The Indian government has decided to print 150 million currency notes of Re.1 denomination every year from January 1, 2015, parliament was told on Thursday. "Government has issued gazette notification dated December 15, 2014 to print Re.1 currency notes with effect from January 1, 2015, under the provisions of the Coinage Act," Minister
"Dil Dhadakne Do" actress Anushka Sharma had turned vegetarian a few months ago, and she claims that she can feel the difference in herself post quitting meat. "I've recently turned vegetarian so anyways I'm eating a lot more vegetables than what I used to earlier. And it's going great. I'm seeing the difference,"
The BJP and the Congress on Thursday targeted each other over the parliament logjam, as the government indicated it could convene a meeting with the opposition to break the impasse. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday accused the Congress of "petty political interest" and said it was not allowing discussion on the Dinanagar
England shot out Australia for a lowly 136 as seasoned pacer James Anderson claimed six wickets on a rain-interrupted day one of the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston on Wednesday. At stumps, the hosts were 133 for 3, only three runs behind the tourists, with Joe Root (30) and Jonny Bairstow (1) in
More and more Indians are now hooked to smartphones and some are even sleeping with the devices in their hands, a survey has revealed, adding that some would rather give up sex for a weekend than part from their new "sleeping partner". Released on July 28, the seven-country survey of more than 7,000
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said amendments to six green laws are likely to be finalised by October. The ministry received 55 recommendations from the TSR Subramanian Committee which was constituted in August to suggest recommendations for overhauling six key environmental laws concerning the protection and conservation of environment, forest, wildlife,
The union cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval to create a Rs.20,000 crore National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) to give boost to infrastructure projects, including those which are stalled, sources said. The cabinet also gave its approval to foreign investment in the Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) for facilitating domestic investment, they said.
Large number of people from different walks of life paid their last respects to former president A.P.J.Abdul Kalam as his body was brought to his hometown on Wednesday evening ahead of his state funeral where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be present. The body of Kalam, also a distinguished scientist and a teacher
Yakub Memon, the March 1993 Mumbai blasts convict, who was executed here early Thursday, will be buried inside the Nagpur Central Jail complex in Maharashtra, official sources said here. The jail authorities declined a demand to hand over the body to Memon's family and will go ahead with the burial at an isolated
