2016

New Delhi: Coming out in support of RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, leading industrialist Adi Godrej has said he is an admirer and it will be a "good thing for India" if his tenure is extended. Godrej's remarks comes at a time when there is…
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New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has taken exception to South Delhi Municipal Corporation's levy of fine on "minor" nature of construction violation and directed it to crack the whip on commercial builders. The green panel expressed…
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Beijing: An extremely rare round of heavy torrential rainfall stated to be once in more than 200 years has lashed a Chinese city in Guangdong province in which eight people were killed and four others listed missing. Xinyi, a small,…
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Beijing: Two 5.3-magnitude earthquakes hit parts of Tibet today but no damage was reported so far, Chinese authorities said. The first quake shook Dinggye County, Xigaze City at 9:48 am, the China Earthquake Networks Centre said. The…
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Ankara: Turkey's Transport Minister Binali Yildirim will be formally appointed as head of the ruling party and as the new prime minister today, strengthening the grip on power of his mentor President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Yildirim -- a…
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New Delhi: Amid continued speculation about Rahul Gandhi's elevation as Congress president, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said Sonia Gandhi was the "unifying factor" without whom the party would have "disintegrated". "Leader(ship)…
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Tehran: Ahead of his maiden visit to energy- rich Iran, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said enhancing connectivity, trade, investment and energy partnership will be his priority with the post-sanction Persian Gulf nation. Modi, who…
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New Delhi: As someone who has a thriving career in theatre besides his movie outings, Naseeruddin Shah feels it is imperative for actors to have interests beyond films otherwise they tend to become too insular. Shah, 66, says it is a shame…
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STATE TIMES NEWS Srinagar: To bring about rapid growth of the two capital cities in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday mooted separate development plans for Srinagar and Jammu Districts keeping in view the…
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? STATE TIMES NEWS SRINAGAR: Peoples Conference chairman and MLA Handwara Sajjad Lone is all set to join the council of ministers in PDPBJP coalition with one more portfolio. Lone, with his new portfolio Social Welfare, ARI and Trainings,…
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