Pakistan poll commission website shut after massive traffic
Islamabad, April 1 (IANS) The Election Commission of Pakistan Monday shut down its website after it experienced overwhelming traffic following the uploading of nomination…
Novartis loses patent battle, experts hail court ruling (Roundup)
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) In a ruling lauded by health experts, the Supreme Court Monday dismissed Swiss pharma giant Novartis AG’s petition seeking…
Traders to oppose local bodies tax in Supreme Court
Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) The controversial Local Bodies Tax (LBT) replacing the traditional octroi in various cities in the state will now be contested…
Health scheme screens over 17 million people
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) A total of 17,019,476 people have been screened for diabetes and hypertension under a scheme launched by the government…
Two Pakistani ex-lawmakers indicted in fake degree case
Islamabad, April 1 (IANS) Two former Pakistani parliamentarians — Jamshed Dasti and Amir Yar Waran — have been indicted on charges of having fake…
President Mukherjee supports sparrow conservation
Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) Nature Forever Society (NFS), which works for the conservation of house sparrows, said Monday that President Pranab Mukherjee supports the…
Never dreamt of becoming an astronaut: Sunita Williams
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Space almost feels like home and she miss it while back on earth but Indian American Sunita Williams said…
New pictorial warnings missing from tobacco products
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Even though the government-approved new pictorial warnings on tobacco packets were to be implemented April 1, a survey by…
100-year-old retired colonel is Indian Army’s First Citizen
Chandigarh: On a day he celebrated his 100th birthday, a retired lieutenant colonel of the Indian Army was Monday declared the First Citizen of…
Arrest warrant issued for Pakistani ex-minister
Islamabad, April 1 (IANS) Arrest warrants were issued Monday for Pakistan’s former commerce minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim and six others accused in a multi-billion-rupee…