New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Increase in volume of digital transactions, widening of tax base and squeezed circulation of high denomination currency were the real measures of success of demonetisation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said…
Chandigarh, Sep 18 (IANS) BSF troopers have seized over 12 kg heroin at two locations near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Abohar sector, a BSF officer said on Monday. The haul was made during a…
Kochi, Sep 18 (IANS) A court on Monday turned down Malayalam actor Dileep’s fourth bail plea in the actress abduction case even as the Kerala High Court posted for next week the anticipatory bail pleas…
New Delhi, Sep 18 (ANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday cautioned troopers of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) against messages being circulated on social media and warned them not to believe them unless…
Edmonton (Canada), Sep 18 (IANS) Yuki Bhambri and Ramkumar Ramanathan registered contrasting results in their reverse singles matches as India lost 2-3 to Canada in the Davis Cup World Group play-offs at the Northlands Coliseum…
Islamabad, Sep 18 (IANS) Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s wife Kulsoom Nawaz has won the parliamentary seat vacated by her husband, unofficial results on Monday showed. The National Assembly seat in Lahore, the capital…
Los Angeles, Sep 18 (IANS) The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards here saw “Saturday Night Live” — a platform for political satire — and two women-oriented dramas win big, even as US President Donald Trump remained…
Bengaluru, Sep 18 (IANS) Veteran Congress lawmaker and former Karnataka Minister Qamarul Islam died here on Monday after a cardiac arrest, said a private hospital doctor. He was 69. “Islam died post noon due to…
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) faction led by Sharad Yadav on Monday elected Gujarat MLA Chhotubhai Vasava as its acting President. “The party’s National Executive has elected Chhotubhai Vasava as the…
Mumbai, Sep 18 (IANS) Positive global cues, along with healthy buying in automobile, capital goods and consumer durables stocks, pushed the Indian equity markets higher, with the NSE Nifty50 touching record high levels on Monday….
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court not to interfere in the Rohingya issue as it was a policy decision to deport them and that some of them were…
London, Sep 18 (IANS) Police on Monday revealed the identity of one of the two suspects arrested in connection with the terror attack on a London Tube train that left 30 people injured, authorities said….
Patna, Sep 18 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said he supports Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stand on holding simultaneous elections to Parliament and state assemblies. “I favour and support in principle a…
Kathmandu, Sep 18 (IANS) Nepal on Monday began polling for the final phase of local polls, the first since 1997, in an attempt to restore democracy in the country hit by a decade-long civil war…
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government on Monday told the Supreme Court that there were no fresh anti-NEET agitations in the state after it was banned by the top court on September…
Chennai, Sep 18 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Speaker P. Dhanapal on Monday disqualified 18 MLAs owing allegiance to the AIADMK faction led by T.T.V. Dinakaran, effectively giving Chief Minister E. Palaniswami a majority in the Assembly….
New York, Sep 18 (IANS) The owners of Rolling Stone, the 50-year-old music and culture magazine, have put it up for sale mainly due to some “costly strategic mis-steps” that have steadily taken a financial…
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Rajnikant Mishra will be the new Chief of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), it was announced on Monday. The decision was taken by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. Mishra, a…
Madrid, Sep 18 (IANS) M?decins Sans Fronti?res (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders on Monday urged Myanmar to grant international humanitarian organisations unrestricted and independent access to the conflict-torn Rakhine state to enable provision of humanitarian…
Tokyo, Sep 18 (IANS) Kazakhstan’s Zarina Diyas, the World No. 100, won her first WTA Tour title by defeating Japan’s Miyu Kato 6-2, 7-5 in the Japan Open final. The 23-year-old on Sunday needed 77…