Chandigarh, March 17 (IANS) Ten INLD legislators from Haryana barged into the Punjab assembly on Thursday demanding cancellation of its order that de-notified the land of the Satluj Yamuna Link Canal. Punjab has back-stabbed the…
Mumbai, March 17 (IANS) Key Indian equity indices were trading in the green during the afternoon session on Thursday in line with global cues, particularly after the US Federal Reserve kept its key interest rates…
Pokhara (Nepal), March 17 (IANS) Connectivity among south Asian nations was the key to economic development of the region, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday. Addressing the 37th session of the council of…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The Pakistan High Commission here on Thursday refuted an Indian claim that the mission had been approved 19 permits for witnessing World T20 matches in which Pakistan is taking part….
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The government hopes that the biennial elections in the Rajya Sabha will give it enough seats in the upper house of parliament to pass the Goods and Services Tax (GST)…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Bharti Airtel on Thursday said it will acquire Videocon Telecom’s radio frequency spectrum in six circles for Rs.4,428 crore in yet another deal after the government liberalised the trading and…
Mumbai, March 17 (IANS) Reliance Capital, a part of Anil Ambani-led group, on Thursday said it has concluded the sale of a 14-percent additional stake in its asset management company with the receipt of Rs.1,200…
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 17 (IANS) Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and his closest rival Ted Cruz warned of dire consequences if the party establishment attempts to have a brokered convention to pick the…
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 17 (IANS) With her favoured candidate Marco Rubio dropping out of the presidential race, South Carolina’s Indian-American Governor Nikki Haley is now hoping for “solid and strong” Ted Cruz to…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday declined specific comment if his government considered industrialist Vijay Mallya an absconder but sought to assure that every penny that is due from him…
Islamabad, March 17 (IANS) Pakistan has let the monster of religious militancy grow, admitted an influential Pakistani daily which noted that neutralising it will not be a short-term exercise. An editorial “Peshawar bus bombing” in…
Lucknow, March 17 (IANS) A CBI special court has issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against senior Uttar Pradesh IAS officer Rajeev Kumar over a plot allotment scam, an official said on Thursday. Special Central Bureau…
Pokhara, March 17 (IANS) India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Sartaj Aziz, foreign relations adviser to the Pakistani prime minister, met here on Thursday morning. They met over breakfast organised by Nepal’s Deputy Prime…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday conceded that double-digit growth in the current global environment would prove difficult for India, but said if pending reforms were addressed, it would have…
Mumbai, March 17 (IANS) Key Indian equity indices opened higher on Thursday and surged ahead in line with global cues, particularly after the US Federal Reserve kept its key interest rates unchanged after a much-watched…
Nay Pyi Taw, March 17 (IANS) Myanmar’s president-elect U Htin Kyaw on Thursday submitted to the a proposal plan of forming the new government to the Union Parliament, as part of the process in preparation…
Official Expedition 47 crew portrait. PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD AND ALLISON BILLS Washington, March 17 (IANS) On a second US record-breaking mission for 2016, NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, with cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka of…
Tokyo, March 17 (IANS) Japan reported a trade surplus of 242.8 billion yen ($2.2 billion), marking its biggest trade surplus since September 2011, the government announced Thursday. The surplus compares with a deficit of 426…
Mumbai, March 17 (IANS) Key Indian equity indices opened higher on Thursday in line with global cues, particularly after the US Federal Reserve kept its key interest rates unchanged. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of…
Mumbai: Actor Ranveer Singh during the launch of a product, in Mumbai on March 12, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, March 17 (IANS) Bollywood’s flamboyant youth icon Ranveer Singh has been signed on to endorse toothpaste…