Told Pakistan not to glorify terror: Rajnath
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said he told Pakistan not to glorify terrorism and urged all Saarc nations to respect United Nations ban on terror oufits. “I told them…
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Shooters spearhead India’s Olympic medal hopes
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) With the world’s biggest sporting extravaganza, the 2016 Summer Olympics, having just got under way, India will aim to better their earlier performance and the onus will lie to…
‘After GST, India more appealing to Chinese firms’
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Aug 5 (IANS) India will be more appealing to Chinese firms after the clearance of much awaited Goods and Services Tax Bill in the upper house of Parliament, a state-run daily…
Another top communications head quits Twitter
New York, Aug 5 (IANS) After the departure of former Apple executive Natalie Kerris earlier this week who joined micro-blogging website Twitter in February as Vice President (communications), Jim Prosser, Twitter’s head of corporate, revenue…
Curfew in Srinagar to prevent separatist march
Srinagar, Aug 5 (IANS) Authorities imposed curfew and restrictions in Srinagar on Friday to prevent a separatist called protest march to Hazratbal Shrine. “Restrictions under section 144 CrPc (Criminal Procedure Code) will remain in force…
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…
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…