Kathmandu, Aug 3 (IANS) CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda was on Wednesday elected the 39th Prime Minister of Nepal, Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar said. Out of a total 573 votes cast, Prachanda…
Raigad (Maharashtra), Aug 3 (IANS) Rescuers have found two bodies even as a massive search was on for the remaining missing passengers of two buses that were washed away early on Wednesday in flood waters…
Baghdad/London, Aug 3 (IANS) Royal Air Force fighter jets have bombed a major Islamic State training centre housed in a palace built by late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq, the Ministry of Defence…
Mumbai, Aug 3 (IANS) Indian service providers enjoyed a welcome upturn in demand during July with the Nikkei Services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rising from 50.3 in June to a three-month high of 51.9 in…
Patna, Aug 3 (IANS) It’s the same old story of alleged criminals trying to foray into politics. This time it’s jailed gangster Santosh Jha who is keen to join politics, ostensibly using his proximity to…
Jammu, Aug 3 (IANS) Cross border trade on the Line of Control (LoC) between the two divided parts of Kashmir was suspended on Wednesday for the week. A senior official of the district administration in…
Kathmandu, Aug 3 (IANS) CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda was on Wedneesday elected the 39th Prime Minister of Nepal, Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar said. Out of a total 573 votes cast, Prachanda…
Mumbai, Aug 3 (IANS) Indian equity markets on Wednesday succumbed to profit booking on uncertainities regarding the passage of the GST (Goods and Services Tax) Bill in the Rajya Sabha. Consequently, both the key indices…
Bengaluru, Aug 3 (IANS) Global software major Infosys Ltd on Wednesday announced investing $4 million (Rs.27 crore) in Cloudyn, an Israeli corporation, providing software as a service (Saas) solutions for the management and optimization of…
Dubai, Aug 3 (IANS) An Emirates plane flying from Kerala with 275 people on board caught fire after landing here on Wednesday, leading to the closure of Dubai airport, officials said. “Emirates can confirm that…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Just as the income tax rate can’t be levied at the whim of the executive, and needs legislative approval, the same must also hold true for the goods and services…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday said the BJP had gone on a witch-hunt against its MP Bhagwant Mann for his alleged breach of Parliament security. “All the MPs of…
Srinagar, Aug 3 (IANS) Tempers ran high in Srinagar’s old city on Wednesday after a guard at an ATM booth was found dead, with hundreds of pellets fired from close range, officials and residents said….
Dubai, Aug 3 (IANS) An Emirates plane flying from Kerala caught fire on a runway in Dubai on Wednesday, the airline said. “Emirates can confirm that an incident happened at Dubai International Airport at about…
Guwahati, Aug 3 (IANS) Two Indigo aircraft miraculously escaped colliding with one another over Guwahati, leaving some passengers and crew members shaken and needing medical aid, officials said on Wednesday. At least four passengers and…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 3 (IANS) To many, the Olympics are a grand affair celebrating the enduring values of athletic achievement and international friendship but for the locals who were evicted for the construction of…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday informed the Lok Sabha that the two passenger buses and four other vehicles are feared to have been “swept away” following the collapse…
Panaji, Aug 3 (IANS) The opposition in Goa on Wednesday formally moved a no-confidence motion against the BJP-led coalition government. Nine opposition members, including seven from the Congress, supported the motion of no-confidence that was…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Actor Adil Hussain, who hails from Assam, wants to be the “emotional drive” to motivate his home state government to take long-term measures for controlling the flood situation in the…
Tokyo, Aug 3 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday reshuffled his cabinet, appointing Tomomi Inada of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) the new Defence Minister. Abe’s spokesman Yoshihide Suga said Inada will…