US President Donald Trump’s administration will reimpose the first batch of Iran sanctions on Monday since Washington withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal. The more significant tranche of sanctions, including on oil sales, won’t however, come into force until November, reports The Hill news. Trump announced in May that he was withdrawing the US from […]
At least 82 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale jolted the Indonesian island of Lombok, officials said. Also, hundreds of people have been wounded by Sunday’s quake, disaster management officials said, BBC reported. The magnitude seven tremor was shallow, happening only 10 km underground. It damaged thousands […]
Supreme Court judges who are upset with the Centre altering the seniority of Justice K.M. Joseph for his appointment as the Supreme Court judge, will meet Chief Justice Dipak Misra on Monday over the issue. The judges include collegium members who are unhappy as the Presidential notification listed Justice Joseph at number three in terms […]
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday assured that there will be no discrimination or unnecessary harassment in the updation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and said the entire process has been fair and transparent. Reiterating that the matter pertained to national security, he condemned alleged attempts by a “few” (persons) to create […]
The Antigua government has said fugitive Indian jeweller Mehul Choksi was given citizenship of the Carribean country after “stringent background checks” and clearance certificate by Mumbai Police and the External Affairs Ministry. The Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU) of Antigua and Barbuda, however, said while conducting background checks on Choksi, it found that the Securities […]
Film director Vijay R. Gutte, son of a leading Maharashtra businessman close to the BJP, has been arrested in a case of alleged Rs 34-crore GST fraud committed through fake documents, official sources said here on Friday. Director of an upcoming film ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’ starring veteran actor Anupam Kher, Gutte has been remanded […]
The key Indian equity indices — S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 — rose over one per cent on Friday supported by a healthy macro economic data and firm buying activity in the banking, consumer durables and metal indices. The Nikkei India Services Business Activity Index released on Friday rose from 52.6 in June to […]
At least 15 people were killed and more than 50 others wounded after two explosions ripped through a mosque in Afghanistan’s Gardez city on Friday. The blasts took place at 1.30 p.m. when people were offering Friday prayers inside Imam-e-Zaman Mosque in Police District 2 of the city, which is the capital of eastern Paktia […]
West Indian power-hitter Chris Gayle on Friday predicted that England will win the ongoing five-match Test rubber despite India giving a tough fight to the hosts in the first Test at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground. “I believe England are the favourites because they are playing under familiar conditions, but at the same time I would […]
An Indian American Muslim advocacy group has called for an immediate suspension of the National Registry of Citizens (NRC) in Assam until irregularities that have resulted in four million people being excluded from the list are resolved. The publication of the draft NRC in Assam has led to bitterness as people who had applied have […]