Macro-data to drive equity markets
By Rohit Vaid Mumbai, Sep 11 (IANS) Key macro-economic data, coupled with trends in global indices and the pace of foreign funds inflow, are expected to drive the trajectory of the Indian equity markets during…
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Security forces battle militants in J&K, policeman killed
Srinagar/Jammu, Sep 11 (IANS) Gun battles broke out on Sunday between security forces and militants in Kashmir’s Bandipora and Kupwara districts, police said. In yet another gunfight, in Poonch district of Jammu region, a policeman…
AKS – Talgo completes final run in less than 12 hours
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) The much-awaited Spanish-made Talgo high-speed train completed its last Delhi-Mumbai final trial run in less than 12 hours, the Ministry of Railways said on Sunday. A senior official of the…
Modi pays tributes to 9/11 terror attack victims
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to the victims of the terror attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001 in the US, and said “two contrasting images come…
Modi pays tribute to 9/11 terror attack victims
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tribute to the victims of terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001 in the US. “Eleventh September…two contrasting images come to the…
Talgo completes final run in less than 12 hours
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) The much-awaited Spanish-made Talgo high-speed train completed its last Delhi-Mumbai final trial run in less than 12 hours, the Ministry of Railways said on Sunday. A senior official of the…
Kashmir remains shut for 65th day
Srinagar, Sep 11 (IANS) Kashmir remained shut for the 65th day with authorities deploying security personnel in Srinagar and other places in the Valley to maintain law and order on Sunday. “There would be no…
Policeman killed in J&K gunfight
Jammu, Sep 11 (IANS) A policeman was killed on Sunday in a gunfight between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. Police said the militants started firing from an under…
Nurse kissed in iconic World War II photo dies
Washington, Sep 11 (IANS) Greta Friedman, the woman kissed by a sailor in the iconic picture taken in New York city’s Times Square after the Second World War ended in 1945, has died, a media…
Ex-US President Ronald Reagan’s shooter released from hospital
Washington, Sep 11 (IANS) John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot former US President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was released on Saturday from a Washington psychiatric hospital, a media report said. A worker at St….
90 killed in Syria after US-Russia ceasefire pact
Damascus, Sep 11 (IANS) At least 90 people were killed in airstrikes in northern Syria just hours after the US and Russia reached an agreement on a ceasefire, set to begin on Monday, authorities announced….
Man charged with committing terror attack in Australia
Sydney, Sep 11 (IANS) A man inspired by the Islamic State (IS) was charged with committing a terror attack as well as an attempted murder of a 59-year-old man in Sydney, Australia on Sunday. New…
21 Zika cases found in Bangkok
Bangkok, Sep 11 (IANS) Thai authorities have announced that 21 Zika virus cases were recorded in capital Bangkok. Wantanee Wattana, deputy permanent secretary for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), on Saturday said the 21 patients’…
Angelique Kerber beats Karolina Pliskova in US Open final
New York, Sep 11 (IANS) World No2 seed Germany’s Angelique Kerber on Saturday beat Czech player Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the US Open women’s final match here. Kerber will inherit No1 ranking from…
Left wins all posts in JNU polls, ABVP, NSUI trail
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) The AISA-SFI combine on Saturday evening won all four seats in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) election. The Students Federation of India (SFI) and the All India Students…
Official, contractor allege locked up at Minister’s house, Minister denies charge
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) A private contractor and a CPWD official alleged that they were locked up inside the house of Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel on Saturday…
Madan Mitra released from jail, but cannot return home
Kolkata, Sep 10 (IANS) A day after he was granted bail in a Saradha scam related case, Trinamool Congress leader and former West Bengal minister Madan Mitra was on Saturday released from jail but couldn’t…
India ferries petroleum products via Bangladesh for Tripura
Agartala, Sep 10 (IANS) India for the first time on Saturday transported petroleum products through Bangladesh to Tripura, officials said. Tripura Industries and Commerce Minister Tapan Chakraborty and other state and central government officials received…
ISL: NGT moved against floodlight matches at Rabindra Sarobar
Kolkata, Sep 10 (IANS) Claiming that holding of ISL matches under floodlights at the Rabindra Sarobar stadium could cause ecological hazard, a petitioner has moved the National Green Tribunal pleading that the games should not…
In a first, UP to create a separate IT cadre
Lucknow, Sep 10 (IANS) In a pioneering initiative, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to constitute an Information Technology (IT) cadre of its own, officials said on Saturday. This is for the first time that…