The US Congress has approved a stopgap budget that averts, for now, a partial government shutdown, which had been a strong possibility due to the failure of Republican and Democratic lawmakers to agree on a more comprehensive bill. The approval came after President Donald Trump met Democratic and Republican congressional leaders on Thursday to negotiate […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet on Friday formally approved April 30, 2019, as the abdication date for Emperor Akihito. The Cabinet’s approval comes a week after a meeting of the Imperial House Council involving Abe, politicians, the judiciary and members of the Imperial family, agreed upon the date for the 83-year-old to step down […]
The death toll in a boat capsize off the coast of Pakistan’s Thatta district has increased to 21 with several others still reported missing, police said on Friday. According to district officials, there were about 70 people on-board when then accident took place on Thursday evening, reports Dawn news. Thatta Deputy Commissioner (DC) Nasir Baig […]
Taking a cue from global markets, the key Indian equity market indices opened higher on Friday. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 32,949.21 points on Thursday, opened higher at 33,034.20 points. Minutes into trading, it was quoting at 33,104.06 points, up by 154.85 points, or 0.47 per cent. At the […]
Authorities imposed partial restrictions in Srinagar on Friday to prevent separatist-called anti-US protests, police said. Senior separatist leaders including Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik have called for post-Friday prayer protests against US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The restrictions have been imposed in […]
The Union Commerce Ministry has sought additional financial assistance from the Department of Expenditure to support the Darjeeling tea industry which had suffered huge losses due to the indefinite shutdown in the north Bengal hills and is working out a mechanism for extending the support, an official said. All plucking and manufacturing activities in the […]
Interest-sensitive stocks dragged the key Indian equity indices — the BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty50 — lower after the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday maintained status quo on its key lending rates in its fifth monetary policy review of the fiscal. Rate-sensitive stocks like banking, metals and capital goods stock closed trade deep […]
Press Council of India (PCI) Chairman Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad, who earlier took suo motu cognizance of the killings of Tripura journalists, is now on a visit to the state to take stock of the ground realities, an official said here on Wednesday. Justice Prasad, who is accompanied by two other associates, arrived here on […]
Controversial Malayalam film “S Durga” will be screened at the forthcoming International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) only if it gets due clearance, State Minister for Culture and Cinema A.K. Balan said here on Wednesday. “S Durga” was not screened at the the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa despite the movie’s director […]
Under flak over the way rescue operations were handled, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said there was no advance warning about Cyclone Ockhi and cleared a slew of packages for those affected. Chairing his cabinet meeting, Vijayan also announced fresh measures to tackle similar calamities so that destruction could be minimized. Addressing reporters […]