Mumbai, Dec 28 (IANS) Short covering and value buying ahead of derivatives expiry lifted the Indian equity markets during the mid-afternoon trade session on Wednesday. The key indices traded with gains of over half a…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) For young designers Ankit Kajla, Kavya Doultani, Apoorva Wadhwa and Miloni Kothari, winning the Wool Runway competition has given them an “enriching experience” that will help in uplifting the awareness…
Kolkata, Dec 28 (IANS) Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar on Wednesday said India is committed to rediscover its past and make it a “very essential” part of the world’s future. “I want…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Amid the steady 4G adoption growth, 53 per cent of Indians bought their smartphones online while 39 per cent of smartphone owners still preferred retail stores to buy a new…
Hyderabad, Dec 28 (IANS) Posing as CBI officials, four unidentified persons looted 45 kg gold from Muthoot Finance in Hyderabad on Wednesday, the city police said. The con men escaped with gold ornaments valued at…
Liverpool, Dec 28 (IANS) Liverpool battled back from an early deficit to hammer past visiting Stoke City 4-1 and reclaim second place in the English Premier League (EPL) football competition. The hosts’ third successive victory…
By Abheet Singh Sethi A worsening of the security situation in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), the signing of a $8.9-billion (Rs 60,520 crore) deal for French Rafale fighter jets and new deals for artillery were…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) She had a dream debut in Bollywood opposite superstar Shah Rukh Khan in “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi”, but her ride in showbiz has been bumpy with…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) An ordinance was approved by the cabinet on Wednesday to term as illegal the possession of demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes beyond March 31, 2017, and hold as…
Panaji, Dec 28 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday advocated changes in laws and regulations pertaining to online transaction fee as he found it odd that a fee was levied on digital transactions but…
Beijing, Dec 28 (IANS) China launched a pair of 0.5-metre high-resolution remote sensing satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in Shanxi province on Wednesday. The satellites, SuperView-1 01/02, blasted off at 11.23 a.m. on…
Chennai, Dec 28 (IANS) The principal shooting of filmmaker Mani Ratnam’s upcoming Tamil romantic-drama “Kaatru Veliyidai” has been wrapped up with the completion of the last schedule in Belgrade, Europe. The schedule was completed earlier…
Mumbai, Dec 28 (IANS) Superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Wednesday urged people not to drink and drive, especially around the New Year’s Eve. Shah Rukh posted a 20-second-long video on Twitter. In that, he says,…
Mumbai, Dec 28 (IANS) In yet another attack on the BJP, ally Shiv Sena on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to “yank off the undergarments (chaddi-banian) of the public” in the name of…
New York, Dec 28 (IANS) Traffic noise can reduce birds’ ability to hear an alarm call, thereby potentially increasing their vulnerability to predators, a new research has found. “There has been lots of work on…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The following is the list of some of the major train accidents in the country in recent times: November 20, 2016: At least 149 people died in one of the…
Beijing, Dec 28 (IANS) China on Wednesday said the Taiwan issue was a domestic affair of the country and the US should carefully handle it by abiding by the ‘one-China policy’. An Fengshan, spokesman for…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday urged Youth and Sports Affairs Minister Vijay Goel to revoke the appointments of Suresh Kalmadi and Abhay Singh Chautala in the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), given…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Domestic mobile wallet platform MobiKwik on Wednesday announced that its users will now be able to pay their utility and convenience bills using the wallet across India. The company has…
By Rajnish Singh New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and the Islamic State trying to weave its terror network in India kept the National Investigation Agency (NIA) busy throughout 2016. The year began with…