New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday attacked the government in the Rajya Sabha on its handling of foreign policy issues, especially the military stand-off with China, and said national security and the…
Dubai, Aug 3 (IANS) Indian job-seekers should not come to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on visit visas and must authenticate their employment offers and entry permit visas before heading to the country, the Indian…
Hyderabad, Aug 3 (IANS) Israel’s leading defence company Rafael along with India’s Kalyani Strategic Systems will manufacture Spike, the anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), at their state-of-the-art facility which was inaugurated here on Thursday. Kalyani Rafael…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The government has prepared a draft law to check frauds by chit fund companies which operate in more states than one, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in the Lok Sabha…
Srinagar, Aug 3 (IANS) Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti joined the Army on Thursday in paying tributes to two soldiers, including a Major, killed in a militant attack in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Defence Ministry spokesman…
Panaji, Aug 3 (IANS) The assumed loss of Rs 35,000 crore as projected by the Justice M.B. Shah Commission due to illegal mining in Goa is not a correct projection, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told…
Mumbai, Aug 3 (IANS) Negative global cues, coupled with heavy selling pressure in banking and metal stocks, dragged the Indian equity markets lower on Thursday. Stocks of banking majors like State Bank of India, Axis…
Tehran, Aug 3 (IANS) Iranian authorities on Thursday said the US ratification of a new sanctions bill was an attempt to destroy the nuclear agreement signed between Tehran and six major global powers in July…
Agartala, Aug 3 (IANS) Security personnel at the Agartala airport seized 1.20 kg of gold worth Rs 30 lakh from a Kolkata-bound Bangladeshi youth on Thursday, police said. The Central Industrial Security Force detained Shah…
Colombo, Aug 3 (IANS) Cheteshwar Pujara and Lokesh Rahul notched up half-centuries as India posted 238/3 at tea on the first day of the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club…
Patna, Aug 3 (IANS) Bihar’s ruling JD-U on Thursday targeted former party President Sharad Yadav for not supporting Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s new alliance with the BJP and accused him of compromising with corruption. “Sharad…
London, Aug 3 (IANS) A London-based Indian-origin doctor has been formally charged with 118 sex crimes, including one involving a 13-year-old girl, police said. According to the London Metropolitan Police, Manish Shah, 47, allegedly assaulted…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Accusing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of carrying out an “elaborate charade” to embrace the BJP, the CPI-M has said any alliance of “a motley bunch of secular parties” can’t…
New York, Aug 3 (IANS) Indian snowshoe athlete Tanveer Hussain Parra has been indicted in the US for allegedly having inappropriate contact with a 12-year-old girl. The Essex County grand jury charged the 25-year-old with…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed profound admiration for former President Pranab Mukherjee and referred to him as a “father figure” and his “mentor”. On the last day of Mukherjee’s…
Islamabad, Aug 3 (IANS) Military rule has always brought the country back on track whereas civilian governments have always derailed it, former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has said. In an interview with BBC Urdu on…
Lucknow, Aug 3 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s announcement that 30 districts of the state would be open defecation free by December 31 and the remaining 45 by October 2, 2018, has set…
Beijing, Aug 3 (IANS) The flagship newspaper of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Thursday demanded the immediate withdrawal of Indian troops from Doklam on the border, warning New Delhi not to harbour any illusions…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Demand for gold in India for the second quarter (April-June) of 2017-18 was at 167.4 tonnes, up by 37 per cent compared to overall Q2 demand of 122.1 tonnes for…
Lucknow, Aug 3 (IANS) Muslim clerics in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday termed as “unfair” the state government’s decision to make registration of all marriages mandatory. Clerics from the Darul Uloom Deoband Islamic school came out…