EU referendum: Pound sharply lower
London, June 24 (IANS) The pound has swung wildly as traders reacted to the latest results from Britain’s referendum on the European Union (EU) membership, BBC reported. Before the results started to come in, the…
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EU referendum: ‘Leave’ lead in Wales
Cardiff, June 24 (IANS) Leave are ahead in Wales after 19 European Union (EU) referendum results came in early Friday and with only four to go, BBC reported. So far 689,603 (54.4 per cent) have…
EU referendum: Scottish results show strong ‘Remain’ support
Edinburgh, June 24 (IANS) Scotland looks set to vote in favour of Britain staying in the European Union (EU) – with every council area so far backing Remain. With 27 of the 32 council areas…
‘Leave’ leads in early returns from Brexit vote
London, June 24 (IANS) Britons voting to leave the European Union outnumbered “Remain” partisans by a margin of 6,931 in the first returns from Thursday’s referendum. “Leave” carried the day in the northeastern English city…
Gibraltar voters strongly back remaining in EU
London, June 24 (IANS) First counting venue Gibraltar declared its result as 19,322 voted to stay in and 823 voted to leave, Gibraltar local authority said late on Thursday as the counting is under way…
Britain, EU relation on knife-edge as historic EU referendum closes
London, June 24 (IANS) Ballot boxes are on the way to more than 380 count venues after the EU referendum in Britain closed at 10 p.m. local time. Millions of Britons went to about 41,000…
US Supreme Court blocks White House’s immigration plan
Washington, June 24 (IANS) US Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a heavy blow to the White House’s immigration programme by unable to come to a decision on a lower court’s ruling that blocked the programme….
British bookmakers see more bets placed on Britain staying in EU
London, June 24 (IANS) British bookmakers on Thursday afternoon revealed that the final flurry of bets placed on the outcome of the “In/Out” referendum on European Union (EU) membership were strongly backing an “In” result….
No evidence against Mahesh Girri in NDMC officer murder: Police
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) The Delhi Police on Thursday denied allegations of the ruling AAP that the probe into the murder of NDMC estate officer M.M. Khan is being influenced politically, while noting there…
Bangladeshi activist seeks Indian co-operation to save Sundarbans from Rampal
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) Noted Bangladeshi economist and political activist Anu Muhammad on Thursday dubbed the proposed Rampal coal power plant in world’s largest mangrove forest Sundarbans as “an illusion of development” and urged people…
100% FDI will kill Indian brands: Mamata
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) Lashing out against the Narendra Modi government’s decision to relax FDI norm in several sectors, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said 100 per cent foreign direct investment in…
Kumble ready to coach Indian cricket team
Bengaluru, June 23 (IANS) Upbeat on leading the Indian cricket team off the field as its head coach, ace leggie Anil Kumble is ready for the new role. “I am ready to take the new…
Accident blocks Delhi-Howrah rail route, two dozen trains diverted
Lucknow, June 23 (IANS) More than two dozen trains were diverted through other routes late on Thursday after traffic on the busy Delhi-Howrah rail route was brought to a grinding halt after a crane fell…
Six militants killed in two Kashmir gunfights
Srinagar, June 23 (IANS) Six unidentified militants were gunned down by troops in two separate gun battles in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday, a defence spokesman said. Troops of counter-insurgency Rashtriya Rifles (RR)…
Heads of British varsities oppose Brexit
London, June 23 (IANS) A vast majority of academics in Britain feel that the country should remain in the European Union as Britain voted on Brexit on Thursday. Universities UK, the association of university heads,…
Swamy now targets Economic Affairs Secretary, makes light of Jaitley
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Firing a fresh salvo on Thursday, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy targeted Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das while making light of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s support for the official, saying that…
Kidney racket: Police arrests one recipient
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) A 22-year-old youth was arrested on Thursday for receiving a kidney through the same kidney racket that was busted in Apollo Hospital this month. A police officer told IANS, “We…
Hindu man in Pakistan kills wife over cup of tea
Islamabad, June 23 (IANS) A mother of two minor girls in Pakistan’s Sindh province was axed to death by her husband on Thursday for allegedly delaying his tea. Keeso Kolhi, aged 23, was killed by…
Goa CM confesses bribing a tout 38 years ago
Panaji, June 23 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Thursday confessed to have bribed a tout once in the North Goa District Collectorate for obtaining a certified document before he became an elected representative,…
Focus on defence, security as Modi meets Uzbek President
Tashkent, June 23 (IANS) India and Uzbekistan on Thursday took note of their growing defence cooperation and called for enhanced security ties as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov…