India’s retail inflation rises to 4.58% in April
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) India’s retail inflation rose to 4.58 per cent in April from a rise of 4.28 per cent in March and 2.99 per cent in the corresponding period of the previous…
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Modi to visit Russia on May 21 for informal summit with Putin
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia on May 21 for an informal summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, the government said on Monday. Modi will travel to…
Kejriwal, AAP MLAs sit in protest outside LG’s office over CCTV row
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with his cabinet colleagues and other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs on Monday sat on a ‘dharna’ near the office of the Lieutenant Governor…
18 Palestinians killed ahead of US embassy opening in Jerusalem
Gaza, May 14 (IANS) At least 18 Palestinians in Gaza were shot dead by Israeli troops on Monday after bloody clashes erupted on the border before the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem, which…
Petrol near 5-year high in Delhi, opposition slams it as ‘poll-politics’
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) With the resumption of dynamic pricing system for transport fuels on Monday by the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), petrol prices in the national capital shot up to Rs 74.80 per…
Shashi Tharoor charged with abetting wife Sunanda’s suicide
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) In a blow to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, Delhi Police on Monday charged the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha member with abetting his wife Sunanda Pushkars suicide in 2014. The chargesheet that…
Gurugram school murder: Court reserves order
Gurugram, May 14 (IANS) The hearing on all three appeals in the case of a 7-year-old boy’s murder in a private school was completed on Monday and the Gurugram Session Court kept the order reserved…
TN says will study Cauvery scheme as opposition voices concern
Chennai, May 14 (IANS) Even as Tamil Nadu government said that it would first study the Cauvery Draft Water Management Scheme submitted by the Centre in the Supreme Court on Monday, major state parties voiced…
I-T probe finds another link between Essar, NuPower: Report
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The multi-agency investigation into NuPower Renewables appears to have widened further with the focus now shifting to another subsidiary, NuPower Technologies, a leading national daily reported on Monday. Just as…
Sharif’s Mumbai attack statement ‘incorrect, misleading’: Pakistan civil-military brass
Islamabad, May 14 (IANS) The top civil-military leadership in Pakistan on Monday dismissed ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s statement on the 2008 Mumbai attacks as “incorrect and misleading”. The National Security Committee (NSC), which reviewed…
Shashi Tharoor named in Sunanda Pushkar death charges
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Delhi Police on Monday filed charges in the death of Sunanda Pushkar and named her widower Shashi Tharoor, a Congress MP, as one of the accused. The charges were filed…
Six killed in violence, clashes during Bengal rural polls
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) At least six people were killed on Monday in West Bengal as violence and clashes between supporters of different parties in several districts marred voting for the rural bodies. “We have,…
Congress objects to Modi’s warning, urges President to caution him
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The Congress has taken strong objection to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks against its leaders at a poll rally in Karnataka and has written to President Ram Nath Kovind urging…
Online survey on Modi government: 43% find performance ‘below expectations’
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The Modi government hasnt scored too well on farmers issues, jobs and prices of essential commodities at the end of its four years in power, according to an online survey…
Treason petition in Pakistan court against Sharif
Islamabad, May 14 (IANS) A petition was submitted in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday to register a treason case against ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif following his controversial remarks on 2008 Mumbai attacks….
CBI files chargesheet in PNB loan fraud case
Mumbai, May 14 (IANS) The CBI on Monday filed a chargesheet against some former and current bank officials and several others in the over Rs 13,000 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case allegedly perpetrated…
Buddhist monks thrashed, robbed in UP town
Lucknow, May 14 (IANS) Robbers claiming to be Uttar Pradesh Police personnel attacked two Buddhist monks and injured them early on Monday at a library Farrukhabad district, police said. Six gun-wielding robbers, who were yet…
US set to open embassy in Jerusalem
Washington, May 14 (IANS) The US is set to open its new embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, formally breaking from decades of established American policy and international practice in a move that US officials say…
Jaitley stable after kidney transplant
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley underwent a kidney transplant surgery at the AIIMS on Monday, the hospital said, adding that he was stable. The transplant was successful, Aarti Vij, doctor…
Coolpad sues Xiaomi for patent violation
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) After media reports surfaced last week that Chinese smartphone makers Xiaomi and Coolpad have locked horns over patents, the latter on Monday confirmed that it has sued three group firms…