Fadnavis meets Shah as Pawar-Sonia all set to take call on Sena

New Delhi/Mumbai (IANS) Amid continuing stalemate over government formation in Maharashtra, BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate Devendra Fadnavis on Monday met BJP President and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi.

The meeting took place…

Sensex hits life-time high, crosses 40,400

Mumbai (IANS) The Indian equity markets opened on a firm note on Monday as the benchmark Sensex touched a fresh all time high of 40,434.83 during the early trade.

Sensex jumped nearly 250 point, gaining for the seventh straight session over…

Major restrictions in Ayodhya ahead of verdict

Ayodhya (IANS) Ahead of the Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya dispute, the Uttar Pradesh government has issued strict guidelines disallowing people from posting offensive posts on social media on deities. The order restricts even the electronic…

Protect our land, Kashmiri migrants urge govt

Srinagar (IANS) An association for Kashmiri Pandit migrants on Monday urged the central government not to carry out delimitation of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir without taking their views into consideration, as it would be akin to denying…

Srinagar grenade attack: Civilian killed, over dozen injured

Srinagar (IANS) One civilian was killed and over a dozen others injured on Monday when militants hurled a grenade at the busy Amira Kadal near city centre Lal Chowk here in Kashmir Valley, police sources said.

Militants hurled the grenade at…

Woman official burnt alive in office near Hyderabad

Hyderabad (IANS) In a shocking incident, a woman official of Telangana's revenue department was burnt alive in her office allegedly by a man angry over the official not fixing errors in his land records.

The incident occurred in Abdullapurmet…

India decides against joining RCEP mega trade deal

Bangkok (IANS) India on Monday decided against joining the 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) mega trade agreement, saying the present form of the deal "does not address satisfactorily India's outstanding issues and concerns".

'Weak intel sharing, limited NSG resources affect India's anti-terror efforts'

New York (IANS) The US has said that weak intelligence sharing by agencies and the limited resources of the National Security Guard (NSG) were affecting India's counter-terrorism efforts.

"Despite its rigorous training, NSG's rapid…

IOC close to plastics-to-oil tech breakthrough

New Delhi (IANS) Indian Oil Corporation, the country's largest PSU refiner and retailer, is about to complete a research that could throw up one of the biggest breakthroughs and help the government eliminate all single-use plastics from the country…

Prasad asks BSNL/MTNL to start dialogue with staff on VRS

New Delhi (IANS) Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has directed the ailing telecom PSUs, BSNL and MTNL, to start a dialogue with their employees on the terms and conditions of the voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) and prepare a roadmap for its…