Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading 67.93 points, or 0.28 percent, lower during the afternoon session on Wednesday. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday urged the party MPs to play a proactive role in informing people about the Union Budget 2016-17 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Clamor grew louder on Wednesday against Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s cultural mega-extravaganza on the ecologically sensitive Yamuna floodplains with the opposition questioning how the government deployed the Indian Army to…
Shimla, March 9 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday said his government would not use force against the protestors of the India-Pakistan match slated in the state on March 19. “We have…
Imphal, March 9 (IANS) Irom Sharmila, who has been on fasts unto death since November 4, 2000, to demand the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, has rejected state Social Welfare Minister…
Dhaka, March 9 (IANS) A pilot was killed and two crew members were missing as a cargo plane crashed into the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazaar district on Wednesday. The…
Islamabad, March 9 (IANS) Revisiting the Indus Waters Treaty could open a Pandora’s box for Pakistan, said an influential Pakistani daily. An editorial “Indus Waters Treaty” in the Dawn on Wednesday said that the Senate…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The opposition on Wednesday criticised the government in the Rajya Sabha for using army personnel for a three-day World Cultural Festival being organised by Art of Living on the Yamuna…
Dhaka, March 9 (IANS) A pilot was killed and two crew members went missing as a cargo plane crashed into the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazaar district on Wednesday. The…
Kabul, March 9 (IANS) Casualties were feared as Taliban militants attacked government offices in Afghanistan’s Helmand province on Wednesday, sources said. Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. “Unknown number of militants arrived and seized a…
Wellington, March 9 (IANS) At least three police officers were shot at on Wednesday in New Zealand near Kawerau district, a media report said. The officers were airlifted to hospital where they were being treated…
Kabul, March 9 (IANS) Casualties were feared as Taliban militants attacked government offices in Afghanistan’s Gereshk district on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported.
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 9 (IANS) India and the US have agreed to deepen their already close collaboration against Pakistan-based terror groups Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), blamed for terrorist attacks in India, and…
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a negative note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 24,527.27 points touched a…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The 15-year-old girl, who was raped and then burnt alive on the terrace of her house, died here on Wednesday in a city hospital, authorities said. The girl, a resident…
From Lalit K Jha Washington, Mar 9 (PTI) Republican presidential aspirant Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton have won their primaries in the US state of Mississippi, cementing their position as frontrunners in…
New York, March 9 (IANS) The US stocks traded lower in the morning session on Tuesday after China released weaker-than-expected trade data. At midday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 92.62 points, or 0.54 percent,…
Toronto, March 9 (IANS) The government of Canada announced an ambitious plan for 2016 immigration levels on Tuesday, aimed at reuniting more families. Ottawa plans to welcome between 280,000 and 305,000 permanent residents by the…
New York, March 9 (IANS) The US stocks opened lower on Tuesday after weaker-than-expected Chinese trade data. China’s exports in dollar-denominated terms slumped more than 25 percent year-on-year in February, more than expected and the…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said that a doctor is attending to an Indian medical student attacked by unknown…