Baghdad, July 15 (IANS) Iraqi security forces on Thursday were preparing to free two towns from the Islamic State (IS) militants in south of the IS stronghold in Mosul, while a senior IS leader and…
Patna, July 14 (IANS) At least three people were electrocuted and nearly 20 injured in Bihar’s Patna district on Thursday night when an overhead high voltage wire fell on the roof of a running train,…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Heavy rain in Delhi on Thursday brought a welcome drop in temperature with the maximum settling at the average for the season at 35.4 degrees Celsius, but also meant nightmare…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Refusing demands by the business community to make the Income Declaration Scheme (IDS 2016) more attractive, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said it is “not a seasonal sale”. “There…
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) Condemning the killings in the violence-hit Kashmir Valley, students and right activists on Thursday took out a protests march demanding demilitarisation in Kashmir. Shouting slogans and carrying placards denouncing the “state…
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) The beleaguered Islamic Research Foundation announced a fresh venue – the fourth in a week – to conduct a media interaction with its founder chief, televangelist Zakir Naik on Friday morning,…
New York, July 14 (IANS) Japanese messaging-app operator Line Corporation made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Thursday, in the largest technology initial public offering so far this year. Line priced…
Srinagar, July 14 (IANS) Normal life across the Kashmir Valley remained crippled for the sixth day on Thursday due to strict curfew and a separatist-called shutdown amid calm on the streets rocked by days of…
By Sarwar Kashani Srinagar, July 14 (IANS) Muzaffar Hussain Beigh, a senior PDP leader and MP, on Thursday alleged that security forces did not give Hizbul commander Burhan Wani and his two aides a chance…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The government on Thursday reached out to the opposition Congress in a bid to pass the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill in the coming Monsoon Session of Parliament. Minister…
Moscow, July 14 (IANS) Russia hopes the new British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will open a new chapter in relations between Russia and Britain, an official said on Thursday. Foreign Affairs Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zajarova…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Following an international arbitration tribunal’s ruling against China on the South China Sea issue, India on Thursday said that it is not in favour of or against any country as…
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) Critically-ill veteran author and Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Mahasweta Devi was on Thursday put on life support after her condition worsened, a doctor said. Suffering from various ailments, the 90-year-old has…
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) Indian IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Thursday reported robust consolidated annual growth of 9.9 per cent in net profit and 14.2 per cent in revenue for the first quarter…
Ahmedabad, July 14 (IANS) Massive welcome celebrations await Patidar reservation spearhead Hardik Patel, who is expected to return on Friday after over nine months in jail, even as posters screaming, ‘Gabbar is Back’ have come…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Ballooning food prices pushed up India’s annual wholesale inflation to a 20-month high of 1.62 per cent for June from 0.79 per cent in May, according to official data released…
By Amiya Kumar Kushwaha New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) “Hang them for their brutal act, they did not kill Jigisha but killed our emotions” — the sobbing parents of IT executive Jigisha Ghosh demanded after…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) After a lengthy seven-year trial, a Delhi court on Thursday held three men guilty of kidnapping and killing IT executive Jigisha Ghosh in March 2009. Additional Sessions Judge Sandeep Yadav…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Following reports that Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is convening a cabinet meeting over the situation in Kashmir, the government reiterated on Thursday that Kashmir is solely an internal affair….
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Thursday welcomed the court order to lodge an FIR against family members of Mohd Akhlaq, who was lynched for allegedly storing cow meat last…