Singapore, Oct 15 (IANS) Four Indian nationals in Singapore were Wednesday given jail terms ranging between three and four years for fraudulent Goods and Services Tax (GST) tourist refund claims of about $570,000. They were ordered to pay penalties equivalent to three times the amount of tax undercharged, The Strait Times reported. Sundar Panneer Selvam, 46, […]
New Delhi , Oct 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday allowed the prosecution in the 2G case to file two reports — on the role of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief Ranjit Sinha in the probe and naming the person who leaked the contents of the visitor book at his residence. The apex court bench […]
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday urged voters, especially youngsters in Haryana and Maharashtra, to cast their votes and ensure a record turnout. “Urging the people of Haryana and Maharashtra to go out and cast their votes. Youngsters must show the way and ensure record turnout,” the prime minister said in a […]
Washington, Oct 15 (IANS) Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have questioned the technical feasibility of the ‘Mars One’ project that aims to establish the first human colony on the Red Planet by 2025. ‘Mars One’ is a non-profit organisation based in the Netherlands that has put forward conceptual plans to establish a permanent […]
Chandigarh, Oct 15 (IANS) Long queues formed at polling stations across Haryana as balloting took place for 90 assembly seats Wednesday. Nearly 15 percent polling was reported from Haryana in the first three hours. Enthusiastic ballotting was reported from majority of the booths. Voters patiently stood outside rural polling stations in most of the 21 districts […]
London, Oct 15 (IANS) Women who are shy and more sensitive to stress are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, found a research. Women who worry, cope poorly with stress and experience mood swings in middle age run a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease later in life, it showed. “Some studies have shown that long […]
Los Angeles, Oct 15 (IANS) TV series based on popular romantic comedy “Monster-In-Law” is in works. According to a report in Deadline.com, the “Carrie Diaries” developer and executive producer Amy B. Harris and “30 Rock” executive producer John Riggi are making the show, reports contactmusic.com The multi-camera comedy will be a follow-up to the big screen […]
Washington, Oct 15 (IANS) US President Barack Obama warned that there would be periodic setbacks in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) and said it is a long-term campaign. “This is going to be a long-term campaign; there are no quick fixes involved,” Obama said after a meeting with coalition military leaders at Joint Base […]
Rohtak (Haryana), Oct 15 (IANS) It may not have been a deliberate move to link it with Narendra Modi’s ascent from a tea-vendor to being the prime minister, but Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Wednesday started his day from a roadside tea-stall in Haryana’s Rohtak town and within minutes was taking on Modi. “I have […]
Washington, Oct 15 (IANS) The European Space Agency’s Philae lander has snapped a “selfie” of one of the Rosetta spacecraft’s 16-metre solar arrays, with a comet hovering in the background some 16 km away. This is the last image from the Philae lander before it separates from Rosetta Nov 12 to land on the comet named […]