Mumbai, April 23 : A benchmark index of the Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip BSE Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading 194.91 points or 0.70 percent down during afternoon session on Thursday. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 39.05 points or 0.46 percent down at 8,390.65 points. The Sensex o...
New Delhi, April 23 : Investigation into the suicide of a farmer from Rajasthan at an AAP rally has been handed over to the crime...
Colombo, April 23: Sri Lanka's ruling coalition faced a rift on Thursday, with the two main parties making accusations against each other. The rift was mainly over the failure by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to back key constitutional reforms in parliament. The United National Party (UNP) wants the reforms approved soon, reports Xinhua. President ...
New Delhi, April 23 : Delhi's ruling AAP announced on Thursday a compensation of Rs.10 lakh to the family of a Rajasthan farmer who killed himself at a party rally here a day earlier. Making the announcement, Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh said that his party activists tried but failed to save Gajendra Singh after he hanged himself from a tree at the...
Obama said during his Earth Day address on Wednesday at the Everglades National Park -- the largest subtropical wilderness in the US -- that global warming threatened the 600,000-hectare (1.5-million-acre) park and the communities that depended on it, posing a risk to the $82 billion tourist industry of the state of Florida, according ...
The AAP blamed Delhi Police for not acting in time to save the farner's life, and along with the Congress took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government over farmers' plight. ...
Dialogue is needed with Islam "now more than ever", the Vatican said on Wednesday, stressing that most Muslims abhor violent acts perpetrated in the name of religion....
The union cabinet on Wednesday approved amendments to the Juvenile Justice Act which paves the way for children in the age group of 16-18 years to be tried as adults if they commit heinous crimes. ...
Sunrisers Hyderabad pacers gave an awesome display of bowling at the death to propel their side to a 16-run win over holders Kolkata Knight Riders in a rain-curtailed Indian Premier League (IPL) contest here on Wednesday....
The union cabinet on Wednesday approved signing of a shipping agreement with Jordan. ...