HC refuses to set aside death warrant against Nirbhaya convict

New Delhi (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to set aside the death warrant issued against Nirbhaya death row convict Mukesh.

A division bench of the court presided by Justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Saihgal asked counsel…

Markets open in red

Mumbai (IANS) The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a negative note during the morning session of the trade.

The Sensex of the BSE opened at 41,969.86 -- the high point, and then touched a low of 41,830.54.

It…

Jharkhand BJP to revamp after poll debacle

Ranchi (IANS) The BJP in Jharkhand has started the exercise of looking into the reasons for the humiliating defeat in the recently held assembly elections. The party is planning to axe those district presidents who could not win a single seat in their…

Amazon's Bezos arrives in India, pays homage to the Mahatma

New Delhi (IANS) E-commerce major Amazon's global CEO Jeff Bezos, who is visiting India, paid homage to Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat on Tuesday.

Bezos, who is ranked amongst topmost global billionaires, shared a video…

Budget may offer flat tax rate sans exemptions to individuals also

New Delhi (IANS) The government is considering a proposal to extend further incentives to salaried taxpayers in the upcoming budget. The Finance Ministry may allow individual taxpayers to pay a lower flat rate of tax if they forego all exemptions.

BJP MP targets Microsoft CEO: Literate needs to be educated

New Delhi (IANS) Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella statement that "CAA is just bad for India" has not gone down well with the BJP, and party MP Meenakshi Lekhi trained guns at the corporate biggie on Tuesday.

Calling it a "perfect example" of "How…

IIT-H develops combination therapy for cancer treatment

Hyderabad (IANS) Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H) on Tuesday said that its researchers have developed an efficient combination therapy for the treatment of cancer.

The researchers have developed a synergetic combination of…

SC dismisses two Nirbhaya convicts' curative pleas

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the curative petitions filed by two Nirbhaya gang rape and murder convicts - Vinay Kumar and Mukesh - who questioned the death sentence handed down by trial court and upheld by the High Court…

BJP may get Babulal Marandi back after Jharkhand poll defeat

Ranchi (IANS) Speculations are rife that former chief minister and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) president Babulal Marandi is all set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the coming days.

After the BJP faced humiliating…

Thousands take dip in Himachal rivers on Makar Sankranti

Shimla (IANS) Braving winter chill, thousands of devotees across Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday took holy dips in rivers to mark Makar Sankranti, a Hindu festival dedicated to the deity Surya.

Since early morning the devotees were seen congregating…