By Arul Louis United Nations, May 2 (IANS) The US, which pressured China to agree to UN sanctions on Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, says it expects all countries to uphold their obligations arising from…
Mumbai, May 2 (IANS) Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their return fixture of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Wankhede Stadium, here on…
Islamabad, May 2 (IANS) A special court accepted former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s request on Thursday to postpone the hearing of a treason trial against him until after the month of Ramzan owing to his…
Mumbai, May 2 (IANS) The upcoming Bollywood film ‘India’s Most Wanted’ is inspired by a “true story” related to a terrorist, its director Raj Kumar Gupta said on Thursday about the movie which has triggered…
By Nirbhay Kumar New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Indicating that the Air India disinvestment plan is very much on even in the middle of the general elections, the government wants almost 700 airline employees in…
Ahmedabad, May 2 (IANS) Facing increasing pressure, food and beverages giant PepsiCo on Thursday said it has withdrawn the case it filed against nine Gujarat farmers for growing a potato variety which it claimed was…
London, May 2 (IANS) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in a London court by videolink from a high-security jail on Thursday as his fight against extradition to the US on a computer hacking conspiracy charge…
Bengaluru, May 2 (IANS) The railways cancelled at least 10 express/mail trains for Thursday night between Bengaluru/Mysuru in Karnataka and Puri and Bhubaneswar in Odisha, Howrah in West Bengal and Guwahati in Assam, in view…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it would not allow any body to “browbeat” it as it rejected a plea for recusal of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi from hearing…
New Delhi, May (IANS) The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) this week reviewed the 59-minute loan scheme for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with the Finance Ministry officials and asked them to increase disbursals. Sources…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here on Thursday said the classification of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was “a…
Auckland, May 2 (IANS) H.S. Prannoy hogged all the limelight after he stunned Tommy Sugiarto in straight games to sail into the men’s singles quarter finals of the New Zealand Open badminton tournament on Thursday….
By Baidurjo Bhose New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The Indian Premier League (IPL) is considered one of the most lucrative tournaments in the world. But even the premier T20 league needs to be promoted and…
By Binita Das Basirhat (West Bengal), May 2 (IANS) Tollywood star and Trinamool Congress candidate from West Bengal’s communally-sensitive Basirhat Lok Sabha seat, Nusrat Jahan says she is confident that her message of love will…
Hong Kong, May 2 (IANS) Chinese authorities are using a mobile phone app to collect vast amount of data for illegal mass surveillance and arbitrary detention of Muslims in the western Xinjiang region, said a…
Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) An Assam Rifles trooper, said to be suffering from “mental issues”, opened fire in his camp in West Bengal’s Howrah on Thursday, killing an officer and injuring two others, police said….
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) plea seeking to arrest former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar for questioning in the Saradha…
Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) With less than 24 hours left for Cyclone Fani to make landfall in neighbouring Odisha coast, the West Bengal government and civic bodies on Thursday worked on war footing to cope…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The NCLAT on Thursday reversed its own interim order to allow lenders with exposure to IL&FS and its group companies to classify them as non-performing assets (NPAs), in line with…
London, May 2 (IANS) Gavin Williamson, sacked as Britain’s Defence Secretary by Prime Minister Theresa May for allegedly disclosing plans to allow Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei to help build the UK’s 5G network, has denied…