Bharti Airtel on Monday said it has joined the ‘Seamless Alliance’, which would empower mobile operators and airlines to extend their services into airline cabins, a company statement said here. The formation of ‘Seamless Alliance’ was announced on Monday in Barcelona. Through this alliance, the member operators, including Airtel, would be able to continuously provide […]
Positive global cues pushed the key indices of the Indian equity market higher during the early morning trade session on Monday. According to market observers, positive Asian markets, along with healthy buying in automobiles, banks, metals and capital goods stocks led to the rise. At 9.40 a.m., the barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the […]
In its bid to bury rumours that 18,000 employees have been transferred following the detection of $1.8 billion fraud, Punjab National Bank (PNB) has clarified it has only transferred 1,415 employees as part of its Rotational Transfer Policy. “There have been reports appearing in the media that the bank has transferred close to 18,000 employees. […]
A day after reports surfaced that nearly 10,000 credit or debit card holders of Punjab National Bank (PNB) were affected by a data breach, the cyber security firm that detected the breach on Friday said it is now the responsibility of the bank to validate and take necessary actions. CloudSek Information Security, a company registered […]
A 27-year-old tribal youth said to be “not of sound mind” was beaten to death here in Kerala by a lynch mob which had accused him of theft, according to the mother. The turn of event on Thursday has elicited response from across the state after a perpetrator of the beating posted a selfie taken […]
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj here on Friday called on visiting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and discussed ways to deepen the bilateral relationship. “Picture speaks for itself!” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted along with a picture of the leaders smiling warmly as they shook hands. Kumar said Sushma Swaraj had a “warm […]
Delhi Police on Friday visited Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence to look for evidence in connection with an alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash there by two AAP legislators just days back. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Harendra Kumar Singh told IANS that the “raid” was underway and police would be looking for CCTV […]
A soldier was injured on Thursday in an ongoing gunfight between militants and the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, police said. “The injured soldier has been hospitalised. The gunfight is going on in Paribal village,” the police added. As soon as the security forces cordoned off the village in Hajin area following […]
After three consecutive days of losses, the key Indian equity indices traded in green during the mid-afternoon session on Wednesday riding on broadly positive Asian markets and a surge in IT stocks. Around 1.20 p.m., the wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) traded higher by 9.25 points or 0.09 per cent at 10,369.65 […]
Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Wednesday formally began his political journey by first visiting former President late A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s residence in Rameswaram. He will be unveiling his party’s name and the flag at a public rally later in the day in Madurai. Kamal met the former President’s elder brother and other family members at the […]