Pakistani JIT visit was on reciprocity basis: India
New Delhi : The Pakistani Joint Investigation Team that is in India to probe the January 2 Pathankot terror attack; in New Delhi on March 28, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) India…
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Last rites of Kamla Advani performed
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The last rites of Kamla Advani, wife of BJP veteran L. K. Advani, were performed here on Thursday. The funeral ceremony at Nigambodh Ghat here was attended by Advani, their…
HC allows inaugural IPL match in Mumbai on Saturday
Mumbai, April 7 (IANS) Declining to put on hold the inaugural match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 season starting here on Saturday, the Bombay High Court on Thursday asked the Maharashtra government to…
Tripura CLP leader quits protesting Congress-Left tie-up in Bengal
Agartala, April 7 (IANS) Tripura’s Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Sudip Roy Barman on Thursday resigned from his post protesting his party’s electoral alliance with the Left Front in the West Bengal assembly elections. “I…
Centre should stop having its own way, observes Uttarakhand HC
Dehradun, April 7 (IANS) The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday said the Centre should stop having its own way while imposing the President’s Rule. “We will protect the interests of the appellants. If the Centre…
Sushma to meet Russian, Chinese counterparts in Moscow
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will be meeting her counterparts from Russia and China during the RIC (Russia, India, China) trilateral meeting…
Sri Lanka to restructure national airline
Colombo, April 7 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government on Thursday announced that it will restructure its national carrier, SriLankan Airlines, which faces a debt of nearly $1 billion. Minister of Finance Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said…
Death, money has replaced ‘Maa Maati Manush’ in Bengal: Modi
Asansol: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a BJP rally ahead of West Bengal Assembly polls in Asansol on April 7, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Madarihat (West Bengal), April 7 (IANS) Castigating the Mamata Banerjee government in…
Congress says Raman Singh’s son involved in offshore investments
Raman Singh (Credit : IANS) New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday accused the government of ignoring International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ (ICIJ) leaks of offshore investments in the past and demanded Chhattisgarh…
Jaitley assures probe as Bollywood, IPL linked to ‘Panama’ expose
Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, and Information and Broadcasting and BJP leader Arun Jaitley. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The government on Thursday said it would conduct a thorough probe into…
Sushma to take up Masood veto case with Chinese minister
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is likely to take up with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi China’s veto against India’s move…
Sri Lanka arrests nine Indian fishermen
Colombo, April 7 (IANS) The Sri Lankan navy on Thursday arrested nine Indian fishermen for poaching illegally in the island’s northern seas. One Indian fishing trawler was also seized and the arrested fishermen along with…
AI starts inquiry against pilot for refusing to operate flight
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) National carrier Air India on Thursday ordered an inquiry into a delay in an international flight allegedly because the senior pilot refused to operate it without a particular co-pilot. The…
Panama Papers type cases fuel delegitimisation of wealth: Rajan
Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan during CII’s Singapore Symposium 2016 in Mumbai on April 7, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, April 7 (IANS) Calling it important for societies to work towards legitimising…
Caution ahead of Q4 results dents equity markets
Mumbai, April 7 (IANS) Caution ahead of the quarterly results season, along with relentless selling by foreign funds, caused a slump in the Indian equity markets on Thursday. Consequently, key indices of the Indian equity…
Goa CM surprised at terror input leak to media
Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar. (File Photo: IANS) Panaji, April 7 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Thursday expressed surprise over the manner in which intelligence inputs about armed terrorists from Pakistan entering India…
Pakistan cooperated on terror attack for first time, says India
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) India on Thursday said that for the first time it received cooperation from Pakistan on a terror attack following the visit of the Pakistani Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the…
After rebuffing Masood ban, China backs India against WTO ruling
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) A week after it blocked efforts to ban Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, China on Thursday supported India against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling that opposes India’s domestic manufacturing under…
IIT fees more than doubled from coming session
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The annual fee for undergraduate courses in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) has been hiked from Rs.90,000 to Rs.2 lakh, official sources said on Thursday. “The Human Resource Development…
BSP MP, wife, son sent to 14-day judicial custody
Ghaziabad, April 7 (IANS) A court on Thursday sentenced BSP MP Narendra Kashyap, his wife Devendri Devi and their son Sagar to 14 days judicial custody over the alleged dowry death of Sagar’s wife Himani….