Over one million tourists arrived in Sri Lanka in the first six months of 2017, with China and India being the leading markets, statistics from the Sri Lanka Tourism Bureau showed on Thursday. This June recorded a 4.5 percent growth with the arrival of 123,351 tourists compared to the same period last year while 1,010,444 […]
The controversy over nomination of three MLAs in Puducherry snowballed on Thursday with the Congress party attacking the decision as unconstitutional and state Lt. Governor Kiran Bedi defending it strongly. Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said in New Delhi that Bedi has been at loggerheads with Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy […]
The Chinese Embassy on Thursday described India’s claim of Doklam region belonging to Bhutan as “groundless” and said that for any meaningful dialogue Indian troops must pull back from the area “unconditionally and immediately”. Li Ya, Political Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy, in a video message said, “On June 18, Indian border troops crossed the […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are unlikely to meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit, with Beijing saying on Thursday that “the atmosphere is not right” due to their border stand-off. The two leaders were expected to meet at the Hamburg summit in a bid to resolve the simmering […]
The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a higher note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 31,272.72 points, touched a high of 31,284.64 points and a low of 31,193.08 points. On Tuesday the Sensex closed at 31,209.79 points. The Sensex is trading at 31,230.28 […]
An alert has been sounded in some parts of Uttar Pradesh for Thursday after heavy rains lashed here and other places in the state on Wednesday, a Met official said. The Regional Met office said monsoon was now “fully active” in the state. The orange code — warning of very heavy rains — has been […]
Broadly positive global cues and sector specific buying support buoyed the Indian equity markets during the early-morning trade session on Tuesday. According to market observers, gains were capped due to profit booking. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE gained 46.07 points or 0.15 per cent. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock […]
India on Monday said the interview telecast by a Pakistani TV channel of Hizbul Mujahideen leader Syed Salahuddin on Sunday is further proof of Pakistan’s role in cross-border terrorism. “The brazen admission by Syed Salahuddin of perpetrating terrorist attacks on India and having the capacity to carry out such attacks at any place and time […]
By Imran Khan Patna It was a sunny day and Raj Kumar Vaishya had trouble walking. But determined to get a postgraduate degree, the 97-year-old sat for a three-hour MA exam, along with students younger than his grandchildren. Vaishya, who graduated in 1938, was appearing for his final year MA (economics) examination at Nalanda Open […]
It was a pleasant Monday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.7 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky will remain generally. There will be light rain or thundershowers,” an official at the India Meteorological Department (IMD) told IANS. The humidity at 8.30 […]