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New Delhi, Jun 8: The number of ATMs in India dropped to 2,21,703 as on March 31, 2019 from 2,22,300 at the end of 2017, recording a decrease of 597 ATMs during the period, according to a report released by the Reserve Bank of India. India also has one of the lowest ratios of ATM cash withdrawal relative to cash in circulation, revealed the report titled "Benchmarking India's Payment Systems". "It

Islamabad, Jun 8: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday wrote a letter to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi offering dialogue to reconcilable problems. In a letter to Modi congratulating him on his second term as the Prime Minister, Khan wrote that Pakistan desires the resolution of all problems, including that of the disputed Kashmir region, the Geo TV reported. He further added that

Mumbai, Jun 7: BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur on Friday appeared before a special court here in connection with the 2008 Malegaon blast case, after failing twice this week to do so. When Special NIA Judge V S Padalkar asked the saffron-clad Thakur if she has to say anything about the blast, she said, "I don't know." The BJP MP made the appearance as per the special court's direction that all the

Dubai, Jun 7: Eight Indians were among at least 17 people who were killed when a bus from Oman crashed into a road sign in the United Arab Emirates, the Indian consulate in Dubai said on Friday. The consulate had initially put the number of dead at six in the accident on Thursday evening but updated the toll later. “We are sorry to inform that as per local authorities and relatives it is so far

London, Jun 7: British Prime Minister Theresa May stepped down as leader of her Conservative Party on Friday, formally triggering the race for a successor who will try where she failed to deliver Brexit. May will remain prime minister until a new leader is chosen, likely in late July, but has relinquished control over the direction of Britain's tortuous departure from the European Union. Brexit is

Srinagar, Jun 7: Four militants, of whom two were former policemen, were killed in an operation in Pulwama on Friday. An Army spokesman said all the four militants encircled during a search operation on Thursday afternoon were killed in Panjran, Lassipora area, in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. “All the bodies were recovered. Arms and ammunition were also recovered from the spot. The operation

Mumbai, Jun 6: A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against a panch witness in connection with the 2008 Malegaon blast case. Special NIA Judge Vinod Padalkar issued an arrest warrant against a witness in the case who had signed the panchnama while the damage by the blasts was being ascertained. The court directed the prosecution (NIA) to take

Dubai, Jun 6: Unfazed by the recent Indo-Pak tensions, a Dubai-based Indian businessman has installed over 60 hand pumps in a poverty-stricken district of Pakistan's southeastern Sindh province, according to a media report. Joginder Singh Salaria set up nearly 62 water pumps in Tharparkar district with the help of local social workers after knowing the plight of the area through social media. He

Jun 6: There is no bilateral meeting planned between the prime ministers of India and Pakistan at a regional summit next week, India's foreign ministry spokesman Rajeev Kumar said on Thursday. India's Narendra Modi and Pakistan's Imran Khan are both scheduled to attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Kyrgyzstan on June 13-14. More details are awaited...

Paris, Jun 6: Former German hospital nurse Niels Hoegel, who was handed a life sentence on Thursday for murdering 85 patients in his care, is believed to be the most prolific serial killer in the country's post-war history. Police suspect that Hoegel's final death toll may be more than 200. Here are some of the other most notorious serial killers of the past decades. Siberian ex-policeman Mikhail