Equity indices rise in line with global markets; IT stocks rise

Mumbai (IANS) The key Indian equity indices rose on Monday morning in tandem with its global peers.

Healthy buying was witnessed in IT stocks.

Around 10.15 a.m., Sensex was trading at 55,560.88, higher by 231.56 points or 0.42 per cent…

FinMin summons Infosys CEO over glitches in IT e-filing portal

New Delhi (IANS) The Ministry of Finance has summoned Infosys MD and CEO, Salil Parekh on Monday over continuing glitches in the new income tax e-filing portal.

In a tweet, the Income Tax Department also said that the portal is not available…

Visuals emerge of ISI chief praying with Taliban

New Delhi (IANS) Showing Pakistan's complicity with the Taliban, visuals of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Faiz Hameed have emerged while praying with the Taliban leadership.

Pictures circulated on social media platforms show Hameed…

IAF plane with 168 onboard lands at Hindan air base from Kabul

New Delhi (IANS) An Indian Air Force (IAF) transport aircraft arrived at Hindan air base here with 168 passengers including some eminent Afghan leaders from Hindu and Sikh communities, on Sunday morning, the officials said.

The officials also…

Health Minister gives consent to Medical Protection Act with changes

Ranchi: Health Minister Banna Gupta has given his approval to the Jharkhand Medical Protection Act (Bill).

In the Monsoon session it will be tabled in the Vidhansabha and after being passed in the assembly it will become a law. The Medical…

Taliban attacked ITBP contingent, soldier returned from Afghanistan tells family

Bengaluru (IANS) The Taliban have attacked Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel, a part of Indian Army contingent in Afghanistan while they were leaving the country. The soldier who has returned from the war torn country has shared his horrific…

No sympathy for students entering medical college through backdoor: SC

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court has said that it could not show sympathy to students who entered a medical college through backdoor.

A bench comprising justices L. Nageswara Rao, B.R. Gavai, and Krishna Murari junked the review petition…

Railways cancels 19 trains in view of farmers' protest in Punjab

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Railways said on Saturday that it has cancelled 19 trains in view of the farmers' protests at several locations in Punjab.

A Northern Railway spokesperson said that the Railways has decided to cancel 19 trains…

BLA's Majeed Brigade claims responsibility for Gwadar attack targeting Chinese nationals

Quetta (IANS) The Majeed Brigade, an elite unit of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack in Pakistan's port city of Gwadar in which Chinese nationals were targeted on Friday.

The Chinese…

150 Indians allegedly abducted from Kabul airport but later released: Reports

New Delhi (IANS) Amid reports of the alleged abduction of around 150 Indians from outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Saturday, local Afghan journalist Zaki Daryabi said that the kidnapped persons were released and they were…