Mumbai, Oct 27 (IANS) The stock of Noida Toll Bridge Company (NTBCL) which operates the “Delhi Noida Toll Bridge”, better known as the Delhi-Noida-Direct (DND) Flyway plunged on Thursday. The company’s scrip fell by almost…
Beijing, Oct 27 (IANS) Chinese sailor Guo Chuan has gone missing while trying to break the record for crossing the Pacific alone, authorities said on Thursday. Guo was last heard just after Tuesday afternoon when…
By Vikas Datta Title: Trigger Mortis – A James Bond Novel; Author: Anthony Horowitz; Publisher: Orion Publishing Group/Hachette India; Pages: 320; Price: Rs 399 Foiling the nefarious purposes of a range of unspeakably vicious and…
New York, Oct 27 (IANS) Expanding the Surface family, Microsoft has unveiled Surface Studio, Surface Dial and a more powerful Surface Book along with an announcement that a major update is coming to more than…
Seoul, Oct 27 (IANS) South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics’ net profits in the third quarter dropped by a massive 16.8 per cent, primarily due to the Galaxy Note 7 discontinuation, the company announced on…
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced that he will immediately implement the Supreme Court direction saying wages of temporary staff should be on par with regular ones. He…
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) It was a clear Thursday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 16.5 degrees Celsius, the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky will mainly remain clear during…
Mumbai, Oct 27 (IANS) Taking cues from global markets, the key Indian equity market indices opened lower on Thursday. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 27,836.51 points on Wednesday, opened…
Islamabad, Oct 27 (IANS) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) declined to commit funds for a $14 billion dam project in Pakistan, authorities said. “We did not really make any commitment. This is a very big…
Seoul, Oct 27 (IANS) South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics’ net profits in the third quarter dropped by 16.8 per cent, primarily due to problems with the Galaxy Note 7 for which a massive recall…
Caracas, Oct 27 (IANS) Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro activated the nation’s Defense Council on a permanent basis to find a solution to the country’s political, economic and social crisis. The Constitution’s Article 323 says that…
Los Angeles, Oct 27 (IANS) US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s red star on the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame was smashed into pieces, media reports said. The incident happened around 5.45 a.m. on Wednesday….
Rome, Oct 27 (IANS) A second strong quake hit Italy, soon after a 5.4-magnitude temblor had struck the same areas in the province of Macerata. The latest quake hit at 9.18 p.m. (local time) and…
Rome, Oct 27 (IANS) A strong 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit Italy on Wednesday evening, local media reported. The tremor had its epicentre in the province of Macerata in the Marche region, Xinhua news agency reported, citing…
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) Karnal Singh has been appointed as Director General of Enforcement Directorate (ED), an official statement said on Thursday. The appointment committee of the cabinet on Wednesday approved Singh, 1984 batch…
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) Delhi Police, in a joint operation with their Bihar counterparts, have arrested four persons for kidnapping two brothers who worked as labour contractors here, police said. Police said Suresh, 43…
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) India’s revised double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) with South Korea, under which capital gains tax will be levied at the source with effect from April 1, 2017, has come into…
Messina (Italy), Oct 26 (IANS/AKI) A total of 1,050 migrants arrived in the Sicilian port of Messina on Wednesday aboard an Italian coastguard vessel after they were rescued from the Mediterranean. The corpses of six…
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday will pass its order on an appeal of Tata group-run Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL), which runs the luxury Taj Mansingh Hotel, challenging auctioning…
Vatican City, Oct 26 (IANS/AKI) Fences are being erected in some countries to keep out migrants and refugees, but this only aids the criminal organisations who traffick human beings, Pope Francis said Wednesday. “Today, the…