New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved an ordinance to ban production, import, distribution and sale of electronic cigarettes, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.
Kolkata: A television programme has helped reunite a mentally-challenged teenager with his parents over two-and-a-half years after he had gone missing.
New Delhi: Expressing serious concern over people dying during manual scavenging and sewage cleaning in India, the Supreme Court Wednesday said nowhere in the world people are sent to "gas chambers to die".
Mangaluru: Navaf, a student of Srinivas College in Mangaluru who sustained critical injuries in a road accident on Wednesday morning at Hosangadi Excise checkpost, succumbed to his injuries in a hospital in Mangaluru.
Chennai: Veteran actor Rajinikanth on Wednesday said the concept of a common language in India was not possible and asserted any attempts of Hindi imposition will not be only be resisted by southern states, but even many in the North.
New Delhi: Senior Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ahmed Patel met former finance minister P Chidambaram at Tihar Jail on Wednesday morning, sources said.
New Delhi: In a bid to boost domestic manufacturing, the government has removed 5 per cent custom duty imposed on imports of open cell TV panel, which are used in the manufacturing of LED TVs.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that if parties to the Ram-Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid land dispute case want to amicably resolve the matter through mediation, they can still go ahead with it.
Mangaluru: Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday added that the Central Government was monitoring flood situations in various states and would provide adequate flood relief funds to every state. He added that there was no need for an all-party delegation to meet PM in this regard.
Washington: A bipartisan group of 44 influential lawmakers has urged the Trump administration to reinstate India's designation as a beneficiary developing nation under the key GSP trade programme as part of a potential trade deal between the two countries.
