At least seven coaches of the Shaktipunj Express derailed near Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. No one was injured. According to railway officials, the incident occurred near Obara around 6 a.m. The train from Howrah in West Bengal was headed to Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh. East Central Railway Spokesperson Rajesh Kumar told IANS, all […]
Key Indian equity market indices opened in the green on Tuesday following global cues. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) was trading 52.59 points or 0.17 per cent higher during the early session. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 13.35 points or 0.13 per cent higher at 9,926.20 points. […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday suggested 10 commitments to be made by the BRICS nations, including counter-terrorism efforts, for their role in global transformation. Speaking at the Dialogue of Emerging Markets and Developing Countries in the course of the 9th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Summit here, Modi said that the […]
Iraqi police arrested 23 Islamic State (IS) militants after they entered Mosul from the recently liberated region of Tal Afar, in the northwestern part of the country. Nineveh police chief Wathiq al-Hamadani said on Sunday that the extremists fled the municipality of Al-Ayadiyah, the latest IS stronghold liberated by Iraqi forces on August 31, Efe […]
A gunfight between the security forces and militants started on Monday during a cordon and search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district. The security forces receiving information about the presence of militants in Shankar Gund area on the outskirts of Sopore town were preparing to cordon off and search the place when the incident […]
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modis bilateral meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Xiamen, India has hinted that it wants to move on from the tense Doklam dispute, which had plunged bilateral ties to a new low. “We want to bury the ghost of the […]
New Delhi Every one of the 1.25 billion Indians will have to own the dream of New India so that it becomes a success by 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. Addressing a gathering of entrepreneurs at the “Champions of Change” conclave organised by the NITI Aayog, he said the government cannot afford to live […]
It is “dangerous” to see a mere three cm of rainfall inundate the city, India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Bengaluru chief said on Saturday, a day after the deluge here. “The rainfall received here yesterday was only a moderate one — measuring upto maximum 3 cm in the city. But the fact that it could leave […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday dismissed reports of alleged phone-tapping of a Union Minister by the agency in a section of the media as “completely false and malicious”. The agency said its work was “clearly defined and its mandate is to probe cases professionally”. “With reference to a story regarding phone-tapping of […]
Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal on Saturday ruled out policy measures in the immediate future to legalise introduction of cryptocurrency for security and commodities related transactions. He added that a committee was set up by the Finance Ministry on the issue to weigh its consequences. “The majority public view, however, on introduction […]