Delhi Assembly budget session from March 16 to 28
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Budget session of the Delhi Assembly will be held from March 16 to 28, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said here on Tuesday. Speaking to the media here, Sisodia said…
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Can’t comment about IS claim unless attackers caught: J&K Police
Srinagar, Feb 27 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Police chief S. P. Vaid said on Tuesday that unless the attackers are caught nothing can be said about the Islamic State’s claim on the recent Srinagar attack….
N.Korea to send athletes to PyeongChang Paralympics
Seoul, Feb 27 (IANS) North Korea will send athletes next week to take part in the PyeongChang Paralympics, which will be held in South Korea in March, Seoul’s Unification Ministry said on Tuesday. The North…
Chinese intellectuals warn against ending presidential term limit
Beijing, Feb 27 (IANS) An open letter by a group of Chinese intellectuals urging lawmakers to vote down a plan to drop the two-term limit for the President was circulating on social media on Tuesday….
PML-N elects Shehbaz Sharif as interim party president
Islamabad, Feb 27 (IANS) The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday appointed Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif as its acting president while former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was named the party’s “Quaid (leader) for life”….
PNB stocks nosedive after reports of further unauthorised transactions
Mumbai, Feb 27 (IANS) Following a late night regulatory filing by Punjab National Bank (PNB) that upped the fraudulent amount involved in the Nirav Modi-engineered scam to Rs 12,600 crore, the bank’s shares nosedived in…
Heavy polling in Nagaland marred by violence
Kohima, Feb 27 (IANS) Heavy polling of over 56 per cent was recorded in the first five hours in assembly elections in Nagaland on Tuesday which was marred by a clash between supporters of the…
India-S.Korea bilateral trade touched $20bn in 2017: Modi
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said bilateral trade between India and South Korea in 2017 reached $20 billion, the first time in six years. Modi also said that he…
India, Pakistan trade heavy fire on LoC
Jammu, Feb 27 (IANS) Heavy firing exchanges started on Tuesday between Indian and Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Rajouri districts, according to the Defence Ministry. Using…
Saudi King sacks top military chief, senior officials in major shake-up
Riyadh, Feb 27 (IANS) The Saudi King has sacked the country’s top military officers, including the Chief of Staff, and several deputy ministers in a broad shake-up that saw the monarch issue 39 royal decrees….
Sridevi’s body released for embalming
Dubai, Feb 27 (IANS) The body of Bollywood actress Sridevi, who died in her hotel room on Saturday, has been released for the procedure of embalming, says a report from Consulate General of India, Dubai….
Delhi government officers to meet Ministers after weeklong boycott
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Officers of the Delhi government will on Tuesday afternoon attend a cabinet meeting related to the budget, a week after they decided to boycott all meetings with Ministers in protest…
Fire scare on Telangana CM’s chopper
Hyderabad, Feb 27 (IANS) A fire scare on the helicopter of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao minutes before it was to take off in Karimnagar district set the alarm bells ringing on Tuesday, officials…
Congress cries foul over withdrawal of Kerala assembly vandalism case
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 27 (IANS) The Congress party in Kerala on Tuesday slammed the Pinarayi Vijayan-led government for withdrawing a case registered against six Left legislators in 2015 for indulging in vandalism in the assembly. State…
Ready to negotiate with US: Afghan Taliban
Kabul, Feb 27 (IANS) The Afghan Taliban on Tuesday announced that the insurgent group was ready to negotiate with the US amid ongoing national and international efforts to initiate a political settlement in the war-torn…
AIIB’s 3rd annual meet in Mumbai in June
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The decision to hold the third annual meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Mumbai in June is an acknowledgement of India’s active participation in the multilateral institution,…
Google brings health ‘Symptom Search’ feature to India
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) As more and more people seek Google’s advice first when it comes to health symptoms before visiting a doctor, Google India on Tuesday rolled out its feature called “Symptom Search”…
Cop among 5 killed in Maharashtra road accident
Solapur (Maharashtra), Feb 27 (IANS) Five persons, including a police officer, were killed when a speeding jeep rammed into a stationery car on the outskirts of the town here early on Tuesday, police said. According…
38% voting recorded in Nagaland
Kohima, Feb 27 (IANS) Voting to elect new lawmakers to the 60-member Nagaland Assembly was underway on Tuesday. Over 38 per cent polling was recorded till 11 a.m., election officials said. One person was injured…
Google’s digital payment app ‘Tez’ integrates with SBI
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Google on Tuesday announced a deeper integration with the State Bank of India (SBI) for its digital payment app “Tez” that will allow users to now create a SBI UPI…