Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) Forecast of a normal monsoon, along with expectations of upbeat quarterly corporate earnings led the Indian equity markets to register gains for the ninth straight session on Tuesday. However, after the…
Stockholm, April 17 (IANS) Aiming to build a win-win partnership through Sweden making use of the opportunities offered by India’s development programmes, the two countries on Tuesday signed a Joint Action Plan and an Innovation…
Hyderabad/Vijayawada, April 17 (IANS) Both the Telugu states on Tuesday disputed Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s claim that cash crunch in banks and ATMs is sudden. Telangana said the cash shortage is neither sudden nor…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Wakf Board on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it won’t stake claim to the ownership of the Taj Mahal. Asking senior counsel A.D.N. Rao appearing…
Patna, April 17 (IANS) Bihar Industry Minister Jai Kumar Singh on Tuesday demanded the formation of a “Swarn Aayog” (Commission for the Upper Castes) by the Centre to provide reservation to the poor among the…
Ghaziabad, April 17 (IANS) Five persons involved in the April 8 murderous attack on Sahara Samay TV journalist Anuj Chaudhary in Ghaziabad have been arrested, police said on Tuesday. Ghaziabad Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav…
Hyderabad, April 17 (IANS) In a setback to the Telangana government, the Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday revoked the disqualification of two legislators of opposition Congress from the state Assembly. Justice B. Siva Sankara Rao…
San Francisco, April 17 (IANS) Cyber security representatives from the US and Britain have warned of Russian state-sponsored cyber-attacks that are targeting network infrastructure devices such as routers and firewalls, to compromise government and private…
Lucknow, April 17 (IANS) Two sisters were shot dead in Uttar Pradesh’s Etawah district on Tuesday and their bodies dumped in a field, police said. Sandhya, 19, and Shalu, 15 were real sisters and had…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Following media reports that it was keeping a track of donations made via electoral bonds using an invisible serial number, the government on Tuesday said the number was not linked…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind will visit Jammu and Kashmir on a two-day trip beginning Wednesday where he will address a university convocation and also visit the Vaishno Devi hill shrine….
San Francisco, April 17 (IANS) Tesla has temporarily suspended its Model 3 assembly line as Elon Musks electric car firm struggles to deliver on targets, the media reported on Tuesday. The company said the move…
Patna, April 17 (IANS) A poverty-stricken woman in Bihar’s Gaya district sold her cow to construct a toilet at her house. Tetri Devi, in her late 60s, sold the cow which was the only source…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday said that the Gitanjali Group’s Mehul Choksi, who is an accused in the multi-crore PNB fraud case, enjoyed the “patronage” of Congress President Rahul Gandhi. “Choksi…
Lucknow, April 17 (IANS) In a case with harrowing echoes of the crime in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua, an 8-year-old was raped and then murdered in Etah district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday….
Islamabad, April 17 (IANS) Pakistan on Tuesday rejected as “falsehood” the Indian charge of “attempts to incite Sikh pilgrims” to raise the issue of Khalistan. Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammed Faisal “categorically rejected Indian allegations” in…
Stockholm, April 17 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Swedish counterpart Stefan Lofven ahead of their bilateral summit here on Tuesday. “A relationship that has grown in intensity over the years and has…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) To meet the “unusual” currency demand in the country, the government has decided to increase printing of Rs 500 notes by five times, Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Citizens would be compensated for unscheduled power cuts lasting longer than one hour, if a policy approved by the Delhi government on Tuesday gets a green signal from Lt. Governor…
Bhopal, April 17 (IANS) A large number of ATMs failed to dispense cash to customers for the second consecutive day on Tuesday in many cities and towns of Madhya Pradesh, including state capital Bhopal, putting…