Moscow, Aug 30 (IANS) Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov, who has ruled the Central Asian nation for more than 25 years, is in intensive care after suffering a brain haemorrhage, his younger daughter confirmed on social…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Seven people, including a couple, were arrested in Delhi for allegedly running a human trafficking racket for commercial sexual exploitation, police said on Tuesday. Saira Begum, 45, and her husband…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Pakistan should stop providing safe haven to terrorists and terror groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and the ‘D-Company’, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday at the conclusion of…
Kolkata, Aug 30 (IANS) The BJP is miffed over the Mamata Banerjee government’s decision not to take up ratification of the GST (Goods and Services Tax) Constitution Amendment Bill in the special session of the…
Jammu, Aug 30 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Tuesday that children should be in schools and not on the streets, alluding to stone pelting youths in the valley. Urging the…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Joining the bandwagon to begin manufacturing in India, global internet technology conglomerate LeEco on Tuesday launched a state-of-the-art $7 million smartphone manufacturing unit in Greater Noida. Spread over 200,000 square…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Even as Delhi’s three civic bodies have recorded 432 chikungunya cases till August 27, an inquiry by IANS shows that seven big hospitals of Delhi have reported more than 1,000…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) French company DCNS has obtained a Australian court order restricting newspaper ‘The Australian’ from further publishing leaked documents on India’s Scorpene submarine project, and hand over all company material. A…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The launch of the India US Innovation Forum on the sidelines of the ongoing India-US Strategic Dialogue here is a good beginning in the exchange of ideas and best practices…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Strategic experts on Tuesday welcomed the India-US military logistics agreement, saying it has been “long delayed”. However, former Defence Minister A.K. Antony, who had earlier said the agreement will end…
London, Aug 30 (IANS) One of the five boys shown in an Islamic State video executing Kurds has been identified as 13-year-old Jojo by his British father. The father claims the boy’s mother was “one…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to former Corporate Affairs Ministry officer B.K. Bansal, who was arrested for taking a bribe but barred him from entering his office and…
Mumbai, Aug 30 (IANS) Indian equity markets were on Tuesday buoyed by strong buying support across sectors, coupled with positive global cues and an appreciating rupee. Both the key Indian indices closed the day’s trade…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Lt Governor Najeeb Jung on Tuesday set up a three-member panel to study irregularities in over 400 files of the Delhi government. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called it “witch hunting”….
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Lower import duty on finished products rather than on the raw material is impacting key manufacturing sectors, a survey by an apex business body revealed on Tuesday. “Inverted customs duty…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) India is looking to work closely with the US to secure membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and permanent membership of the UN Security Council, External Affairs Minister Sushma…
Islamabad, Aug 30 (IANS) Veteran Indian actor Om Puri, in Pakistan to promote his new film “Actor in Law”, on Tuesday said that people of the two countries respect each other. Addressing a gathering in…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Annual General Meetings of Reliance Industries have always been a major draw. This time what’s evoking particular interest is that Chairman Mukesh Ambani, perhaps, would give some insights into the…
Kochi, Aug 30 (IANS) A petition questioning the merger of State Bank of Travancore (SBT) with State Bank of India (SBI) was admitted in the Kerala High Court here on Tuesday. The public interest petition…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Around 33 lakh employees of the central government had a reason to cheer on Tuesday with the government announcing their annual bonus that has been pending for two years. “The…