San Francisco, Feb 19 (IANS) Following Google’s removal of the “view image” button from its image search results last week, several users will move to other browsers like Microsoft’s Bing and Startpage that allow download…
Mumbai, Feb 19 (IANS) Heavy selling pressure in metals, banking, capital goods, auto and oil and gas stocks dragged the key Indian equity indices lower on Monday, with the benchmark Sensex tanking over 300 points….
Bengaluru, Feb 19 (IANS) Karnataka’s regional party lawmaker and popular farmer leader K.S. Puttannaiah has passed away. He was 69, an official said on Monday. Puttannaiah died on Sunday night at Mandya, about 100km from…
Bhopal, Feb 19 (IANS) Gujarat’s Patidar leader Hardik Patel on Monday dropped hints that he may campaign for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections to be held later this year and also stated his intent to…
Kolhapur (Maharashtra), Feb 19 (IANS) At least five college students were crushed to death and another 26 injured when a truck they were travelling in turned turtle early on Monday, police said. The students were…
Chandigarh, Feb 19 (IANS) Thieves took away jewellery and valuables worth nearly Rs 1 crore from a historic Shiva Temple in Haryana’s Panchkula district, police said on Monday. The theft took place in Saketri on…
Jammu/Srinagar, Feb 19 (IANS) A clear night sky led minimum temperatures throughout the Kashmir Valley to remain below the freezing point on Monday even as temperatures in the Jammu region showed further improvement. The Met…
New Delhi/Kanpur, Feb 19 (IANS) The CBI on Monday raided several locations in Kanpur in connection with a Rs 800 crore loan default by the Rotomac Pen company’s chief Vikram Kothari, an official said. Kothari…
Mumbai, Feb 19 (IANS) The CBI on Monday sealed the Brady House Branch of the Punjab National Bank as multiple probe agencies continued with their probe into the Rs 11,515 crore fraud, according to officials….
New York, Feb 19 (IANS) Microsoft founder and billionaire Bill Gates has said that he should paymore in taxes and that the government should require other super-wealthy people like him to contribute “significantly higher” amounts….
Mumbai, Feb 19 (IANS) Key Indian equity indices on Monday opened on a lower note as investors booked profits in metals, capital goods, oil and gas, and banking stocks. At one point, the BSE Sensex…
London, Feb 19 (IANS) Oxfam, the British charity rocked by corruption and sex abuse allegations, has revealed that three men at the centre of the claims physically threatened witnesses during a 2011 investigation. The charity…
Washington, Feb 19 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s former campaign adviser Rick Gates to fraud-related charges within days and has also agreed to testify against Paul Manafort, the lawyer-lobbyist who once managed the campaign, the…
Srinagar, Feb 19 (IANS) A mentally challenged person was shot dead when he entered the security area of an Air Force station in Jammu and Kashmir’s Badgam district, police said on Monday. “The incident took…
London, Feb 19 (IANS) Walking off with five awards including Best Film, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing” topped at the 71st British Academy Film Awards organised by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA),…
Riyadh, Feb 19 (IANS) Saudi Arabia will grant visas free of charge to foreign scientists and experts, in a move that especially aims at improving its health sector, media reports said on Sunday. Secretary general…
Tel Aviv, Feb 19 (IANS) Israeli security agency Shin Bet on Sunday said it thwarted a plot by Palestinian militants to carry out a bombing attack against Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman. Six members of…
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 19 (IANS) At least 80 people were trapped inside cable cars for nearly four hours in Malaysia’s resort island of Langkawi after the system malfunctioned, officials said on Sunday. The Langkawi Development…
Washington, Feb 19 (IANS) Young survivors of Florida school shooting, which left 17 people dead last week, announced on Sunday a national march to Washington to demand political action on gun control. Students from the…
Washington, Feb 19 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Sunday criticised Congress, the FBI and the Department of Justice for not investigating the Barack Obama government’s 2016 payment of hundreds of millions of dollars to…