Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), on Monday provisionally closed the day’s trading higher by 86.29 points, or 0.35 percent. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday asked the government to assess crop damage following hailstorms in the country and provide adequate compensation to…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday directed Divisional Commissioner A. Anbarasu to estimate the damage caused to the farmers due to…
Kathmandu, March 14 (IANS) The 37th meeting of the Saarc Council of Ministers began on Monday in Nepal’s lake city of Pokhara. To take part in the meeting, External Affairs Minister of India Sushma Swaraj…
Chennai, March 14 (IANS) A 23-year-old man was hacked to death in broad daylight on a busy road in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur district by some unidentified men and his wife was left critically injured on…
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) Former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal was questioned here on Monday by a team of Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in connection with corruption cases lodged against him. The Nationalist Congress…
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi at the Parliament in New Delhi, on Feb 24, 2016. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee headed by BJP veteran L.K….
Mirpur: Fans during the fourth match of AsiaCup 2016 between India vs Pakistan at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur of Bangladesh on Feb 27, 2016. (Photo: Surjeet Yadav/IANS) New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) India…
Kolkata: CAB chief Sourav Ganguly addresses a press conference in Kolkata, on March 9, 2016. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) on Monday confirmed it was planning to…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Art of Living (AoL), headed by spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, on Monday, said it was committed to setting up a bio-diversity park at the Yamuna floodplain. “We…
Nay Pyi Taw, March 14 (IANS) The Myanmar parliament on Monday finalised preparations for this week’s election of the country’s next president and vice presidents — the first candidates nominated democratically following decades of dictatorship…
Ankara, March 14 (IANS) At least 37 people were killed and 125 others injured after an explosion hit Turkey’s capital city of Ankara, the media reported on Monday. A bomb-laden car caused the explosion late…
New York, March 14 (IANS) After getting drubbed by Google-run AI programme “AlphaGo” in three straight matches of Go — a complex Chinese board game that is considered the “quintessential unsolved problem” for machine intelligence…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) India’s annual wholesale inflation eased marginally to (-)0.91 percent for February, from (-)0.90 percent in the previous month, but was higher than the (-)2.17 percent level in the like month…
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), gained 90.12 points, or 0.36 percent, during the afternoon session on Monday. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National…
Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, and Information and Broadcasting Arun Jaitley (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The government on Monday reiterated in the Rajya Sabha that it does not intend to change…
Patna: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad addresses a press conference in Patna, on Oct 5, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) India’s annual wholesale inflation eased marginally to (-)0.91 percent for February, from (-)0.90 percent in the previous month, but was higher than the (-)2.17 percent level in the like month…
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) Former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal responded to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons on graft cases and reached its office amidst high security here on Monday morning. The Nationalist Congress…
Hyderabad, March 14 (IANS) Telangana’s Finance Minister Etela Rajender on Monday presented the state budget in the assembly, proposing an expenditure of Rs.1,30,415 crore for the financial year 2016-17. This includes a plan expenditure of…