General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak has said that he will “certainly think” about how to deal with erroneous use of pictures. The use of a fake picture by Pakistan’s Permanent Representative Maleeha Lodhi on Saturday while responding to India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’ speech came up during his news conference on Tuesday. He was […]
The Indian and Pakistan Army traded heavy fire on Wednesday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. Police sources said Pakistan Army used mortars, small weapons and automatics to target Indian positions in Shahpur and Balakote areas. “Indian troops are effectively and strongly retaliating. Till last reports came in […]
Vodafone India and Idea Cellular merger process is on schedule and is expected to get completed by 2018, Vodafone India CEO and MD Sunil Sood said here on Wednesday. “There are three stages of merger. Approval from Competition Commission of India, Securities and Exchange Board of India, National Company Law Tribunal and Department of Telecommunications. […]
One militant was killed on Tuesday as the Army foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, defence sources said. The militant was killed in the Uri sector while trying to cross into the Indian side. “A weapon has been recovered. Search operation is going on in […]
The key Indian equity indices on Monday was trading lower in the morning session. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading 144.84 points or 0.45 per cent lower soon after opening. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 49.10 points or 0.49 per cent lower at 9,915.30 points. The […]
Veteran journalist and Marathi litterateur Arun Sadhu passed away after prolonged illness here on Monday. He was 76 and is survived by his wife Aruna, a renowned social worker, and daughters Shefali and Suvarna, a relative told IANS. Suffering from a heart disease since long, he was rushed to the Sion Hospital on Sunday afternoon […]
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned to Pakistan from London on Monday, a month after he went to the UK to be with his wife Kulsoom Nawaz, who is undergoing cancer treatment. Sharif arrived at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport here at 7.30 a.m. where he was received by senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party […]
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will begin his three-day campaign for the Gujarat Assembly elections on Monday from the crucial Saurashtra region with the state police refusing him permission to hold an open-jeep road show, but leaving him with a consolation to take out a bullock cart yatra. Over a fortnight after he held a […]
A 500 kg unexploded World War II-era aerial bomb was discovered here, prompting the officials to carry out extensive evacuations. The local media reported that the relic from the Second World War had been discovered in the city’s southern Liesing district on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported. Bomb squad experts as well as fire brigade […]
More than 15 people were killed and 20 others reported missing after Hurricane Maria battered the Caribbean island of Dominica with winds of 260 kph. “So far, we would have buried in excess of 15 people,” Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced on Thursday night. “If there (are) no other fatalities, it is a miracle.” The […]