Govt allows premature PPF withdrawals for education, medical treatment
The Finance Ministry has announced new rules allowing for premature withdrawal of the Public Provident Fund (PPF) account ...
India’s FDI inflows may cross $60 bn this year
New Delhi : India’s foreign direct investment is likely to cross USD 60 billion this year on favourable policy ...
Noise pollution: HC warns of seizure of cone speakers
Chennai: The Madras High Court warned that high decibel cone speakers used in religious places, including mosques, would be ...
Yoga not a religion but science of well-being : Governor P B Acharya
Kohima : Governor of Nagaland and Assam P B Acharya today said Yoga is not a religion but science of well-being and people ...
Wilful defaulters: IT dept to use powers to arrest, detain
New Delhi : Challenged by increasing cases of defaulters who smartly evade paying due taxes, the Income Tax department has ...
Rajasthan govt to develop Madrassas as model institutes
Jaipur : Rajasthan government today said at least one Madrassa in every district of the state will be developed as a model ...
In Chandigarh, PM Modi leads Yoga Day celebrations
Thousands joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to celebrate the second International Yoga Day, performing postures of the ...
65 million people displaced in 2015, says UN
The UN refugee agency says persecution and conflict in places like Syria and Afghanistan raised the total number of refugees and ...
Chinese call for ban on dog meat festival
On the eve of the infamous annual “dog meat festival” in China, majority of people on Sunday for the first time called for an ...
Virginia Raggi , Rome’s first female mayor
Virginia Raggi was elected on Sunday as Rome’s first female mayor, exit polls showed, in an electoral triumph for the populist ...