Beijing, July 4 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened lower on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.28 percent to open at 2,924.29 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.85 percent lower at 10,369.69 points,…
Riyadh, July 4 (IANS) An explosion was heard on Monday near the US consulate general in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Al Jazeera cited local media as saying. The Saudi Arabian security forces has neutralised a suicide…
Paris, July 4 (IANS) Olivier Giroud scored twice France cruised into the last four of the tournament after beating Iceland 5-2 at Stade de France here on Sunday. Paul Pogba, Dimitri Payet and Antoine Griezmann…
Baghdad, July 4 (IANS) Up to 126 people were killed and some 152 others wounded in bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Sunday, an Interior Ministry source said. This is the bloodiest…
Bengaluru, July 3 (IANS) Four persons were arrested for allegedly severely beating three minor boys for “stealing” money in Bengaluru Rural district last week, police said on Sunday. “A criminal case has been booked under…
New Delhi/Hyderabad, July 3 (IANS) The BJP on Sunday dubbed MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s offer of providing legal aid to five Islamic State suspects arrested in Hyderabad as “betrayal” of the country and said the…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday flagged off a fleet of 110 new Centralised Ambulance Trauma Services (CATS) ambulances equipped with modern gadgets, in a bid to boost…
Dhaka, July 3 (IANS) Three of the gunmen who slaughtered 20 people in the Bangladeshi capital city have been identified by their former friends after their photographs were released with one of them named by…
Patna, July 3 (IANS) Former Bihar Chief Minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha President Jitan Ram Manjhi on Sunday sought to keep his political options open, saying no one knew of the future. Manjhi’s HAM is…
Baghdad, July 3 (IANS) At least 130 people, including children and women, were killed in two overnight bombings in Baghdad, most of them in busy areas, as residents shopped ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, police and medical…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Allegin conspiracy by the SAD-BJP alliance in Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said its leaders will meet Punjab Director General of Police Suresh Arora on Monday in connection with…
Dhaka, July 3 (IANS) One of the five gunmen who launched Friday’s terror attack in Dhaka has been identified by an Awami League leader as Rohan Ibne Imtiaz, the son of another leader of the…
London, July 3 (IANS) One in six British jihadis who went to Syria and Iraq to fight along with the Islamic State terror group were killed — but 400 are back in Britain and were…
London, July 3 (IANS) Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said “we should keep our options open” on Brexit — Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU). He told the BBC on Sunday that…
Baghdad, July 3 (IANS) At least 84 people were killed and 133 others wounded early on Sunday in two separate car bomb attacks at crowded areas in Iraqi capital Baghdad for which the Islamic State…
Patna, July 3 (IANS) Lok Sabha member Pappu Yadav was on Sunday booked in the Bihar capital city in a case of instigating protesting students to immolate themselves, police said. “An FIR was lodged at…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee has extended his greetings and felicitations to the government and people of the United States on the Independence Day of the country on July 4. “On behalf…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Following this week’s cut in transport fuel prices, the Centre is likely to favour Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian’s view that excise duty on petrol and diesel should not be…
Amritsar: Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal visits Golden Temple in Amritsar on July 3, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Amritsar, July 3 (IANS) Thronged by hundreds of people, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on…
Mumbai, July 3 (IANS) Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan on Sunday said he had hoped that apologising on behalf of son Salman Khan for his “raped woman” comment would put an end to the problems that…