Global cues, auto stocks lift equities; Sensex up by 400 pts

Mumbai (IANS) Positive global cues along with expectations of healthy quarterly results and hopes of a sales boost from the festive season lifted the key Indian equity indices higher on Tuesday.

Market observers said that low crude oil prices…

Justice Bobde to be next Chief Justice, President signs warrant

New Delhi (IANS) Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde will be the next Chief Justice of India as President Ram Nath Kovind paved his way after signing a warrant on Tuesday appointing him as the next CJI.

Justice Bobde will be sworn in as Chief Justice…

Goverdhan Puja, Annakoot Mahotsav draw lakhs to Braj area

Goverdhan (Mathura)  (IANS) It is festival time in Braj mandal, the Sri Krishna-Radha land that comprises towns of Goverdhan, Vrindavan, Gokul, Barsana and Mathura.

With Diwali just over, lakhs of pilgrims have now joined the Goverdhan Puja…

Let's fight terror together: PM to European Parliament team

New Delhi (IANS) A delegation of members of European Parliament on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who pressed for urgent action against the countries using terrorism as a state policy, thus setting the tone for the visit of the team to Jammu…

India takes up Pak overflight refusal with global body

New Delhi (IANS) With Pakistan refusing to grant overflight to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plane for his visit to Saudi Arabia, India has taken up the issue with the International Civil Aviation Organization, said sources.

PM Modi is…

Rural farmers hugely voted for BJP-Sena: Activist

Nagpur (Maharashtra) (IANS) Farmers in the suicide-prone rural Vidarbha and Marathwada regions have apparently voted overwhelmingly for the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena combine, a top farm activist said here on Monday.

According to a post-poll…

Apple removes 17 apps created by Gujarat-based app company

New Delhi (IANS) Mobile security company Wandera had released a list of 17 apps for iOS which are infected with clickware meant to increase advertising revenue.

These apps were published by Gujarat-based AppAspect Technologies Pvt. Ltd and…

Kid trapped in TN borewell: It'll take 12 hrs to reach him

Chennai (IANS) Rescue efforts to safely bring out the two-year-old boy who fell into an abandoned borewell in a village in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirappalli district entered the fourth day on Monday.

The boy fell into the borewell around 5.30…

IS chief al-Baghdadi killed in US op in Syria: Trump

Washington (IANS) Fugitive Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in a US military operation in northwest Syria, US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday.

Speaking from the White House, Trump said al-Baghdadi detonated…

PM celebrates Diwali with soldiers at LoC

Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Diwali with soldiers of Indian Army at Line of Control in Rajouri District of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.

This is in continuation with the tradition set by Prime Minister…