Key Indian equity market indices open in green
Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) As the government remains firm on April 1 deadline for rolling out of Goods and Services Tax (GST), the key Indian equity market indices opened in Green on Friday. The Sensitive…
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Reluctant casino tycoon Mody bets big on FC Goa
Panaji, Aug 5 (IANS) Textile tycoon Jaydev Mody — known for his glitzy offshore casinos in Goa and his thoroughbred horses in elite derby circles — has made another big bet on FC Goa. Mody,…
31st Olympic Games set to open under shadow of doping scandal
By Hardev Sanotra Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) Brazil did its best to roll out the red carpet for athletes, officials and visitors from over 200 countries for the 31st Olympic Games being held…
Monuments in 12 countries light up to highlight Rio 2016
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) Emblematic monuments and buildings in at least twelve countries such as Paris’s Hotel de Ville, Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer and Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium have lit up with green and…
UN chief in Brazil to take part in Olympic torch relay
United Nations, Aug 5 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in Brazil to take part in the Olympic torch relay on Friday, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric has said. “The secretary-general has just arrived in Rio…
Obama calls himself feminist in birthday essay
Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) US President Barack Obama called himself a feminist in an essay published on Thursday in Glamour magazine, urging all men to keep fighting against gender stereotypes and double standards. Thursday is…
Pakistani copter crash-lands in Afghanistan’s, crew unhurt
Kabul/Islamabad, Aug 5 (IANS) A Pakistani helicopter made a crash landing in a remote district of eastern Afghanistan’s Logar province on Thursday, crew unhurt but reportedly taken hostage by Taliban, a provincial government spokesman said….
Italy’s anti-graft authority probes Rome trash agency amid waste emergency
Rome, Aug 4 (IANS/AKI) Italy’s national anti-corruption agency said Thursday it has begun an investigation into Rome’s troubled municipal waste management company as stinking garbage continued to pile up uncollected on the streets of the…
Kerala Minister denied diplomatic passport to travel to Saudi Arabia
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 4 (IANS) Kerala’s Local Self Government Minister K.T. Jaleel, who was asked by the state government to fly to Saudi Arabia to coordinate efforts with Kerala cultural groups amid reports of hundreds of…
We want to help Delhi government, says Jung after HC judgement
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung on Thursday said the High Court judgement confirming his primacy over the Delhi government was not about anyone’s triumph or defeat. “It’s just about the…
States on board for GST roll out – with riders
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Cutting across party lines, states across the country have expressed willingness to join hands with the central government in rolling out the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime — but…
Women students protest hostel timings in Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal, Aug 4 (IANS) Women students of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) here on Thursday created a ruckus and boycotted classes over official orders to allow them entry into hostels only till 9.30…
42 missing after Maharashtra bridge tragedy, judicial probe ordered
Raigad (Maharashtra), Aug 4 (IANS) At least 42 people are missing in Wednesday’s Mahad bridge collapse tragedy on the raging Savitri River, in which two state transport buses and four-five private vehicles were washed away,…
11 get life terms for torching father, daughter in Gujarat 2002 riots
Ahmedabad, Aug 4 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court on Thursday sentenced, to life terms, all 11 persons convicted of burning a man and his daughter to death in Mehsana district during the 2002 communal riots….
Maharashtra bridge collapse: Minister faces ‘selfie’ flak
Raigad (Maharashtra), Aug 4 (IANS) Maharashtra Housing Minister Prakash Mehta on Thursday faced flak for clicking a selfie near a bridge that collapsed in the flood in Savitri river and later misbehaving with media persons…
Sonia undergoing treatment for shoulder injury
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi, admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital following dehydration and fever, is also undergoing treatment for a shoulder injury, said a doctor. An internationally acclaimed team of…
Leave politics of confrontation for development, centre tells AAP
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The Union government on Thursday welcomed the Delhi High Court’s verdict that the Lt Governor is the administrative head of the National Capital Territory and advised the AAP to shun…
Mamata wants to investigate Tagore Nobel medal theft
Kolkata, Aug 4 (IANS) Describing the theft of Rabindranath Tagore’s Nobel Prize medallion as a shame, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said given a chance, she could endeavour to retrieve the stolen…
RBI constitutes committee to study household finances
Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday said it has set up a committee which will study various facets of household finance in India. According to RBI, the committee will…
Mayawati blames BJP, RSS for Dalit atrocities
Ahmedabad, Aug 4 (IANS) BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday visited the Dalits beaten up by self-styled cow vigilantes and blamed the BJP and RSS for rising incidents of attacks on Dalits in the country. The…