Dharamsala, March 10 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who underwent prostrate surgery in the US, will return to Dharamsala soon, Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay said on Thursday. “His Holiness will return to…
Chennai, March 10 (IANS) Long before some Indian banks termed Vijay Mallya, the promoter of Kingfisher Airlines, a “wilful defaulter”, workers of the city based Best and Crompton Engineering had publicly called him an “NPA”…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday raised the issue of liquor baron Vijay Mallya in the Rajya Sabha and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government of having failed to detain him. The…
Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), tanked 302.33 points, or 1.22 percent, during the afternoon session on Thursday on weak global cues and profit-taking. The…
Washington, March 10 (IANS) Five people were killed after a shooting at a home in Pennsylvania state, the media reported on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday night in Wilkinsburg borough of Allegheny county,…
Jaipur, March 10 (IANS) Bollywood actor Salman Khan pleaded “not guilty” in an arms case in a Jodhpur court on Thursday. Salman was here in connection with the recording of his statement as an accused…
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 10 (IANS) A day after Bernie Sanders’ upset win over Hillary Clinton in a Democratic presidential primary, the two clashed over issues ranging from immigration reform to Sanders’ proposals for…
Islamabad, March 10 (IANS) The kind of intelligence Pakistan shared with India is precisely what the relationship needs more of, said an influential Pakistani daily which observed that the Mumbai terror attack “poisoned the bilateral…
Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) Key Indian equity market indices opened marginally higher on Thursday after six successive trading days of gains, but fell sharply soon after on weak global cues and profit-taking. The 30-scrip sensitive…
Islamabad, March 10 (IANS) The responsibility of making alternate arrangements for Pakistani fans who have already made ticket purchases and hotel reservations at Dharamsala fall on BCCI, said a Pakistani daily after the India, Pakistan…
New York, March 10 (IANS) Search engine giant Google and the social networking website has teamed up to give Facebook’s “Open Compute Project” a new push that works to change the way data centres are…
Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) Key Indian equity market indices opened marginally higher on Thursday after six successive trading days of gains, but fell soon after on weak global cues and profit-taking. The Sensitive index (Sensex)…
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 10 (IANS) Despite a flap over sale of F-16 aircraft to Pakistan and India’s denial of visas to a US commission on religious freedom, the US says it has a…
Nay Pyi Taw, March 10 (IANS) Myanmar’s ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party on Thursday nominated Htin Kyaw, Aung San Suu Kyi’s close aide, as presidential candidate for the country’s lower house. The military-backed…
Seoul, March 10 (IANS) North Korea on Thursday launched two short-range missiles from its east coast, the South Korean defence ministry announced. The North Korean People’s Army fired two missiles into the East Sea, at…
Srinagar, March 10 (IANS) The local weather department on Thursday forecast heavy rains in plains and snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir Valley during the next three days. The forecast has triggered panic as heavy…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) India has taken up the issue of a medical student who died after being attacked by “local goons” with Russian authorities. “We have taken this up with Russian authorities and…
Brasilia, March 10 (IANS) Brazilian Defence Minister Aldo Rebelo announced that 38,000 military personnel will be deployed to carry out security operations during the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympic Games. Twenty-thousand of them will be…
Kolkata: CAB chief Sourav Ganguly addresses a press conference in Kolkata, on March 9, 2016. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) Happy over the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) getting to host the high-voltage…
New Delhi: Chandra Kumar Bose, the grand-nephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at Banga Bhavan in New Delhi, on Oct 14, 2015. (Photo: Sunil Majumdar/IANS) New Delhi/Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) The BJP on Wednesday announced…