Kolkata: The weather could play a spoilsport in the final days of Durga Puja as the MeT department today predicted that light to moderate rainfall along with thundershowers are likely to occur in the city and some districts.

“This rainfall is the result of a cyclonic circulation formed over northeast Bay of

Islamabad:  In a major rejig, Pakistan Army today announced that three senior generals, including former director general of the Inter-Services Public Relations, Lt Gen Asim Bajwa, are to be reshuffled.

Lt Gen Bajwa has been posted as corps commander southern command (Quetta), replacing Lt Gen Aamer Riaz, the

New Delhi: BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta today asked the AAP government to constitute a state food commission, saying that the delay in the formation of the statutory body was denying the right to food to the people.

Gupta said he will raise the matter in the coming session

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today highlighted projects undertaken by his government in various fields and said only investment-based agriculture can be sustainable in the long term.

Fadnavis, who is visiting Singapore, said metros with a capacity to handle mere 7 million passengers were cr

New Delhi: Stepping up its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over their “economic mismanagement”, the Congress today said “Modi-nomics” and “Jaitley-nomics” have “utterly” failed.

The Congress said Modi and Jaitley should wake u

New Delhi: The Indo-US civil nuclear cooperation agreement is more of an “arms deal”, but the focus of the bilateral partnership should be on “agriculture, technology and health care”, former US Senator Larry Pressler said today.

Pressler, who has served as chairman of the US Senate’s

Kano: A female suicide bomber killed five people when she blew herself up in a mosque in northeast Nigeria, in the latest attack blamed on Boko Haram jihadists, local militiamen told AFP.

The bomber stormed the mosque in the town of Dikwa, 90 kilometres (60 miles) from Maiduguri, at around 5:00 am yesterday (0400

San Francisco: Twitter has announced a test project allowing tweets to be expanded to 280 characters double the existing limit — in the latest effort to boost flagging growth at the social network.

San Francisco-based Twitter said the new limit, a major shift for the messaging platform known for its 140-char

Tokyo: A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck off northern Japan. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, and no risk of tsunami.

The Japan Meteorological Agency says the quake struck at 5:22 a.m. (8:22 GMT) off Iwate prefecture at a depth of about 30 kilometers (20 miles).

Moscow: Missed chances cost Liverpool as it dropped Champions League points in a 1-1 draw at Spartak Moscow on Tuesday.

After falling behind to Fernando’s free-kick for Spartak in the 23rd minute, Liverpool responded soon afterward with a fine finish by Philippe Coutinho.

Liverpool dominated the at