BJP chief Amit Shah on Tuesday said Telangana should become the gateway for the party in south India. Addressing a public meeting at Peddadevulapalli village in Nalgonda district on the second day of his three-day visit, he exuded confidence that the BJP will form the government in Telangana in 2019. Shah said Telangana should become […]
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a fresh Rs 10 crore defamation suit filed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over his lawyer Ram Jethmalani using the word “crook”. Joint Registrar Pankaj Gupta issued the notice to Kejriwal and posted the matter for July 26. Jaitley, in the […]
Prime Minister Theresa May convened an emergency COBRA meeting at Downing Street on Tuesday to discuss counter-terror strategy as a male suicide bomber killed 22 persons, including children, during a concert at Manchester Arena. Fifty nine persons were injured in the attack that occurred at 22:35 BST just as a concert by American pop singer […]
The key Indian equity indices on Monday was trading higher in the morning session. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading 200.02 points or 0.66 per cent higher soon after opening. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 61.05 points or 0.65 per cent higher at 9,488.95 points. The […]
Cathay Pacific Airways confirmed on Monday that it will lay off almost 600 employees from its head office, in the biggest round of job cuts by Hong Kongs flag carrier in 20 years. The airline said most of its restructuring will be completed by this year, citing changing customer habits and a “challenging business environment”, […]
A 50-year-old fisherman, bitten by a group of dogs at Pulluvilla near here in Kerala, succumbed early on Monday morning at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College hospital, an official said. Jocelyn was attacked late on Sunday night. He was walking towards the beach just after having his dinner, getting ready to go fishing when the dogs […]
America’s most celebrated circus Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus has staged its final performance in New York, as emotional performers, and wistful crowd-goers bid farewell to an institution in US live entertainment. The circus gave the final performance titled “The Greatest Show on Earth” to a sold-out crowd at Nassau Coliseum on Sunday […]
The US city of Chicago is launching a campaign in response to President Donald Trump’s threats to cut off funding for sanctuary cities, the media reported. Sanctuary city is a broad term applied to jurisdictions with policies in place to limit cooperation or involvement with federal immigration actions, reports CNN. Many US cities, counties and […]
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, his wife Pratibha Singh and others appeared before a court here on Monday in a disproportionate assets case worth over Rs 10 crore. Singh and others appeared before Special Judge Virender Kumar Goyal in pursuance of summons issued against them. They also moved bail application which was already listed […]
Twenty million people in four African countries are on the brink of famine, senior staffers at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) said. People in northeastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen face an “unprecedented” humanitarian crisis due to a combination of drought and armed conflict with fundamentalist […]