Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) Positive domestic cues, such as parliamentary approval for key economic legislation and value buying, buoyed the Indian equity markets on Thursday. Consequently, the key indices of the Indian equity markets traded…
Sanaa, May 12 (IANS) Sixteen soldiers were killed when suspected Al Qaeda militants detonated three suicide car bombs at a military base in Yemen’s Hadramout province on Thursday. “The suicide attacks targeted a military base…
Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) Value buying and parliamentary approval for key economic legislation buoyed the Indian equity markets on Thursday. Consequently, the key indices of the Indian equity markets traded in the green during the…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) A day after the apex court waived call drop penalties from telecom service providers, Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced a 25 percent more stringent voluntary call drop benchmark. It said…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The demand for gold in India for the January-March quarter of 2016 was at 116.5 tonnes, down by 39 percent as compared to the corresponding period of the previous year,…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The main fight in Kerala may be between the Congress-led UDF and the Left, but two of the three richest candidates in the assembly polls are from the AIADMK, a…
Dubai, May 12 (IANS) Former BCCI president Shashank Manohar on Thursday was elected unopposed as the chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC). He is the first to bag the post without any board affiliation….
Thiruvananthapuram, May 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi owes an apology, not silence, to Kerala for comparing the state with Somalia, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Thursday. “Modi left Kochi last night without withdrawing…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Thursday condoled the death of sitting member Praveen Rashtrapal and was adjourned for the day. Rashtrapal was a Congress MP from Gujarat who died on Thursday…
Dubai, May 12 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday withdrew disciplinary charges against Sri Lankan batsman Kusal Perera and lifted the provisional suspension imposed on him for doping. “Perera is, therefore, now free…
Dubai, May 12 (IANS) Former BCCI president Shashank Manohar on Thursday was elected unopposed as the chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC). He is the first to bag the post without any board affiliation….
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Software major Adobe on Thursday unveiled its new Document Cloud in India to transform tedious paper-based processes to digital workflows, thereby improving efficiency and productivity for users, a senior Adobe…
United Nations, May 12 (IANS) Propaganda over social media that is contributing to the global spread of terrorism has to be monitored and countered, India has appealed to the international community while expressing concern that…
Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) Bhumata Brigade President Trupti Desai and a few activists were allowed to pray at the famous Haji Ali Dargah shrine on Thursday amidst tight police security. Accompanied by police, Desai and…
Bridgetown (Barbados), May 12 (IANS) Renowned regional and international cricket journalist Tony Cozier, the voice of West Indies cricket for more than five decades, has died. The 75-year-old passed away on Wednesday at the Bayview…
New Delhi, May 12 (IAN) It was a sunny Thursday morning here with the minimum temperature at 26.5 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Light rain was…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) A 39-year-old man, identified as Ram Dayal Verma was found hanging from a tree near Parliament House on Thursday morning. The man hails from Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh. He was…
Washington, May 12 (IANS) Republican party’s presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump has demoted his proposed Muslim immigration ban to a mere “suggestion”. In a radio interview with Fox News’ on Wednesday, Trump softened his call…
Washington, May 12 (IANS) Carrying over 3,700 pounds of NASA cargo, science and technology demonstration samples from the International Space Station (ISS), a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday…
By Arun Kumar Washington, May 12 (IANS) As a triumphant Donald Trump comes to Washington to meet House speaker Paul Ryan, rank-and file House Republicans are pressing the latter to fall behind the party’s presumptive…