16 killed in Pakistan mosque suicide blast
Islamabad, Sep 16 (IANS) At least 16 persons were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque in Pakistan’s Mohmand Agency during Friday prayers. As many as 23 others were injured in…
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Congress accuses BJP of foul play in Arunachal
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Congress on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP of “foul play” and committing a “fraud on democracy” after Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu alongwith 42…
Trump pledges 4% growth, 25 mn jobs
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. (File Photo: IANS) Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said his economic proposals will boost the US economy to grow at a pace of four per…
Trump campaign acknowledges Obama was born in US
WASHINGTON D.C., U.S. President Barack Obama. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu/IANS) Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign has acknowledged that President Barack Obama was born in the US, media reported. By broaching the…
600 kids die from malnutrition: So what? asks Maharashtra minister
Palghar (Maharashtra), Sep 16 (IANS) Maharashtra’s Tribal Welfare Minister Vishnu Sawra faced the ire of tribals in Palghar whose children have perished due to malnutrition. When he visited a tribal hamlet in Khoch village in…
US Judge denies request to delay Trump University trial
(160722) — CLEVELAND, July 22, 2016 (Xinhua) — Donald Trump speaks on the last day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, July 21, 2016. New York billionaire Donald Trump officially…
Congress loses Arunachal again as CM, MLAs defect
Itanagar, Sep 16 (IANS) In a dramatic development, the Congress lost its government in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday when Chief Minister Pema Khandu along with 42 MLAs defected to the Peoples’ Party of Arunachal (PPA),…
SC extends Sahara chief’s parole by one week
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday extended, by one week, the parole of Sahara chief Subrata Roy till September 23. Roy’s parole, last extended on July 11, was to expire on…
Delhi lawyers’ strike paralyses judicial work
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) A strike by lawyers protesting the shifting of Patiala House Court to Rouse Avenue paralysed the judicial work in all district courts of Delhi on Friday. Due to non-appearance of…
Congress CM, 42 MLAs defect to BJP ally in Arunachal
Itanagar, Sep 16 (IANS) In a dramatic development, the Congress lost its government in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday when Chief Minister Pema Khandu along with 42 MLAs defected to the Peoples’ Party of Arunachal (PPA),…
Equity markets surge on positive global cues
Mumbai, Sep 16 (IANS) Reduced chances of a US rate hike, coupled with foreign fund inflows and value buying, lifted the Indian equity markets during the mid-afternoon trade session on Friday. Besides, healthy macro-economic data…
Cauvery dispute: Youth succumbs to burn injuries
Chennai, Sep 16 (IANS) A youth who had attempted self-immolation here in protest against Karnataka’s attitude towards sharing of Cauvery river water with Tamil Nadu succumbed to burn injuries here on Friday, the NTK party…
Central government hospitals to reserve beds for dengue, chikungunya
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The central government has agreed to reserve 10 per cent of the beds in its hospitals for treatment of dengue and chikungunya patients, according to Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain….
SBI hopes to achieve 12% SME credit growth
Kolkata, Sep 16 (IANS) Country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) hopes to achieve a 12 per cent credit growth for financing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the current fiscal, a bank official…
Mulayam firefights, meets Akhilesh and Shivpal
Lucknow, Sep 16 (IANS) Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his own brother Shivpal Singh Yadav in a desperate attempt to restore truce in the…
Indian, Nepalese security interests inter-linked: Modi
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India and Nepal have a “time tested” and unique friendship and their security interests are inter-linked. “Our friendship is time-tested and unique. We…
Will abide by Netaji’s decision, says Akhilesh
Lucknow, Sep 16 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday acknowledged that he had felt “bad” over his removal as state party president and said he would abide by every decision of Samajwadi…
AIIMS doctor commits suicide
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) A 29-year-old resident doctor of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) committed suicide at her home here, police said on Friday. Ritu Mankotia was attached with the anaesthesia…
Congress CM, 42 MLAs defect to BJP ally in Arunachal
Itanagar, Sep 16 (IANS) Chief Minister Pema Khandu and 42 Congress MLAs on Friday quit the Congress and defected to the Peoples Party of Arunachal (PPA), an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Khandu…
SC to hear petition against Shahabuddin’s bail on Monday
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a plea by a Siwan resident seeking cancellation of the bail granted to former RJD MP Mohamed Shahabuddin on the ground that the…