Delhi 22 on Dell list of top 25 cities for women entrepreneurs
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Delhi is the only Indian city – figuring at the 22nd spot – in US tech giant Dell’s 2016 Women Entrepreneur Cities Index (WE Cities), listing the top 25 cities…
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Amnesty seeks justice for 1984 riot victims
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Amnesty International on Thursday said successive Indian governments had “failed” in giving justice to 1984 riot victims despite “evidence of political and police complicity” in killing of thousands of Sikhs…
Kashmir is cause of India-Pakistan tension: Pakistan Army
Berlin, June 23 (IANS) Kashmir issue is the major cause of tension between India and Pakistan, the Pakistan Army’s media wing chief has said. Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations Lt.Gen. Asim Bajwa in an interview…
Shall we go or shall we stay: #Brexit mood rather mixed
London, June 23 (IANS) Britons braved pouring rain and waded through deep water to reach polling stations to vote on whether UK should remain in the European Union. Twitter was flooded with comments on the…
Army kills three militants in Kashmir gunbattle
Srinagar, June 23 (IANS) At least three militants were killed on Thursday in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district. A defence source told IANS here that security forces began a…
Arrest warrant issued against solar scam accused Saritha Nair
Kochi, June 23 (IANS) The one-member panel probing the “solar scam” on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against Saritha Nair, a key accused in the fraud that has shaken political circles in Kerala. The G….
Modi meets China’s Xi in Tashkent
Tashkent, June 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met with Chinese President Xi Jinping here, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit. Modi’s meeting with Xi was his first engagement after…
Unsafe school building in Mumbai to go: SC
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to restrain the Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation (GMMC) from demolishing an unauthorized and unsafe building of St. Thomas High School. The court wondered how…
‘Remain in EU’ vote takes lead, show British opinion polls
London, June 23 (IANS) The pro-European Union (EU) ‘Remain’ vote has taken the lead in a historic referendum on Thursday on whether Britain should stay in or exit the EU. According to MarketWatch, an Ipsos…
Akhilesh calls merger with mafia don’s party an ‘internal matter’
Lucknow, June 23 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party’s embrace of the party of mafia don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari is an “internal matter” and his “displeasure” over the merger is a “media invention,” Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh…
AAP wants Jung arrested over murder, LG rebuts charge
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) The AAP on Thursday demanded the sacking and arrest of Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung and two BJP leaders in connection with an NDMC officer’s murder. Jung said the AAP’s charges…
Positive global cues buoy equity markets
Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) Positive global indices, coupled with a stable rupee and recent economic decisions of the government, buoyed the Indian equity markets on Thursday. Consequently, the key indices provisionally closed the day’s trade…
Modi crosses Rubicon on military ties with US: CPI-M
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) The Narendra Modi government has crossed the Rubicon in forging close military cooperation ties with the US, the CPI-M has said. “This is…
Mehbooba visits Sufi shrine near border
Jammu, June 23 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday visited a well-known Sufi shrine near the border with Pakistan in Samba district. The chief minister drove to the the Baba Chambiyal…
India denies training N Korean experts in ballistic tech at Dehradun
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) India on Thursday strongly denied allegations in the media that a research centre in Dehradun may have violated UN sanctions by training North Korean experts who went on to occupy…
India denies training N Korean experts in ballistic tech at Dehradun
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) India on Thursday strongly denied allegations in the media that a research centre in Dehradun may have violated UN sanctions by training North Korean experts who went on to occupy…
Modi arrives in Tashkent for SCO summit
Tashkent, June 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the Uzbekistan capital on Thursday to attend the two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, that will kick off the process for India’s absorption as a…
Gurudas Kamat withdraws resignation from Congress party
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Bowing to persuasion from the party high command, former union minister and five-time Lok Sabha member from Mumbai Gurudas Kamat on Thursday said he is withdrawing his resignation from the…
Leave or stay? Simple query to Britons has the world watching
London, June 23 (IANS) “Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union – or leave the European Union”? This is the verbatim text of a question for which voting in Britain started…
British leaders vote in EU referendum
British Prime Minister David Cameron. (File Photo: IANS) London, June 23 (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron and several other leaders cast their ballots in a historic referendum on whether the country should stay or…