India

Mumbai, Nov 9: On frantic selling, stock market benchmark BSE Sensex crashed nearly 1,689 points and Nifty plunged by over 541 points on early US election trends showing Donald Trump's lead while government's move to withdraw notes of higher denominations cast shadow on cash-focussed sectors. Consequently, the Sensex nosedived by 1,688.69 points or 6.12 per cent to slip below the crucial 26,000

Raipur, Nov 8: A Delhi University professor and a JNU professor have been booked along with Maoists and others on charges of murder of a tribal villager in insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. "An FIR was lodged against DU Professor Nandini Sundar, Archana Prasad (JNU Professor), Vineet Tiwari (from Delhi's Joshi Adhikar Sansthan), Sanjay Parate (Chhattisgarh CPI (Marxist) State

United Nations, Nov 8: India has strongly criticised the Security Council for taking months to consider sanctioning leaders of groups it has itself designated as terror entities, in an obvious reference to the "technical hold" on India's bid to get JeM chief Masood Azhar banned by the UN. Asserting that the Security Council is stuck in its own "time warp and politics", India's Permanent

New Delhi, Nov 7: Members of the Congress Working Committee, the highest decision making body of the party, today pitched for Rahul Gandhi's elevation as its president. Member after member suggested that heir apparent to Congress president Sonia Gandhi should helm the party at a meeting of the CWC which was chaired by Rahul Gandhi. The Congress president did not attend the meeting as she was said

New Delhi, Nov 7: Eyeing India as a key trade partner after exiting from the European Union, the UK today announced a first-ever easier visa regime for Indian businessmen that will come with swifter passage through British airports and access to EU. India had in past also sought easier visa regime for its nationals and Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked his counterpart Theresa May to provide

New Delhi, Nov 7: British Prime Minister Theresa May flew in here yesterday on a three-day visit aimed at enhancing Indo-UK ties in the key areas of trade, investment, defence and security. On her first bilateral trip outside Europe since taking office in July in the aftermath of Britain voting to exit the European Union, May will hold talks with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi tomorrow. She

New Delhi, Nov 6: As pollution levels worsened in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said schools in the city will remain closed till Wednesday and announced a raft of "emergency" measures to deal with the situation including ban on construction and demolition activities for next five days and temporary closure of Badarpur Power Plant. Emerging from an emergency cabinet meet, Kejriwal

Jammu, Nov 6: Two army jawans were killed and three others -- two soldiers and a woman -- were injured as Pakistani army opened fire in a bid to facilitate two infiltration bids along the Line of Control (LoC) in Krishna Ghati and Poonch sectors of Poonch district today. The Indian army said that while the infiltration bids were foiled, it has also inflicted heavy damage to several Pakistani posts

Raipur, Nov 6: In a veiled reference to Pakistan, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said a neighbouring country is trying to destabilise India by encouraging "cowardly" act of terrorism but our government will never let the nation to bow down its head before anyone. "A neighbouring country of our again and again encourages terrorism and terrorist activities to harm India. Perhaps it was not

New Delhi, Nov 6: The alarming deterioration of air quality in the national capital has prompted the Centre to call a meeting of the environment ministers of the neighbouring states on Monday to find a way out of the “emergency situation”. Likening the city to a “gas chamber”, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday that his government’s prima facie investigation has revealed that