Panaji (Goa) [India], July 2 (ANI): Several civil society groups across India lauded the ongoing efforts of the government on tobacco taxation and have endorsed the decision to include cigarettes and smokeless tobacco in the highest tax slab for its long-lasting negative impact on the lives
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): India and Pakistan on Monday exchanged lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in their custody through diplomatic channels simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad.
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 1 (ANI): At least 15 people were killed, including six civilians, during Israeli air strikes on Syria in the predawn hours of Monday morning.
Damascus [Israel], July 1 (ANI): At least four civilians were killed and seven others suffered injuries in an Israeli attack in Damascus, claimed Syrian state media on Monday.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 1 (ANI): BJP General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Monday defended his son and MLA Akash and called him a 'kachha khiladi' (novice player) for beating up a government employee with a cricket bat here last week.
Khartoum [Sudan], July 1 (ANI): One person was killed and nine others sustained injuries after tens of thousands of protestors took to the streets in various Sudanese cities on Sunday, marking the largest mass demonstrations since a deadly crackdown on a pro-democracy sit-in earlier in June.
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Aparna Kumar has become the first civil servant to scale Mount Denali, the highest peak in North America.
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 30 (ANI): An inquiry has been ordered after an Air India Express plane skidded off the runway at the international airport here on Sunday evening.
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Jun 28 (ANI): Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel and a civilian lost their lives during an encounter with Naxals in Keshkutul area of Bijapur in Chhattisgarh, an official confirmed on Friday.
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday hailed one its pilots who managed to safely land his Jaguar aircraft after it suffered a bird hit soon after taking off from Ambala airbase.
New Delhi (India), June 28 (ANI): A day after his statement gave an impression that the government's plan to privatise Air India was put on hold, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday asserted that the Centre was committed to disinvestment of the national carrier.