Mumbai, Aug 16 (IANS) Negative global cues, along with profit booking and lower global crude oil prices, depressed the Indian equity markets on Tuesday. Consequently, both the key equity indices closed in the red, as…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday ordered Payal Abdullah, the estranged wife of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, to vacate the government accommodation allotted to Omar in the…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday ordered Payal Abdullah, the estranged wife of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, to vacate the government accommodation allotted to Omar in the…
Islamabad, Aug 16 (IANS) Pakistan on Tuesday offered India a bilateral arrangement on “non-testing of nuclear weapons”. “In the larger interest of peace and stability in the region, as also in the global context, Pakistan…
Gurgaon, Aug 16 (IANS) The Haryana government on Tuesday appointed Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sandeep Khirwar as Gurgaon’s new Commissioner of Police. The 1995 batch IPS officer, Khirwar, was posted as Inspector General of…
Mumbai, Aug 16 (IANS) With average 29 cases of sexual harassment each year, the women employees of India’s richest and Asia’s biggest civic body — Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai — are a vulnerable lot,…
Panaji, Aug 16 (IANS) From removing stray cows, to filling up pot-holed roads, to arranging air ambulances, the Goa government is gearing up to ensure a hassle-free experience for dignitaries coming for the upcoming BRICS…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and a host of others on Tuesday extended birthday greetings to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. “Birthday greetings to Delhi…
Washington, Aug 16 (IANS) The United States has expressed concern over violence in the Kashmir Valley and urged India and Pakistan to find a “peaceful resolution” to the Kashmir dispute. “We are aware of the…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday said the opposition Congress was “divided” on the issues concerning national security. The BJP reaction came after Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Monday slammed…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Political parties in India should unite and speak in one voice on “international issues”, Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said on Tuesday. “I appeal to all parties, do…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday held a high-level review meeting on Jammu and Kashmir and instructed security officials to restore peace and normalcy in the state at the…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Aug 16 (IANS) Excessive fishing is becoming a threat to the marine ecosystem of China — and the authorities are mulling a 10-year ban on fishing in the country’s longest river…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday ordered Payal Abdullah, the estranged wife of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, to vacate the government accommodation allotted to Omar in the…
New York, Aug 16 (IANS) A cache of exquisitely preserved 25 tiny bones, found in a coal mine in Gujarat, appear to be the most primitive primate bones yet discovered, according to an analysis by…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday met with new Maldivian Foreign Minister Mohamed Asim who is visiting India on his first overseas trip after assuming office. “Minister of Foreign…
Islamabad, Aug 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday reiterated his resolve to extend Pakistan’s moral, diplomatic and political support to the “indigenous freedom struggle” in Jammu and Kashmir. Sharif made the remarks to…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Four petrol pump workers were robbed of Rs 36 lakh here on Tuesday while going to a bank to deposit the money, police said. The victims were travelling in a…
Mumbai, Aug 16 (IANS) The Indian Christian Voice (ICV) on Tuesday condemned yoga guru Baba Ramdev for a TV commercial which depicts the holy Cross while urging Indians to boycott all foreign products. While the…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday held a high-level review meeting on Jammu and Kashmir and instructed security officials to restore peace and normalcy in the state at the…