Markets open on higher note on Monday
Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Monday opened on a positive note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 27,314.44 points touched a…
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Australian leaders in talks over election results
Canberra, July 4 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and opposition Labour party leader Bill Shorten on Monday began talks with independent MPs in an attempt to form a minority government. The Australian Electoral Commission…
Pakistan flash flood toll rises to 43
Islamabad, July 4 (IANS) The death toll from a flash flood in in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province rose to 43 on Sunday, with over 40 injured and scores of others missing, officials said. The provincial…
Chinese shares open lower
Beijing, July 4 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened lower on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.28 percent to open at 2,924.29 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.85 percent lower at 10,369.69 points,…
Explosion heard near US consulate general in Jeddah: media
Riyadh, July 4 (IANS) An explosion was heard on Monday near the US consulate general in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Al Jazeera cited local media as saying. The Saudi Arabian security forces has neutralised a suicide…
New York’s Central Park closed after explosion injures man
New York, July 4 (IANS) A young man was seriously injured after he was hit by an explosion in New York’s Central Park on Sunday, authorities said. The Central Park was partially closed for police…
Giroud brace helps France beat Iceland 5-2
Paris, July 4 (IANS) Olivier Giroud scored twice France cruised into the last four of the tournament after beating Iceland 5-2 at Stade de France here on Sunday. Paul Pogba, Dimitri Payet and Antoine Griezmann…
126 people killed in suicide car bomb attacks in Baghdad
Baghdad, July 4 (IANS) Up to 126 people were killed and some 152 others wounded in bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Sunday, an Interior Ministry source said. This is the bloodiest…
Four arrested for beating three minors near Bengaluru
Bengaluru, July 3 (IANS) Four persons were arrested for allegedly severely beating three minor boys for “stealing” money in Bengaluru Rural district last week, police said on Sunday. “A criminal case has been booked under…
BJP slams Owaisi over legal aid issue, MIM leader hits back
New Delhi/Hyderabad, July 3 (IANS) The BJP on Sunday dubbed MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s offer of providing legal aid to five Islamic State suspects arrested in Hyderabad as “betrayal” of the country and said the…
Sisodia flags off 110 new CATS ambulances
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday flagged off a fleet of 110 new Centralised Ambulance Trauma Services (CATS) ambulances equipped with modern gadgets, in a bid to boost…
Bangladesh ruling party leader’s son identified among hostage-takers
Dhaka, July 3 (IANS) Three of the gunmen who slaughtered 20 people in the Bangladeshi capital city have been identified by their former friends after their photographs were released with one of them named by…
Former Bihar CM Manjhi keeps political options open
Patna, July 3 (IANS) Former Bihar Chief Minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha President Jitan Ram Manjhi on Sunday sought to keep his political options open, saying no one knew of the future. Manjhi’s HAM is…
130 killed in IS-led bombings on Iraqi Shias
Baghdad, July 3 (IANS) At least 130 people, including children and women, were killed in two overnight bombings in Baghdad, most of them in busy areas, as residents shopped ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, police and medical…
AAP leaders to meet Punjab DGP in Malerkotla desecration case
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Allegin conspiracy by the SAD-BJP alliance in Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said its leaders will meet Punjab Director General of Police Suresh Arora on Monday in connection with…
Bangladesh ruling party leaders son identified among hostage-takers
Dhaka, July 3 (IANS) One of the five gunmen who launched Friday’s terror attack in Dhaka has been identified by an Awami League leader as Rohan Ibne Imtiaz, the son of another leader of the…
One in six British IS jihadis wiped out
London, July 3 (IANS) One in six British jihadis who went to Syria and Iraq to fight along with the Islamic State terror group were killed — but 400 are back in Britain and were…
Tony Blair wants Britain to keep Brexit options open
London, July 3 (IANS) Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said “we should keep our options open” on Brexit — Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU). He told the BBC on Sunday that…
84 killed in Baghdad suicide bomb attacks, IS owns
Baghdad, July 3 (IANS) At least 84 people were killed and 133 others wounded early on Sunday in two separate car bomb attacks at crowded areas in Iraqi capital Baghdad for which the Islamic State…
Pappu Yadav booked for instigating protesters
Patna, July 3 (IANS) Lok Sabha member Pappu Yadav was on Sunday booked in the Bihar capital city in a case of instigating protesting students to immolate themselves, police said. “An FIR was lodged at…