New Delhi: Danish luxury furniture maker BoConcept has forayed into Indian market by opening its first store in Delhi and plans to have eight stores across leading metros over the next five years. BoConcept, which entered India through its franchise Zoe Concepts, has opened its first store in South Delhi and is planning to have […]
New Delhi: Shunted out of HRD Ministry, Smriti Irani today put up a brave face saying her new Textiles portfolio signified the “faith” shown by the Prime Minister and the party in her capacity to perform. Talking to reporters after taking charge of the new portfolio, she side-stepped questions about BJP president Amit Shah being […]
New Delhi: Ahead of his departure, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his four-nation tour of African countries is aimed at enhancing ties with that continent, particularly in the economic sphere and people-to- people contacts. Modi will begin his five-day tour with Mozambique and then travel to South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya. Focus of the […]
Washington: US President Barack Obama has thrown his weight behind Hillary Clinton as he likened the presidential race between the former secretary of state and real estate tycoon Donald Trump to a choice between “future and imaginary past”. “This is a choice between whether we are going to cling to some imaginary past or whether […]
New Delhi: Ravi Shankar Prasad, who took over as the Union Law Minister today, said the decision of the government to refer the issue of implementation of a uniform civil code in the country to the Law Commission should not be linked to the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh due next year. “Do not link […]
Baghdad, Jul 6 (AFP) A Baghdad bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 250 people, officials said, raising the toll of what was already one of the deadliest attacks in Iraq. A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle in Baghdad’s Karrada district early on Sunday as it teemed with shoppers ahead of […]
New Delhi : The Modi Government will commence execution of its ambitious ‘Namami Gange’ programme tomorrow with the launch of 300 projects including those of STP installations aiming to clean the holy river and ensuring its unfettered flow. The projects on entry-level activities such as ghat and crematoria construction/repair, river front beautification, installation and repair […]
London : The UK joining the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 to outst dictator Saddam Hussein was not used as a “last resort” and was based on “flawed intelligence,” an inquiry into the war today said in a damning indictment of then prime minister Tony Blair’s decision to go to war. The UK did […]
Barcelona’s Argentine football star Lionel Messi was sentenced on Wednesday to 21 months in prison and fined 2 million euros ($2.2 million) after being found guilty of three counts of tax fraud, although it is unlikely he will serve time. The Barcelona court handed the same sentence to the player’s father, Jorge, with a 1.5 […]
The dog that was seen being thrown off a roof in a viral video is alive and undergoing treatment, the police and animal welfare activists said on Tuesday. The video showed a man throwing the dog off a five-storey building in Chennai and drew sharp criticism from animal lovers and activists, many of whom offered […]