Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) With the key US-China trade talks just around the corner, Indian markets took a pause on Thursday. The Sensex and Nifty closed on a flat note before turning choppy towards the end of the session. The Sensex finished just 5.67 points lower at 39,592.08 while the[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court on Thursday upheld the validity of reservations in education and government jobs granted to the Maratha community under the Socially and Educationally Backward Class category. Vijayalaxmi Khopade, a lawyer for one of the petitioners, said that a division[Read More…]
Berlin, June 27 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel was seen visibly trembling on Thursday at an event held in the Bellevue Palace in Berlin for the second time in just over a week. Merkel was at the headquarters of the country’s presidency attending an official handover ceremony between Justice Ministers[Read More…]
Panaji, June 27 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday demanded immediate scrapping of the draft Coastal Zone Management plan of Goa, claiming several extensive real estate and hospitality oriented projects as well as a string of private jetties had “mysteriously” cropped up into the draft plan. Addressing a press conference in[Read More…]
By Anand Singh New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Stunned by the rout in the Lok Sabha battle, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi is working on a plan to revamp the country’s oldest political party across Uttar Pradesh keeping in mind the 2022 Assembly elections. Party sources said that Gandhi, who[Read More…]
London, June 27 (IANS) Riding on their good show so far in the ongoing World Cup, India on Thursday pipped England to become the No. 1 ODI team in the latest ICC rankings. India now have 123 points to England’s 122 after remaining unbeaten so far in the showpiece event.[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) Actor Ayushmann Khurrana says actress Bhumi Pednekar is the biggest diva with whom he has worked with till now. Ayushmann has worked with Bhumi on “Dum Laga Ke Haisha” and “Shubh Mangal Saavdhan”. He expressed his views when he appeared on an episode of “BFFs with[Read More…]
Ahmedabad, June 27 (IANS) The Adani Group has announced its long-term initiative to discover and nurture world-class athletes in India. ‘Garv Hai’, named after the group’s pilot project built around the Rio Olympics 2016, is a nationwide programme that aims to reach out and empower stakeholders in the sports fraternity.[Read More…]
By Anand Singh New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), nodal agency for the 508-km Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, has started relocating the Western Railway’s structures in Vadodara that are falling in the project area. A senior NHSRCL official told IANS, structures of the[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Eighty five per cent of mothers who participated in a survey demanded a reduction in this year’s budget while 81 per cent demanded more schools for children with learning abilities. The study surveyed 1,317 mothers across India with a combination of working mothers (36.9 per[Read More…]
Lucknow, June 27 (IANS) After a video showing jail inmates brandishing firearms in a jail in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district went viral on the social media, the government on Thursday claimed that the firearms were actually made of clay. In a statement, the state Home Department said: “During the probe,[Read More…]
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), June 27 (IANS) As India’s Neeraj Goyat was ruled out of next months WBC Pearl World Championship after meeting with a car accident, his opponent Amir Khan, a Pakistan-origin British boxer, will now fight two-time world champion Billy Dib here on July 12, it was announced on[Read More…]
Kobe (Japan), June 27 (IANS) Eyeing the target of $5 trillion economy for India in next five years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Thursday that social sector would be a priority for his government along with development of infrastructure and digital sectors. He said Japan, which has been[Read More…]
San Francisco, June 27 (IANS) Facebook-owned photo-messaging app Instagram has decided to start displaying advertisements on its Explore page to target users who access the section to discover new content. Even though the ads would not appear on the Explore grid itself, they would appear once a user taps on[Read More…]
Seoul, June 27 (IANS) North Korea on Thursday toughened its stance on neighbouring South Korea and said that dialogue between the two countries is not open and Pyongyang is in direct talks with Washington without mediation, denying Seouls statements on the matter. Director-General of Department of American Affairs of North[Read More…]
Jammu, June 27 (IANS) Eleven students of a private computer training institute were killed while seven others were injured on Thursday in a road accident on Mughal Road in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. Police sources said 11 students, including nine girls, were killed and seven were injured when a[Read More…]
Srinagar, June 27 (IANS) Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday told the security forces that there should be zero tolerance towards terrorism and terrorists. Briefing the media about the details of Shah’s two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, A.P. Maheshwari, Special Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs and B.V.R.[Read More…]
By Sundeep Pouranik Bhopal, June 27 (IANS) The BJP finds itself on the back foot after Akash Vijayvargiya, BJP MLA from Indore III and son of BJP National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, thrashed a civic official in public. Akash was arrested after a video of him beating municipal corporation zonal[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) A bomb threat on Thursday forced Air India’s Mumbai-Newark flight to land at the London Stansted Airport. According to London Stansted Airport’s official twitter handle, an Air India Boeing 777 aircraft was diverted to the airport at 10.15 a.m. (local time) and landed safely with Essex[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday urged Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari Minister to clear the ring road projects in the state’s major cities. He also sought early release of the third instalment of the Rs 3.72 crore grant for the[Read More…]
Shanghai, June 27 (IANS) Chinese technology giant Lenovo has launched its first 5G-enabled smartphone ‘Lenovo Z6 Pro 5G Edition’ at the ongoing Mobile World Congress 2019 in Shanghai, China. The smartphone has the same hardware as its non-5G variant, except that it also comes with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X50 modem to[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday condemned the killing of its Haryana leader Vikas Chaudhary, saying the law and order situation in the state has been deteriorating under the Bharatiya Janata Party rule. Chaudhary, 42, who was considered close to state Congress Chief Ashok Tanwar, was shot[Read More…]
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San Francisco, June 27 (IANS) To further streamline videos based on the content that interests users, Google-owned video-sharing app YouTube has decided to give users more control over their Home page and Up Next videos. As part of the changes, YouTube would now let users explore more topics and related[Read More…]
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) New head coach of football giants Mohun Bagan, Jose Antonio “Kibu” Vicuna, said he wants the supporters of the club to be proud of the team at the end of the season, stressing that team building will be top of the agenda for the time being.[Read More…]
