Mumbai, Nov 8 (IANS) Heavy selling pressure in metals, automobile and banking stocks, coupled with negative global cues and outflow of foreign funds, suppressed the key Indian equity indices on Wednesday. Market observers opined that…
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 8 (IANS) Kerala’s main rival political fronts, the CPI-M-led Left and Congress-led UDF, on Wednesday for a change appeared to have a common agenda when they both slammed the Modi government over demonetisation,…
Shimla, Nov 8 (IANS) Sixty-eight Assembly seats will on Thursday go to the polls in a single phase in Congress-ruled Himachal Pradesh, where the BJP is determined to take power. Officials said everything was in…
Hyderabad, Nov 8 (IANS) The Telangana government has sealed the office of the State Wakf Board, pending an inquiry into alleged irregularities. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao is likely to announce in the Assembly on…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Five years after the Nirbhaya gang rape case in Delhi, rape victims are still facing barriers to getting justice in India, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. Rape survivors in…
Washington, Nov 8 (IANS) Syria has announced it will join the Paris climate agreement, leaving the US as the only country in the world which has not signed on to the landmark deal. Syrian officials…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday sent nine persons, arrested on charges of funding terror in Jammu and Kashmir, to NIA custody till November 21. During in-camera proceedings, District Judge Poonam…
Madurai, Nov 8 (IANS) Scotching speculation that DMK was getting close to BJP, M.K. Stalin on Wednesday said the “dream” of some people of such a possibility cannot be realised and warned the Modi government…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) One of the nine accused arrested by the NIA introduced himself as a former senior DRI official to facilitate exchange of spiked currency of Rs 36.34 crore, even as the…
Islamabad, Nov 8 (IANS) The accountability court here on Wednesday dismissed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s plea for clubbing three corruption references filed against him by the anti-graft body in the so-called Panama Papers scandal….
Guwahati, Nov 8 (IANS) Assam Police on Wednesday arrested 14 officers recruited by the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) for their alleged involvement in a cash-for-jobs scam amid indications that another 11 officers will be…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) With air pollution in Delhi increasing to the severe level, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday urged his Haryana and Punjab counterparts for a meeting in order to jointly tackle…
Bhubaneswar, Nov 8 (IANS) A year after demonetisation, scrapped Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes continue to find their way into donation boxes at some temples in Odisha. Unable to dump their old currency notes,…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) As pollution levels in Delhi-National Capital Region surged, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria on Wednesday said N95 masks and air purifiers may not provide full-time protection from respiratory threats during the…
Ho Chi Minh City, Nov 8 (IANS) Star Indian boxer M.C. Mary Kom defeated Hyang Mi Kim of North Korea in the women’s 48kg category to clinch gold at the Asian Boxing Championship here on…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, accompanied by his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Parker-Bowles, arrived here on Wednesday on a two-day visit to India at the final leg…
Mumbai, Nov 8 (IANS) Geo-political tensions in the Middle East coupled with profit booking and caution ahead of key quarterly results pulled down key domestic equity indices on Wednesday. According to market observers, heavy selling…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) India on Wednesday extended an invitation to Belgian industry to invest in the country pointing the progress made towards ease of doing business and said the government is committed to…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) A new twist to the IndiGo passenger manhandling case emerged on Wednesday as the airline said the apparent whistleblower, who shot the video, was the main culprit in the incident….
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Nov 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump arrived here on Wednesday, kicking off his three-day China visit where he will discuss the vexed North Korea’s nuclear crisis and the trade deficit…