An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 on Richer scale shook Nepal around 5.20 a.m. on Monday, an official of National Siesmological Centre said. The tremors were also felt in north-east India. The quake with its epicentre in Solukhumbu, near the border of Ramechhap district close to capital, shook Central and East Nepal. The tremors reminded people […]
Clear night skies in Jammu and Kashmir dipped the minimum temperatures by two degrees below normal on Monday. The thin frozen crust on the water bodies foretold a bitter winter ahead. “The night temperatures are likely to drop further during the next two-three days as the weather across the state is expected to remain dry […]
Khalistani terrorist Harminder Singh Mintoo was arrested from Delhi in a joint operation by the Punjab Police and the Special Cell of the Delhi Police on Monday morning. According to senior officials of the Special Cell, Mintoo was arrested from a Delhi railway station. “He was arrested after he made contact with one of his […]
US President Barack Obama said on Saturday in a statement on Fidel Castro’s death that history would be the judge of the Cuban revolutionary leader’s “enormous impact”. In a statement on the White House’s website, Obama also noted that the United States was extending a “hand of friendship to the Cuban people” at the time […]
Cuban dissidents said on Saturday that the death of ex-President Fidel Castro does not mean there will be any political changes in Cuba, given that he left power 10 years ago, though they do fear more repression during the nine days of national mourning. “Nothing is changing here. The only good news is that we […]
Canadian Conservative Party leaders have ripped Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the condolence message he sent following the death of former Cuban President Fidel Castro. The Canadian leader, following Fidel Castro’s death on Friday night at the age of 90, said in his condolence statement on Saturday that his father, former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, […]
India dismissed England for 283 runs in their first innings on the second day of the third Test at the Punjab Cricket Association I. S. Bindra Stadium here on Sunday. With England starting at the overnight score of 268/8, fast bowler Mohammed Shami cleaned up the remaining two wickets for figures of 3/63. Shami dismissed […]
In an apparent attack on the opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the demonetisation was under attack as its critics were tripped by the dramatic decision. “Those who are criticising it are saying the government was not prepared to implement the decision,” Modi said at the Constitution Day celebration function at the Parliament […]
The Lok Sabha was disrupted over the demonetisation issue for the seventh straight day on Friday, losing the day’s business to ruckus and protests. The first adjournment came shortly after the house met. Speaker Sumitra Mahajan tried to conduct the Question Hour, but she could not due to the ruckus. The house was adjourned until […]
Key Indian equity market indices opened in the green on Friday following global cues. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) was trading 70.47 points or 0.27 per cent higher during the early session. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 34.20 points or 0.43 per cent higher at 7,999.70 points. […]