External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said that the government will spare no effort to secure Father Tom Uzhunnalil’s release from captivity in Yemen. “I have seen the video from Father Tom. He is an Indian citizen and the life of every Indian is most precious for us,” Sushma Swaraj said in a series […]
Short covering, along with bargain hunting buoyed the Indian equity markets during the morning trade session on Tuesday. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) gained 30.30 points or 0.38 per cent to 7,938.55 points. The barometer 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 25,815.43 points, traded at 25,909.31 […]
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday again criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the demonetisation issue and said he had divided the country into two. He said the November 8 demonetisation — wherein old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes were scrapped — was not against corruption but against the poor and other […]
Notwithstanding its Uttar Pradesh chief ministerial candidate Sheila Dikshits name featuring in the list, the Congress on Monday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes clean on the Sahara diaries bribery issue. Modi’s name allegedly featured in the diaries as a receiver of kickbacks from the Sahara Group while he was the Chief Minister of […]
In an ancient Iraqi Christian town recently liberated from the Islamic State (IS) terror group, Christmas was celebrated for the first time in over two years on Saturday, a media report said on Sunday. It was an emotional return for members of Bartella town’s displaced Christian community, who had been forced to flee when their […]
Christmas brought some relief for the dry spell hit Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday as the weather office forecast light rain and snowfall at isolated places in the state. “There was light rain during the night in Katra, Bhaderwah and Bannihal areas of the Jammu region while there was rainfall in Kashmir Valley’s Qazigund town,” […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on his 66th birthday. “Birthday wishes to Pakistan PM Mr. Nawaz Sharif. I pray for his long and healthy life,” Modi tweetws. The Prime Minister wished Sharid, right after greeting the nation on the ocassion of Christmas. “Merry Christmas! We remember and celebrate […]
A day after Najeeb Jung resigned as Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy, Manish Sisodia, met him separately at his residence here. Kejriwal, the national convenor of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), who was locked in a running battle with Jung for a long time, told reporters that the two met over […]
Income Tax (IT) officials on Thursday ended their raid at the house of Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary P.Rama Mohana Rao. The raids began on Wednesday morning and continued all night. On Wednesday, searches were also conducted in Rao’s office in the state secretariat and in several other places connected to Rao, his son and others. […]
The Delhi Anti-Corruption Branch on Wednesday filed a chargesheet against DCW chief Swati Maliwal in an alleged case of irregularities in the appointments to the women’s rights panel. Maliwal, however, denied the charges and said the action was taken to put pressure on her not to investigate cases against leaders of a political party. ACB […]