New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) India on Tuesday ruled out troops deployment in war-torn Afghanistan even as it pledged with the US to eradicate the “scourge” of terrorism for peace and stability. “There shall not…
Dubai, Sep 26 (IANS) Under new rules effective from Thursday, cricket players can be — like in football — ordered off the field if they commit major offences, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on…
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the CSR spend of corporates, which has become functional in the last three-to-four years after the Company Law was amended, can significantly support…
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said it has registered a case of money laundering against Murari Lal Tayal, who was Principal Secretary to then Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh…
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) Cricket maestro Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar and Yuva Sena chief Aditya Thackeray and others picked up brooms to sweep parts of Bandra here on Tuesday, earning praise directly from Prime Minister…
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) India on Tuesday ruled out deploying troops in troubled Afghanistan even as it asserted along with the US that there will be no tolerance for safe havens for terror. “There…
Kathmandu, Sep 26 (IANS) A female photo journalist from Nepal on Tuesday scaled the world’s eighth highest peak Mount Manaslu in Gorkha district of the Himalayan nation. “I confirmed with the Sherpa guides and officials…
Washington, Sep 26 (IANS) A last-ditch attempt by US President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans to dismantle Obamacare collapsed as a third GOP senator has announced her opposition and left the proposal short of the…
Patna, Sep 26 (IANS) In what could be a first of its kind, 98-year-old Raj Kumar Vaishya has passed the MA (economics) examination from Patna’s Nalanda Open University (NOU) with a second division. Vaishya, who…
Islamabad, Sep 26 (IANS) An anti-corruption court in Pakistan issued arrest warrants on Tuesday against the three children and son-in-law of the former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after they failed to appear for a…
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) India on Tuesday ruled out deploying its troops in Afghanistan but will expand its development activities to help stabilize the war-torn country. “There shall not be any (Indian) boots on…
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) Reliance Capital said on Tuesday said that it will setup a standalone health insurance company. According to Reliance Capital’s Executive Director Anmol Ambani, the firm has received “round 1 approval from…
Ottawa, Sep 26 (IANS) The biggest diamond found in more than a century has been sold for $53 million, Canada’s Lucara Diamond Corp said. The 1,109-carat stone, which is said to be 2.5 to 3…
Lucknow/Varanasi, Sep 26 (IANS) Varanasi Commissioner Nitin Gokarn on Tuesday submitted a report in connection with Saturday’s lathicharge on protesting students in BHU and blamed the university administration for the violence. Gokarn has in the…
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Kabul, Sep 26 (IANS) At least eight Taliban militants were killed after Afghan Air Force struck a militant hideout in the country’s eastern province of Nangarhar, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. The targeted hideout,…
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) Key Indian equity indices were dragged lower during the mid-afternoon trade session on Tuesday as rising tensions in the Korean Peninsula dented investors’ risk-taking appetite. According to market observers, broadly negative…
New York, Sep 26 (IANS) Forget facial recognition technology or fingerprint computer identification as researchers have developed a computer security system using the dimensions of the heart as identifier. “No two people with identical hearts…
San Francisco/Beijing, Sep 26 (IANS) After blocking videos, voice chats and images on WhatsApp, China has now blocked texting on Facebook-owned popular mobile messaging service — sending out a stern message to CEO Mark Zuckerberg…
Panaji, Sep 26 (IANS) The Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to stay the framing of charges against former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal in a lower court, but also directed that…