Shehbaz Sharif elected as acting president of PML-N
AMN / LAHORE Putting an end to all rumours, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) finally made Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif its acting president on Tuesday. His elder brother and…
Court seeks status report on plea for FIR against Salman
AMN / NEW DELHI A Delhi Court Tuesday sought a status report from the police on a plea seeking lodging of an FIR against Bollywood actors Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif…
India-Korea have huge potential to work together: PM Modi
AMN / NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that India was one of the most open economies in the world and wasready to do business with the world.…
Probe NPAs above Rs 50 crore, report fraud to CBI: Govt to PSBs
AMN / NEW DELHI Finance Ministry Tuesday directed Public Sector Banks (PSBs) to probe all NPA accounts of over Rs 50 crore for possible fraud and accordingly report the cases…
75% polling recorded in Nagaland, 67% in Meghalaya
AMN 75 per cent polling has been recorded in Nagaland assembly elections while over 67 percent voter turnout has been registered in Meghalaya till 4 pm. Briefing media in New…
India is on a de-regulation and de-licensing drive: PM Modi
AMN /NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, his government is working with the mission of Transforming India from an old civilization into a modern society, an informal economy into…
India expects record food grains production in 2017-18
Total food grain production estimate hits record high of 277.49 million tonnes Total Pulses production estimated at record 23.95 million tonnes Total Oilseeds production estimate reaches 29.88 million tonnes Sugarcane…
UoH develops medicine to kill deadly malaria parasite
HYDERABAD A research team from the University of Hyderabad has developed a medicine that efficiently kills the plasmodium falciparum parasite that causes malaria. A release from the varsity said that…
Telangana CM announces Rs 5 lakh health-cum-life insurance scheme for farmers
Our Correspondent / Hyderabad Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has announced five lakh rupees health-cum-life insurance scheme for farmers in the state. He said the proposed scheme will be…
UN chief calls for new push to rid the world of nuclear weapons
AMN UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres called for a new global effort to get rid of nuclear weapons. Speaking to the Conference on Disarmament at the UN complex in Geneva yesterday,…