New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) If you are in awe of those early morning queues outside Apple Stores globally, hang on. From Bhubaneswar to Ahmedabad and from Lucknow to Mohali, people on Thursday made a…
Mumbai, Aug 25 (IANS) Indian equity markets traded flat during the mid-afternoon session on Thursday, as global cues stayed mixed ahead of an important speech by Fed Reserve Chair and caution prevailed ahead of derivatives…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Hours after the suicide attempt by one of the convicts in the December 16, 2012 gang-rape case, the parents of the 23-year-old victim on Thursday said they wanted to see…
Kottayam (Kerala), Aug 25 (IANS) Kerala Congress (Mani) supremo K.M. Mani on Thursday slammed the Communist Party of India and made it clear that his party is not seeking to join the ruling Left Democratic…
Mumbai, Aug 25 (IANS) Despite a Supreme Court order on height restrictions, several organisations in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai celebrated the dahi-handi ritual on Janmashtmi with protests, black bands and black flags on Thursday….
Srinagar, Aug 25 (IANS) Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday justified the killings by security forces in the ongoing unrest in the Kashmir Valley saying those hit by bullets or pellets had not gone to…
Srinagar, Aug 25 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said an all-party delegation will arrive in Jammu and Kashmir soon to hold talks on how to resolve the ongoing unrest in the valley…
Chennai, Aug 25 (IANS) The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Thursday said the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) will go live for customers of 21 banks. The relevant details of the service would be…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) While governments the world over are concerned about how to tackle growing cyber crimes, Indian firms are more vulnerable to data breach because poor investments in adopting and implementing top-of-the-line…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Aug 25 (IANS) With the UN committed to empowering women and Secretary General Ban Ki-moon proudly declaring “I am HeForShe”, a protest by women in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir offering him bangles…
Srinagar, Aug 25 (IANS) The Union government is to appoint a nodal officer to address the concerns of Kashmiris living outside the state, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday. “The Ministry of Home…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 25 (IANS) A staggering 133,000 tickets the for Rio Paralympic Games were sold on Tuesday, creating a new daily record for Olympic or Paralympic ticket sales, the organisers said. Since the…
Mumbai, Aug 25 (IANS) An Air India Mumbai-Newark flight was diverted to Kazakhstan on Thursday due to operational reasons, an official said here. The official said the flight — AI 191 – which took off…
Srinagar, Aug 25 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said here that an all-party delegation will travel to Jammu and Kashmir soon to hold talks on how to end problems in the troubled…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh on Thursday attended the Fifth Ministerial Meeting of the Colombo Process, a regional meeting on labour mobility, in Sri Lanka’s capital. “Managing…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 25 (IANS) The Kerala government on Thursday sanctioned Rs 5 lakh compensation for the family of the 65-year-old woman Sheeluamma who was devoured by dozens of stray dogs here. The attack on August…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Vinay Sharma, one of the four convicts in the December 16, 2012, Nirbhaya gang-rape, was being treated at a city hospital after he tried to commit suicide by hanging himself…
Agartala, Aug 25 (IANS) The Tripura government has ordered a magisterial probe into the ethnic violence here on August 23, an official said on Thursday. “A magisterial inquiry has been ordered by the state government…
Washington, Aug 25 (IANS) Astronomers have found clear evidence of a potentially habitable planet orbiting the closest star to our solar system. The new world, designated Proxima b, orbits its cool red parent star, Proxima…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted the people on the occasion of Janmashtami. “Jai Shri Krishna, Janmashtami greetings to all,” Modi said. The birthday of Lord Krishna, better known…