Mumbai, May 8 (IANS) Global trade tensions along with disappointing quarterly results suppressed the key Indian equity indices during Wednesday’s mid-afternoon trade session. The key indices – the S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 -…
London, May 8 (IANS) Alcohol consumption in India increased from 4.3 litres a year per adult to 5.9 litres in 2017, a growth of 38 per cent, says a study of 189 countries’ alcohol intake….
Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh), May 8 (IANS) Before senior Congress leader Sanjay Sinh takes on powerful adversaries like Union Minister Maneka Gandhi and a young popular Thakur leader Sonu Singh in Sultanpur, he faces a fresh…
Islamabad, May 8 (IANS) Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who was cleared by the country’s Supreme Court of blasphemy charges last year after spending eight years on death row, has left Pakistan and arrived…
By Aakash Kumar Chennai, May 8 (IANS) In the opening game of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Chennai Super Kings (CSK) had routed the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the M.A….
London, May 8 (IANS) Former skipper Andrew Flintoff believes that England should include all-rounder Jofra Archer at any cost in the 15-member squad for the World Cup beginning at the end of this month. Archer,…
Agartala, May 8 (IANS) Re-polling in 168 polling stations in 26 Assembly segments under the Tripura West parliamentary constituency will be held on May 12 as electoral malpractices were found in the Lok Sabha seat…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Election Commission to examine the appeal filed by former BSF trooper Tej Bahadur Yadav against the rejection of his nomination from the Varanasi…
Tehran, May 8 (IANS) Iran will partially withdraw from the 2015 landmark nuclear deal signed with six other nations, President Hassan Rouhani announced on Wednesday and warned that his country will resume high level uranium…
Lucknow, May 8 (IANS) Disgruntled BJP leader and Supreme Court lawyer Ajay Agarwal has released an audio clip to the media in which Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik is reportedly saying in a…
Mumbai, May 8 (IANS) A potential disaster was averted when an IAF aircraft overshot the main runway at the Mumbai international airport late on Tuesday, hitting flight operations for some time, official sources said on…
Lahore, May 8 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and 25 injured in a suicide bombing targeting a police patrol near a Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s Lahore city on Wednesday, police said. Five police…
By Baidurjo Bhose New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) After finishing with 18 wickets in the last season of the Indian Premier League, Delhi Capitals pacer Trent Boult had to wait till Kagiso Rabada’s exit to…
Panaji, May 8 (IANS) Indian and French naval ships took to the seas off Goa as part of the sea phase of Varuna, the largest Indo-French naval exercise till date, a statement issued by the…
Bathinda (Punjab), May 8 (IANS) Invoking his Army background and participation in the 1965 India-Pakistan war, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday went nostalgic when he met an Army war veteran. The Chief Minister…
By Nivedita Singh New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Calling himself a local, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) North East Delhi candidate Dilip Pandey believes people in the Lok Sabha elections will elect their own man who…
Islamabad, May 8 (IANS) Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who was cleared by the Supreme Court of blasphemy charges last year after spending eight years on death row, has left the country, officials said…
Varanasi, May 8 (IANS) Unhappy over Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s remark ‘chowkidar chor hai’, people of a village in Uttar Pradesh here have put up posters that hinted at restricting Gandhi’s entry. Kararhiya village, which…
Tehran, May 8 (IANS) Iran will partially withdraw from the 2015 landmark nuclear deal signed with six other nations, President Hassan Rouhani announced on Wednesday, a move that comes a year after the US unilaterally…
BY VISHAL GULATI Shimla, May 8 (IANS) There is no anti-incumbency against the sitting BJP lawmakers in the Lok Sabha elections, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur says. Rather there is more “josh” (zeal)…