bas
    / 23rd April 2017
  • March for Science draws big crowds, clever signs across U.S.
    WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO, April 23 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people turned out in cities across the United States and beyond on Saturday for Earth Day events billed as a "celebration of science" to count
    / 23rd April 2017
  • May's Conservatives on course for sweeping British election victory
    LONDON, April 23 (Reuters) - Britain's Theresa May appeared on course to win a crushing election victory in June after opinion polls put support for her ruling Conservative party at around 50 percent, double th
    / 23rd April 2017
  • New study says Jhum cultivation not adverse to ecology
    A SASRD-NU project on jhum impact assessment asserts shifting cultivation is most sustainable agricultural practice for Nagaland   Imti Longchar Dimapur | April 22   A new study undertake
    / 22nd April 2017
  • “We have so many reasons to give thanks to the Lord”
    Sumi Baptist Church Zunheboto, largest Baptist church in Asia dedicated K Filip Sumi Zunheboto|April 22   Deemed to be the largest Baptist Church in Asia, the Sumi Baptist Church Zunheboto (SBC
    Nagaland / 22nd April 2017
  • NSCN (IM) reduces ‘Employee Tax’ to 12%
    DIMAPUR, APRIL 22 (MExN): The NSCN (IM) informed on Saturday that it has resolved to reduce the 24% Employee Tax for Nagaland State Government employees to 12% which is 1% of monthly salary all over Nagaland. &
    Nagaland / 22nd April 2017
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