New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order on a plea by Muslim litigants seeking that the hearing on the batch of petitions challenging the 2010 Allahabad High Court verdict…
Bengaluru, July 20 (IANS) Global software major Wipro on Friday reported Rs 2,094 crore consolidated net profit for the first quarter (Q1) of fiscal 2017-18, posting flat (0.5 per cent) growth annually from Rs 2,083…
Kharagpur (West Bengal), July 20 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday expressed concern over the skewed gender ratio in technical institutes of the country, particularly at the IITs, and stressed the need for more…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Samajwadi Party’s former chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday rejected the Narendra Modi government’s claim on increasing Minimum Support Price (MSP) had helped farmers and questioned it for not fulfilling…
Abu Dhabi, July 20 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and China pledged on Friday to strengthen their people-to-people exchanges as they agreed to lift bilateral relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership. The decision was…
Chandigarh, July 20 (IANS) A young woman from Chandigarh has alleged that she was gang-raped by up to 10 men for four days after being held captive in a private guest in Morni Hills area…
Mumbai, July 20 (IANS) At least 81 inmates of the women’s jail in Byculla here were rushed to the hospital on Friday morning due to suspected food poisoning, officials said. After breakfast, many of the…
Kuala Lumpur, July 20 (IANS) Malaysia’s Transport Minister Anthony Loke announced on Friday that the final report on the investigation into Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which went missing in March 2014 with 239 people on…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) France on Friday denied Congress President Rahul Gandhis remarks that French President Emmanuel Macron had told him that there was no secrecy pact with India on the Rafale jet deal…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Four Supreme Court judges – Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B. Lokur, R. Banumathi and Deepak Gupta – carried out inspection of apex court premises on Friday. The four judges took…
Washington, July 20 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said he is ready to intensify his trade war with China by slapping tariffs on all imports worth $500 billion. “I’m ready to go to 500,”…
New Delhi/Mumbai, July 20 (IANS) Transportation services across the country were severely impacted on Friday as private bus and truck operators began an indefinite strike to press for their various demands, including a reduction in…
New York, July 20 (IANS) Combining testing and treatment of HIV with syphilis among sex workers and gay men could reduce the number of new HIV cases in India by seven per cent, and potentially…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Terming Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s allegations over the Rafale fighter jets deal with France as “absolutely wrong”, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the bilateral agreement was signed during the UPA…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday suggested to the states that a “strict law, if needed” should be framed by them to stop mob lynching incidents and assured them…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Tickets on the Indian Railways’ premium trains were much higher as compared to airfares, says a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report, tabled in parliament on Friday. Coming down heavily…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court collegium on Friday reiterated its recommendation to elevate Justice K.M.Joseph – the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court – to the Supreme Court. Besides separately reiterating the…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) on Friday launched the first of its proposed three-part agitation at Parliament Street here, with hundreds of farmers marching and raising slogans against…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday set aside the Jawaharlal Nehru University’s (JNU) July 4 order slapping a fine of Rs 10,000 on former JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, holding that…
Singapore, July 20 (IANS) The personal health data of 1.5 million people, almost a quarter of the population, including the details of the city-state’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, have been hacked, a Health Ministry…