Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) Positive domestic cues, coupled with a strong rupee and healthy buying in capital goods and consumer durables sectors, gave a fillip to the Indian equity markets during the mid-afternoon trade session…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said that Iran has released 15 Indian fishermen who were detained with their Bahraini boats last year. “I am happy to inform that…
Agartala, April 3 (IANS) Tripura’s ruling CPI-M has alleged that BJP’s central ministers were spreading misinformation about the Left Front government in the state in a bid to dislodge it. “BJP’s (Bharatiya Janata Party) central…
Bogota, April 3 (IANS) The death toll from devastating mudslides in Colombia has increased to 254, President Juan Manuel Santos has announced. Torrential rains starting from Friday night caused three rivers surrounding Mocoa city, Putumayo…
Seoul, April 3 (IANS) South Korea, US and Japan will hold a combined naval exercise this week against Pyongyang’s growing submarine threats, Seoul’s Defence Ministry announced on Monday. The three-day training is scheduled to begin…
Washington, April 3 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s senior advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner is currently visiting Iraq as the American military is aiding a fight to retake Mosul city from the Islamic State (IS)…
Jammu, April 3 (IANS) India and Pakistan traded gunfire in Poonch district of Jammu when the Pakistan Army on Monday resorted to unprovoked shelling and firing at the Indian positions along the Line of Control….
Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) Post-merger of five associate banks, the State Bank of India opened as one bank with 500 million customers and started normal operations from Monday, SBI Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya announced here. The…
Chennai, April 3 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Police are investigating the alleged rape of a German woman tourist near Mamallapuram beach, police officials said. “The investigation is on. We are trying to track the culprit based…
Seoul, April 3 (IANS) South Korea, Japan and the US will conduct a joint naval manoeuver, starting on Monday, to prepare against North Korea’s growing submarine threats, a South Korean Defence Ministry spokesman confirmed. The…
Washington, April 3 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has declared he would be willing “to go it alone” to restrain North Korea’s nuclear weapons program should China fail to change the situation, a media report…
Srinagar, April 3 (IANS) Two grenades were recovered on Monday from the luggage of a soldier at Srinagar International Airport during routine X-ray screening, police said. The army personnel was arrested following the discovery at…
Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) The key Indian equity indices on Monday opened higher as government came out with Goods and Services Tax (GST) rules, which boosted industry sentiments. It was also buoyed by Finance Minister…
Washington, April 3 (IANS) White House senior adviser Jared Kushner is in Iraq, a senior administration official has said. Kushner travelled to Iraq this weekend and is expected back in the US early this week,…
Canberra, April 3 (IANS) The Australian government has been urged to consider changes to its alcohol tax and regulation system, a media report said on Monday. If the changes are incorporated alcohol could be sold…
Bogota, April 3 (IANS) Forensic authorities in Colombia has said that at least 248 people have died in the Mocoa mudslide after heavy rains caused rivers to overflow in Colombia’s Putumayo province. “At the moment…
Washington, April 3 (IANS) President Donald Trump on Sunday said that Republicans are continuing to discuss how to replace the healthcare reform approved in 2010 by then-President Barack Obama, media reports said. “Anybody (especially Fake…
Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) Indian singer-songwriter Arko Pravo Mukherjee, who was launched by filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt in Bollywood with “Jism 2” in 2012, has featured on the US Billboard Charts. His song “Reeva” has become…
Bengaluru, April 2 (IANS) Infosys founder N.R. Narayana Murthy on Sunday termed the board-approved compensation hike for Chief Operating Officer U.B. Pravin Rao as “not proper” and said it will “erode the trust and faith…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The Election Commission on Sunday told the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court if it wants verification of votes cast in the Punjab assembly…