Amritsar, July 29 (IANS) A court in Amritsar on Friday granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal and two other party leaders in a defamation case filed…
Sydney, July 29 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday declared that former premier Kevin Rudd would not be nominated by the government to be the next UN Secretary-General, declining to endorse him and…
Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) One of the reasons for the US’s interest in integration of northeast India with southeast Asia is a “lurking concern” about China’s looming presence in the region, a political science expert…
Tokyo, July 29 (IANS) The Bank of Japan on Friday announced a modest expansion of its monetary easing programme, blaming Britainâs decision to leave the European Union as the biggest uncertainty facing world markets. The…
Bengaluru, July 29 (IANS) More than double the pedestrians die every day on Indian roads that what the official figures suggest, according to a new study. Police reports of the actual toll of road traffic…
Gurgaon, July 29 (IANS) The Haryana government on Friday declared a two-day school holiday while the Gurgaon police has issued an advisory to avoid travelling as thousands of commuters remained stuck on National Highway 8…
New Delhi/Chennai, July 29 (IANS) Banking operations across the country were hit on Friday as around 10 lakh employees of private and nationalised banks struck work for a day to protest against central government’s policies…
Tokyo, July 29 (IANS) Japanese Emperor Akihito has planned to deliver a televised speech in August on his desire to abdicate in favour of his son Naruhito, officials said on Friday. Officials from the Imperial…
Mumbai, July 29 (IANS) Key Indian equity market indices opened in the red on Friday following decline in crude prices and Asian markets trading lower on account of the pending Bank of Japan’s decision on…
New York: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton being greeted by public after her victory over Bernie Sanders in the presidential primary elections in New York on April 19, 2016. (Photo: Mohammed Jaffer/IANS) Philadelphia, July 29…
Srinagar, July 29 (IANS) Authorities on Friday imposed curfew and restrictions in the Kashmir Valley to prevent separatist called protests in Srinagar. “Curfew and restrictions have been imposed in many parts of the Valley including…
Beijing, July 29 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened mixed on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.06 per cent to open at 2,992.54 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.11 per cent lower at…
Gurgaon, July 29 (IANS) Hundreds of commuters on the Delhi-Jaipur route remained stuck on National Highway 8 after heavy rain left the Hero Honda Chowk here inundated, officials said on Friday. As NH 8 remained…
Jakarta, July 29 (IANS) Indonesia on Friday executed four drug convicts including three Africans, officials said. Indian convict Gurdip Singh, who was convicted along with 13 others, was not among them, according to media reports….
Bengaluru, July 28 (IANS) Violent protests over the rejection of Karnataka’s interim plea for sharing the Mahadayi river water with Goa by a tribunal disrupted normal life across cities and towns in north Karnataka on…
Gurgaon, July 28 (IANS) Hundreds of commuters, including women and children, were stuck on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway for many hours after heavy rain left the Hero Honda Chowk here inundated. There was a massive traffic…
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The burning issue of spiralling prices of essential commodities, particularly pulses, came up for discussion in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, with Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi rubbing it in by…
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New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, joined by other ruling BJP members, on Thursday strongly rejected Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over escalating prices, saying the…
Mumbai: Actress Radhika Apte during the screening of film Waiting, in Mumbai, on May 26, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) Actress Radhika Apte, who played megastar Rajinikanth’s wife in the record-breaking film “Kabali”,…