Kolkata, Sep 18 (IANS) With heavy rain lashing the eastern metropolis on Monday afternoon, East Zone curator Ashish Bhowmick said the ball would come on to the bat slowly if such weather persists leading up…
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 18 (IANS) Legendary playback singer K.J. Yesudas has been given permission to pray at the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple here on the occasion of Vijayadashami, a member of the erstwhile Travancore Royal family…
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) The CBI on Monday arrested a serving soldier, Col Ajay Kumar Singh of the Army Medical Corps, and three others for leaking sensitive information about inspections, number of seats and…
Beijing, Sep 18 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump discussed Trump’s visit to China later this year and the Korean Peninsula situation over the phone on Monday. Xi said China…
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) The Union government is said to be considering to provide some financial stimulus to the economy in wake of slowing growth post demonetisation, transition to the Goods and Services Tax…
By Arul Louis New York, Sep 18 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has brought the issue of North Korea’s nuclear linkages to an international forum and called for examining them, although she did…
Islamabad/Geneva, Sep 18 (IANS) Pakistan on Monday summoned Switzerlands envoy designate Thomas Kolly over a “free Balochistan” campaign being run in Geneva by the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). Pakistan registered a strong protest over…
Lucknow, Sep 18 (IANS) The BJP-led government in Uttar Pradesh on Monday brought out a White Paper on its predecessors and accused them of “presiding over anarchy” in the state and causing total collapse of…
Hyderabad, Sep 18 (IANS) AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said the Centre has no legal leg to stand on over the Rohingya refugees’ issue in view of a Supreme Court ruling that refugees are…
By Arul Louis New York, Sep 18 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj kicked off her week of high-level diplomacy here on Monday with a trilateral meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and…
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) A British national Al Qaeda terrorist on a mission to radicalise Rohingya Muslims to fight in Myanmar has been arrested in the Indian capital, police said on Monday. Deputy Commissioner…
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Asserting that the Rohingya issue was very sensitive and the government’s blanket approach will not help sort out matters, the Congress on Monday demanded that the government take all across…
Chennai, Sep 18 (IANS) Eighteen AIADMK MLAs owing allegiance to rebel leader T.T.V. Dinakaran were on Monday disqualified by Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P. Dhanapal, giving the ruling side an edge in a show of…
Abuja, Sep 18 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed on Monday in a suicide attack in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, officials said. One security personnel said a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive…
Chennai, Sep 18 (IANS) It is the murder of democracy, said Tamil Nadu’s opposition leaders on Monday after Assembly Speaker P. Dhanapal disqualified 18 AIADMK rebel legislators under the anti-defection law. In a statement issued…
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court not to interfere in the Rohingya issue as the move to deport them was a policy decision in the country’s larger interests…
Shimla, Sep 18 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh has no tourist accommodations in far-off areas. Rural home-stays that started in 2008 are driving tourists to the interiors and are not a commercial activity, the Himachal Pradesh High…
Panchkula (Haryana), Sep 18 (IANS) Final arguments in a murder case against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and others continued on Monday with the statements of 59 witnesses being read out in…
Islamabad, Sep 18 (IANS) Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s wife Kulsoom Nawaz has won the parliamentary seat vacated by her husband, the unofficial result on Monday showed, amid the PTI candidate — who came…
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Both demonetisation and GST have affected India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth adversely, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday. “Both demonetisation and GST have had some impact on…