Following positive budgetary announcements with a focus on rural and infrastructure spending, the key Indian equity market indices opened higher on Thursday. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 28,141.64 points on Wednesday, opened higher at 28,167.83 points. Minutes into trading, it was quoting at 28,115.65 points, down by 25.99 points, […]
A 12-hour long US prison standoff continues in Delaware with four out of five employees still remaining hostage with the inmates, a media report said on Thursday. The single hostage released was sent to a hospital, a police spokesperson said, Xinhua news agency reported. The FBI and Delaware state police continued negotiations with inmates inside […]
The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued an “unreserved and unequivocal” apology on behalf of the Church of England for not reporting a child abuser to the police in the 1970s, a media report said. Archbishop Reverend Justin Welby apologised after admitting that he had worked at the holiday camps where teenage boys were groomed for […]
The death toll in a building collapse here in Uttar Pradesh rose to seven on Thursday, with three more labourers succumbing to their injuries, a police official said. Eight persons trapped in the debris of the six-storey under-construction apartment building, owned by SP leader Mehtaab Aalam, were also rescued, the police official said. Deputy Inspector […]
The Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates said that the decision of the US President to ban the entry of citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries is a sovereign decision and not directed against Islam. Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan made his remarks on Donald Trump’s ban in a press conference on Wednesday held with […]
Iranian president said that the United States’ temporary ban against citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries is due to new president being a “newcomer” in the world of politics. Addressing a ceremony in Tehran on Wednesday on Space Technology Day in Iran, Hassan Rouhani said that revoking visas to other nationalities is what novice politicians do, […]
US President Donald Trump urged Senate Republicans to take the so-called “nuclear option” to prevent Democrats from using a filibuster to block his Supreme Court pick, media reports said. “If we end up with that gridlock I would say if you can, Mitch, go nuclear,” Trump said of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday. […]
The Economic Survey 2016-17 tabled in Parliament on Tuesday by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley revealed a robust growth trend in corporate sector’s net profits during the second quarter (Q2) of 2016-17. According to the survey, the performance of corporate sector (Reserve Bank of India, January 2017) highlighted that the growth in sales stood at […]
The last rites of murdered Infosys techie Rasila Raju were conducted at her home town near here on Tuesday afternoon. Hundreds of locals turned up for Raju’s funeral in Kuruvattur as her body arrived from Mumbai earlier in the day. Her family had plans of getting her marriage fixed. Leader of opposition Ramesh Chennithala, who […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the Tamil Nadu government amendment permitting Jallikattu and told the state government that it was its primary responsibility to maintain law and order. Issuing notice on a plea seeking stay on the amendment permitting the popular bull-taming sport, the bench comprising Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Rohinton […]