Three injured in BJP-CPI-M clash in Tripura, protest rallies held

Three injured in BJP-CPI-M clash in Tripura, protest rallies held

At least two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters and a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) member were injured in a clash in South Tripura district, police said on Friday. The BJP organised demonstrations and protest rallies in Belonia in South Tripura and Agartala late Thursday night immediately after the incident. The party also held demonstrations […]

Apple is in India for next thousand years: Tim Cook

Apple is in India for next thousand years: Tim Cook

New Delhi “I am looking at India holistically and we are here for the next thousand years,” Apple CEO Tim Cook asserted as the 55-year-old chief of Cupertino-based tech giant entered the final leg of his highly “encrypted” four-day India tour. In an interview given to the news channel NDTV, Cook said: “India is much […]

Two Indian-origin students win US spelling bee contest

Two Indian-origin students win US spelling bee contest

Two Indian-origin students won the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee, third straight year of double winners. Nihar Janga, 11, of Austin, Texas, and Jairam Hathwar, 13, of Corning, New York, were declared co-champions at the National Spelling Bee on Thursday night. “It was just insane, I don’t even know how to put it in words,” […]

AAP MLA held in Delhi on assault charge, gets bail

AAP MLA held in Delhi on assault charge, gets bail

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Jagdeep Singh was on Sunday arrested on the charge of assaulting an employee of a waste management company here a week ago, police said. The MLA was later granted bail. The legislator from west Delhi’s Hari Nagar was accused of attacking Mohit, who works for a company contracted by the […]

Mercury dips in Delhi on Sunday, respite from heat to last

Mercury dips in Delhi on Sunday, respite from heat to last

Delhi residents got some respite from heat on Sunday after a rainy morning with maximum temperature coming down four notches below average to 36.7 degrees Celsius mark for the first time in the past fortnight due to the “western disturbance”. The cooler weather is likely to last till the month-end. The temperature is likely to […]

Unfortunate that I could not meet Sahara members: Subrata Roy

Unfortunate that I could not meet Sahara members: Subrata Roy

Sahara India chief Subrata Roy on Sunday said it was unfortunate that he could not meet Sahara Pariwar members after authorities imposed restrictions at his meeting venue in Cuttack and the place was evacuated. Apprehending trouble, Section 144 of the CrPC was imposed by police before Roy’s visit. He was scheduled to address the employees […]

Swaraj Abhiyan Punjab takes form months ahead of assembly polls

Swaraj Abhiyan Punjab takes form months ahead of assembly polls

With barely months to go for assembly polls in Punjab, launch of a new political party — Swaraj Party — was announced on Sunday in Chandigarh, led by former Panjab University professor Manjit Singh. The new entity claimed association with the Swaraj Abhiyan — a socio-political group which is headed by expelled Aam Aadmi Party […]

Hindalco Industries’s Q4 net profit up by over 123 percent

Hindalco Industries’s Q4 net profit up by over 123 percent

Aluminium manufacturer Hindalco Industries on Saturday reported a 123.36 percent increase in its standalone net profit for the fourth quarter of 2015-16. The company’s Q4 net profit stood at Rs.356.33 crore from Rs.159.53 crore reported in the corresponding quarter of 2014-15. However, the company’s total income for the quarter under review plunged by 7.6 percent […]

Big B flaunts saffron for Modi’s two-year bash

Big B flaunts saffron for Modi’s two-year bash

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan flaunted a saffron coloured Nehru jacket in tune with the saffron wave spread by the Narendra Modi-led government as he addressed the special two-year celebrations of the Prime Minister’s rule. Amitabh teamed the jacket with a crisp and pristine white kurta pajama as he addressed the audience with a valuable message around […]