A combative West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday sent a strong message to her detractors on the occasion of Id-ul-Fitr, saying "whoever messes with us will be decimated".......
'If a bloodbath of this nature can occur in a high security area like Gulshan, I shudder to think how vulnerable other parts of this country are,' Bangladesh activist Dr Lelin Choudhury tells......
Eid-ul-Fitr, which marks the culmination of the fasting month of Ramzan, will be celebrated across the country on Saturday. "Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated tomorrow as the moon was sighted in......
Muslim men and women across the world are observing Ramzan, the month-long celebration of self-purification and restraint. Across a wide belt that stretches halfway around the globe, the world's......
Life was hit in lower Assam for the second day on Tuesday in three bandhs called to press for Bodoland and Kamtapur, while Karbi Anglong, which had erupted over the statehood demand on the lines of......
The US Fed interest rate decision, domestic macroeconomic data announcements and ongoing quarterly earnings are some of the major factors that will drive the stock markets in a holiday-shortened......
The government on Thursday released the list of 17 holidays for its staff in Delhi for 2012.However, three of these holidays fall on Sundays and one on a Saturday and hence the effective number of......
The government has announced 17 holidays for the central government staff for the year 2011, although three of these holiday -- Mahavir Jayanti (April 16), Mahatma Gandhi's birthday (October 2) and......
Government employees will have fewer holidays in 2010. Although the government has yet to act upon the Second Administrative Reforms Commission's recommendations to reduce staff holidays, it has......
All the major wholesale commodity markets of the country, including bullion, will remain closed for rest of the week for Diwali and Govardhan Pooja.The stock markets would open on Friday at 1730......