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 […]
The Congress in Madhya Pradesh on Monday demanded that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan give details of Rs 15-crore investment by BJP President Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah’s firm in a windmill project in Ratlam and the land allotted for the purpose by the state government. In a letter to the Chief Minister, Leader of […]
A Texas Tech University student fatally shot a campus police officer in the head, according to varsity authorities. The incident took place on Monday night when campus police were making a student welfare check, reports CBS News. Upon entering the suspect’s room, officers found drug paraphernalia, according to a university statement. The suspect was then […]
Stephen Paddock shot a security guard before he opened fire on an open-air concert in Las Vegas on October 1 killing 59 people, a senior police official announced. Paddock shot Jesus Campos in the leg, injuring him at 9.59 p.m. on October 1, CNN quoted Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo as saying on Monday night. […]
US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump has urged Congress to act on immigration and called the fate of immigrants who have been covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme a “very complicated issue”. “You do have the question of the Dreamers: 800,000 young people, most of whom are under 25, most […]
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday said it has arrested one accused for organising a terror camp in Kerala’s Kannur district in 2013. The person arrested was identified as Azharudeen aka Azhar, 24, a resident of Narath in Kerala. An NIA official told IANS that Azhar was arrested on Monday night. He would be […]
The key Indian equity indices on Monday was trading flat in the morning session. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading flat at — 5.61 points or 0.02 per cent — lower soon after opening. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 8.75 points or 0.09 per cent lower […]
 Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar city on Monday to prevent separatist-called protests against growing incidents of braid chopping in the Kashmir Valley. According to the police, restrictions were imposed in the areas of Khanyar, Rainawari, Nowhatta, M.R. Gunj, Safa Kadal, Maisuma and Kralkhud. Shops, public transport and educational institutes remained closed here and […]
More than 60,000 people took to the streets gathered to commemorate the 50th death anniversary of Latin American revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara. Cuban President Raul Castro was present at a mass rally on Sunday at the Che Guevara Mausoleum in the town of Santa Clara, 300 km east of Havana, reports Xinhua news agency. The […]
US Vice President Mike Pence walked out of a football game after a large number of players knelt while the national anthem was being played, the media reported. The incident ook place at the Indianapolis Colts’ game against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday afternoon, reports The Washington Post. Pence announced his departure via his […]