New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said along with strengthening of infrastructure, the culture of hospitality and warmth needs to be developed in order to attract more tourists into the country.

Speaking at the Paryatan Parv organised by the Ministry of Tourism, he said tourism, world over, has become

Pune: India produced a professional performance under pressure to beat New Zealand by six wickets in a must-win game and level three-match series 1-1 here today.

Paceman Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3/45) led an inspired Indian bowling effort to restrict New Zealand to a modest 230 for nine. Later, Shikhar Dhwawan (68 off 8

Pune: India captain Virat Kohli today praised the potent pace combination of Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, saying both the bowlers have come of age.

“Bowlers were really clinical today and fielders as well.

Both those guys (Kumar and Bumrah) are coming along nicely.

They know they

New Delhi: Promising that India’s biggest- ever Rs 7-lakh crore umbrella highway programme, including the ambitious Bharatmala, will be “transparent and corruption free”, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today said most of these will be rolled out by December 2018.

Terming the massive infrastructure

New Delhi: The bypoll to the Rajya Sabha seat vacated by M Venkaiah Naidu on becoming the vice president will be held on November 16, the Election Commission said late on Tuesday.

Naidu was a member of the upper house from Rajasthan. He had resigned as Rajya Sabha member on August 10 while his term was to end on J

Kolkata: Eminent classical singer and Padma Vibhushan awardee Girija Devi passed away at a city hospital late on Tuesday night following a cardiac arrest, hospital sources said.

She was 88 and survived by a daughter.

Considered as the queen of Thumri and fondly called Appa ji, Girija Devi was taken to th

erusalem: A note that Albert Einstein gave to a courier in Tokyo briefly describing his theory on happy living sold at auction in Jerusalem on Tuesday for $1.56 million (1.33 million euros), the auction house said.

The winning bid for the note far exceeded the pre-auction estimate of between $5,000 and $8,000, acc

Actress Asin Thottumkal gave birth to a healthy baby girl earlier today and confirmed the news in an official media statement.

Asin will turn 31 on October 26, and said on Instagram that it was ‘the best birthday gift ever’.

Asin and her husband Rahul Sharma, the CEO of Micromax, informed media of this good news:

New Delhi: The Home Ministry has asked all states to ensure safety and security of journalists in exercising freedom of speech and expression, in the wake of incidents of attacks on mediapersons.

In an advisory to the states, the home ministry also said all cases of attacks on journalists should be investigated promptly to ensure that

New Delhi: Two men were shot dead allegedly by unidentified bike-borne men in northeast Delhi’s New Usmanpur and Krishna Nagar area of Shahdara, within 24 hours, the police said.

The incidents come close of the heels of two similar killings yesterday in the northeast areas of the national capital.