Mumbai, March 14 Negative global cues and disappointing retail inflation data, led a benchmark index of Indian equities markets to its worst weekly fall in 2015. The barometer index of the Indian equities market, the benchmark 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) plunged 945.65 points or 3.21 percent during the […]
Agartala, March 14 Over 2,700 employees engaged in MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) scheme continued their strike for the sixth day on Saturday affecting its execution in Tripura. The employees have been demanding annual wage hike at par with other government employees, regularisation of their jobs and removal of anomalies in their […]
Kolkata, March 14 They were once an integral part of the Nandigram movement that eventually catapulted the Trinamool Congress into power in West Bengal, but women who were at the forefront of the anti-acquisition stir are now confined to their homes. They are also subjected to all kinds of oppression, according to Women against Sexual […]
New Delhi, March 14 titled “Head Held High” which focuses on love and acceptance as the central theme. The music video was released on Friday by Anjali Gopalan of Naz Foundation – which actively supported the LGBT community while leading the legal battles earlier in the Delhi High Court and now at the Supreme […]
Ghaziabad, March 14 A groom learnt the hard way just how important it is bow before the bride so that she can garland him. A bride here walked out a marriage on Friday night when the groom was playfully lifted a little too high beyond her reach during their marriage ceremony. The marriage was called […]
Washington, March 14 Rhishav Choudhury, an Indian student from Guwahati, India, studying at a private liberal arts college in Ohio, fell to his death while on a spring hiking trip in Arizona. The College of Wooster is mourning the death of Choudhury, 22, College Dean Kurt Holmes said in a Thursday message to the campus […]
Baghdad, March 14 Iraqi security forces fighting to free the besieged city of Tikrit plan to clear it of Islamic State (IS) militants within 72 hours, a militia spokesman said on Saturday. The city “will be liberated within 72 hours,” Karim al-Nouri, a leading figure of the Shia party Badr Organisation and the spokesman of […]
Gurgaon, March 14 Six people were arrested here on Saturday for betting on a cricket World Cup match between India and Zimbabwe, police said. All arrested are in the age group of 24 to 35 years. Acting on a tip-off, Crime Branch (Unit-1) chief Yashwant Singh and his team raided a flat in Orchid Society […]
Sao Paulo, March 14 Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets nationwide in support of President Dilma Rousseff and state-controlled oil company Petrobras ahead of anti-government rallies planned for Sunday, Efe news agency reported. Labour unions, leftist activists and students held peaceful marches on Friday in cities in 24 of Brazil’s 27 states, including Sao […]
Beijing, March 14 No further deadly stray firing incidents should happen near the Myanmar border or the Chinese military will take “firm and decisive action” to protect the safety of its people, senior Chinese military leader Fan Changlong said on Saturday. Fan, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks while speaking with […]