New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will spend Diwali with soldiers in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, an official statement said on Tuesday. The two-day visit, starting on Wednesday, will be her maiden…
Kabul, Oct 17 (IANS) Twin suicide bombings and gunfire on a police training centre in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktia on Tuesday killed at least 33 people including the provincial police chief and wounded over…
Valletta, Oct 17 (IANS) The son of an investigative journalist killed in a car bomb attack in Malta has hit out bitterly at the island’s “culture of impunity” and the “crooks” in charge. Daphne Caruana…
Bhubaneswar, Oct 17 (IANS) Close on the heels of sensational Koraput gang-rape case, a group of miscreants allegedly gang-raped a college student in presence of her fiance in Odisha’s Ganjam district, police said on Tuesday….
Chennai, Oct 17 (IANS) Dubbing Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu’s comments at a book-release function as “shocking”, DMK Working President M.K. Stalin on Tuesday urged him to stay non-partisan and not use the Raj Bhavan…
United Nations, Oct 17 (IANS) Three of India’s neighbours, Nepal, Afghanistan and Pakistan, have been elected to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for a three year period from 2018. Nepal, which was elected for…
Mumbai, Oct 17 (IANS) A day after touching record high levels, the Indian equity indices closed on a flat note on Tuesday, as low volumes and profit booking subdued investors’ sentiments. According to market observers,…
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) India’ss largest commodity exchange MCX on Tuesday launched options trading in gold with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley describing it as one of the steps towards formalising gold trade in the…
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) An Indian Naval patrol aircraft failed to find any more survivors of merchant ship Emerald Star that sank off the coast of Japan last week, even as 10 Indians are…
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday extended till November 14 the judicial custody of seven Kashmiri separatists arrested on various charges, including receiving funds from Pakistan to sponsor terror activities and…
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) India has issued six more medical visas to Pakistani nationals seeking treatment, including two for bone marrow transplants and a five-year-old suffering from eye cancer. “We are giving visa for…
Imphal, Oct 17 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrived here on Tuesday on a three-day visit to Manipur. Chief Minister N. Biren Singh and Assembly Speaker Yumnam Khemchand received the Dalai Lama, who…
Lucknow, Oct 17 (IANS) In a bid to stem the row over the Taj Mahal, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said the famed monument in Agra was built “by the blood and…
Lucknow, Oct 17 (IANS) Taking a dig at BJP legislator Sangeet Som who called the Taj Mahal a blot on Indian history because it was built by foreign rulers, Samajawadi Party MLA Azam Khan on…
Lucknow, Oct 17 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is to visit the Taj Mahal on October 26 — in a move to stem controversy over the marble monument after a BJP lawmaker called…
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday asked the Congress party to explain the alleged links between party President Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra and arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari. “Why…
Srinagar, Oct 17 (IANS) Tension gripped Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara town on Tuesday after the army rescued a soldier, whom people accused of being involved in a braid chopping incident. A large crowd built up…
Mumbai, Oct 17 (IANS) Though the glitter is lacking on Dhanteras this year, customers were coming in sufficient numbers to brighten the gold markets ahead of Diwali, top players said. Despite anticipating a gloomy start…
Mumbai, Oct 17 (IANS) A day after touching record high levels, the key Indian equity indices went into the red on Tuesday afternoon due to profit booking by the investors. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex)…
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) India on Tuesday reiterated its concern to the US over the latest bid to introduce stricter norms for issuance of H1-B visas which are largely availed by Indian IT firms….