The Spanish government will meet on Wednesday due to the extraordinary situation created on Tuesday after President of the regional government of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, said the effects of the declaration of independence will be suspended to open a period of dialogue. Spain’s Deputy Prime Minster, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, said on Tuesday there would […]
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took a formal step to repeal measures put in place by former US President Barack Obama that would limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt on Tuesday issued a notice of proposed rulemaking, proposing to repeal the so-called Clean Power Plan, Xinhua news agency […]
The White House has said US military leaders had briefed President Donald Trump on options regarding North Korea nuclear issue. US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford on Tuesday briefed Trump on a range of options to respond to any form of “aggression” from North Korea […]
The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a positive note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 31,975.59 points, touched a high of 32,028.22 points and a low of 31,967.54 points. The Sensex was trading at 32,021.60 points up by 97.19 points or 0.30 per […]
Voting began for the by-election in the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat in Punjab on Wednesday. Nearly 15.22 lakh voters, who are eligible to exercise their franchise, will decide the fate of 11 candidates in the fray. Tight security arrangements are in place for the crucial by-election. The main fight is between Bharatiya Janata Party candidate […]
Two commandos of the Indian Air Force elite Garud commando unit and two militants were killed on Wednesday in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district. “The two Garud personnel were killed in action while operating with the Army for operational experience and training,” Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said. The gunfight […]
Pakistan has again tried to sneak the Kashmir issue into a General Assembly debate with no relevance to the topic, but India took the high road refusing to be drawn into a “distraction” from the agenda set for the meeting. Pakistan’s Permanent Representative Maleeha Lodhi devoted a significant part of her speech to Kashmir at […]
UN aid agencies are helping the Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar into Bangladesh, said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric. The number of Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh since late August has reached 519,000, an increase by 4,000 over the weekend, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Aid workers continued to […]
A techie of global software major Accenture was found murdered in the city’s south-east suburb under mysterious circumstances, said police on Monday. “The victim, Pranoy Mishra, 28, was found stabbed earlier in the day at Madiwala. Someone who saw him bleed took him to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead,” Bengaluru Deputy Commissioner […]
The increased metro fares will be applicable from Tuesday as scheduled, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) announced on Monday. This is the second fare hike this year as proposed by the Fare Fixation Committee which was formed last year. The increased charges were to be applied in two phases – the first hike was […]