New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar has accepted his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Chaudhry’s invitation for talks but has made clear that the agenda should concern only issues related to terrorism, a top…
Patna, Aug 18 (IANS) As the death toll in the hooch tragedy in Bihar’s Gopalganj district rose to 16, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday promised to punish the culprits under the stringent new excise…
Islamabad, Aug 18 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday termed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent statement on Balochistan as an “unsuccessful attempt to hide Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir”. Referring to Modi’s August 15 speech, Foreign…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Thursday alleged that the ACB raid at her office was due to the “extensive work” done by the women’s body since…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will visit Myanmar on August 22 following the swearing in earlier this year of the new government of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) As Union minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said the Congress statements on Kashmir show its internal divisions and political opportunism, the opposition party asked the Prime Minister to reveal…
Chennai, Aug 18 (IANS) In a move that can potentially trigger a major consolidation in India’s state-run financial services space, the board of State Bank of India (SBI) on Thursday approved the swap ratio for…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the BJP as a political party has faced more adversities in independent India as compared to any other political party, and the world…
Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) Buoyed by positive global cues and value buying, the Indian equity markets closed higher on Thursday. Consequently, both the key equity indices ended the day’s trade in the green, as healthy…
Islamabad, Aug 18 (IANS) Balochistan Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri on Thursday said no one in the Pakistani province had supported Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that the Baloch people had thanked him for his…
Sanaa, Aug 18 (IANS) At least six women have been killed in airstrikes by the Saudi-led military coalition, officials said on Thursday. The coalition warplanes fighting Shia Houthi rebels to restore President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s…
Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) In a move that can potentially trigger a major consolidation in India’s state-run financial services space, the board of the State Bank of India (SBI) on Thursday approved the acquisition of…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Days after the first Unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant was dedicated to the nation, officials of the Russian firm involved in the project told IANS that Unit 2 will…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) on Thursday said it is acquiring 7.39 per cent additional stake in the holding arm of India’s largest telecom company Bharti Airtel for around $650 million. The…
Islamabad, Aug 18 (IANS) Pakistan is to “forcefully” present its stance on India’s “state terrorism” in Jammu and Kashmir at the upcoming UN General Assembly in New York, the Foreign Office said on Thursday. “Prime…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Fearing protests, staff of Amnesty International India were on Thursday advised not to come to their offices and work from other locations, following instructions from police. Officials from Amnesty International…
Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) Reliance Industries (RIL) on Thursday said the additional $380 million denied to it by the government towards the cost of extracting discovered gas is part of a larger dispute under arbitration….
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh said on Thursday that Pradeep Chauhan — who has been accused by Union Minister V.K. Singh’s wife of blackmail — met him on…
Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) A Metropolitan Magistrate on Thursday granted bail to five doctors of the L.H. Hiranandani Hospital in a kidney racket case, subject to several stringent conditions. Hospital CEO Sujit Chatterjee, Medical Director…
Srinagar, Aug 18 (IANS) The 48-day-long annual Amarnath Yatra, which started on July 2, ended peacefully on Thursday with ‘Puja’ inside the cave shrine, authorities said. “After the traditional Puja that followed the arrival of…