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Meeting with Rajnath satisfactory, seven demands accepted: Farmer leader

Meeting with Rajnath satisfactory, seven demands accepted: Farmer leader

02-10-2018  comments

New Delhi (IANS): BKU leaders on Tuesday said that their meeting with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh over farmers' demands was "satisfactory" and that seven of their nine demands were accepted, while the Centre was non-committal on…

Nobel Prize for Physics goes to scientists from US, Canada

Nobel Prize for Physics goes to scientists from US, Canada

02-10-2018  comments

Stockholm (IANS): Arthur Ashkin and Gerard Mourou from the US and Donna Strickland from Canada were awarded Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday "for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics".

"The Royal Swedish Academy…

Terror funding: NIA raids Srinagar businessman's residence

Terror funding: NIA raids Srinagar businessman's residence

02-10-2018  comments

Srinagar/New Delhi (IANS): A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday searched the residence of a businessman in Srinagar in connection with a terror funding case, officials said.

The central anti-terror agency carried out…

Farmers' protest turns violent; police use water canons, tear gas

Farmers' protest turns violent; police use water canons, tear gas

02-10-2018  comments

New Delhi (IANS): The protest by thousands of farmers at the Uttar Pradesh-Delhi border turned violent on Tuesday as they tried to break barricades and run them over with tractors to enter the national capital, forcing police to use water cannons…

President, PM, Rahul remember Gandhi on his birth anniversary

President, PM, Rahul remember Gandhi on his birth anniversary

02-10-2018  comments

New Delhi (IANS): Launching a two-year-long celebration marking the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday shared their messages on social media.

6-magnitude quake strikes Indonesian island

6-magnitude quake strikes Indonesian island

02-10-2018  comments

Jakarta (IANS): An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale rocked Sumba island of Indonesia on Tuesday, barely four days after a 7.5 magnitude quake hit its Sulawesi island triggering a tsunami and killing nearly 900 people.

No tsunami…

Maldives diplomat tells UN country going through peaceful transfer of power

Maldives diplomat tells UN country going through peaceful transfer of power

02-10-2018  comments

United Nations(IANS): Maldives is currently going through a peaceful transfer of power to opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, who was elected president last month, the nation's Permanent Representative Ali Naseer Mohamed has assured…

US tariffs starting to have effect on global economy: Lagarde

US tariffs starting to have effect on global economy: Lagarde

02-10-2018  comments

Washington (IANS): International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde, has said the current situation of protectionist policies unleashed by the US has begun to have an effect on the global economy, slowing its growth, according to IMF forecasts.

India, Uzbekistan set $1-bn trade target, to cooperate on counter-terror

India, Uzbekistan set $1-bn trade target, to cooperate on counter-terror

01-10-2018  comments

New Delhi (IANS): India and Uzbekistan set an annual bilateral trade target of $1 billion to be achieved in two years and agreed to cooperate in counter-terrorism efforts as the two sides signed 17 agreements across a range of sectors following delegation-level…

IL&FS Board recast, Kotak tasked to restore financial health

IL&FS Board recast, Kotak tasked to restore financial health

01-10-2018  comments

Mumbai/New Delhi (IANS)" Under all-round attack over the crisis in the IL&FS, the Central government on Monday superseded the management of the beleaguered company by appointing a six-member Board led by banker Uday Kotak to restore the financial…

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