- PM mourns Arjan Singh's death, hails his leadership in 1965 war
- Arjan Singh - an epitome of military leadership in classical sense
- Marshal Arjan Singh dead
- Market logs strong weekly gains, Sensex rallies 585 pts
- Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh critically ill
- Bangladesh accuses Myanmar of violating its airspace
- Pak violates ceasefire for four consecutive days, shells BSF posts
- PM mourns Arjan Singh's death, hails his leadership in 1965 war
- New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
today mourned the death of Marshal Arjan Singh and said India
will never forget his excellent leadership in the 1965 India-
Pakistan war when the Indian Air Force saw substantial action.
- Arjan Singh - an epitome of military leadership in classical sense
- New Delhi: Air Force Marshal Arjan Singh, an
icon of India''''s military history, will always be remembered as
a war hero who had successfully led a young IAF during the
1965 Indo-Pak war.
- Marshal Arjan Singh dead
- New Delhi: War hero Marshal Arjan Singh, who
led the Indian Air Force during the 1965 India-Pakistan
conflict, died tonight.
- Market logs strong weekly gains, Sensex rallies 585 pts
- Mumbai: Stocks: Both the indices, Sensex
and Nifty, ended higher by 585 pts and 151 pts respectively
on fresh buying mainly in Healthcare, Capital Goods, Power,
Banking and Auto sectors from domestic and foreign funds.
- Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh critically ill
- New Delhi: Marshal of the Indian Air Force
Arjan Singh, famous for his role in the the 1965 India-
Pakistan war, has been hospitalised and his condition is
stated to be critical.
- Bangladesh accuses Myanmar of violating its airspace
- Cox''s Bazar: Bangladeshi authorities have
summoned Myanmar''s envoy to protest what they say were
violations of their airspace amid an exodus of Rohingya
Muslims fleeing violence in western Myanmar.
- Pak violates ceasefire for four consecutive days, shells BSF posts
- Jammu: Pakistani troops targeted Indian
border outposts and hamlets along the International Border
(IB) in Jammu district in overnight firing and shelling, a
senior BSF officer said on Saturday.
- Cong govt in Punjab has failed on all fronts: Badal
- Mamata thanks people for returning to work in Darjeeling
- Cong voices support for Chidambaram, Karti; Accuses BJP of "witch-hunt"
- BJD councillor killed
- Cong accuses Amit Shah of 'disrespecting' leaders
- 'Narmada Dam gates closed only to please PM'
- 'Money laundering by shell cos menace for economy'
- BJP criticises Omar for attacking party over Article 35A
- 'Cong govt failed to fulfill key poll promises in 1st 6 months'
- Amit Shah seeks account of performance from Rahul Gandhi
- BJP does not interfere in affairs of any state: Prasad
- Cong panel led by Manmohan Singh begins Kashmir visit
- Business group calls for Jammu bandh on Monday
- Adityanath, Deputy CMs to take oath as MLCs on Sep 18
- Missing diamonds of Padamanabha Swamy Temple recovered
- NCW issues notice to Punjab govt in 23-yr-old molestation case
- Goa ACB files FIR against Cong leader Chandrakant Kavlekar
- Humid morning in Delhi
- Army foils infiltration bid in Kashmir, 2 militants killed
- Pak violates ceasefire for four consecutive days, shells BSF
- Cong govt in Punjab has failed on all fronts: Badal
- Former Punjab chief minister
Parkash Singh Badal today accused the Amarinder Singh-led
Congress government of failing on all fronts and betraying
people''s trust in the first six months of its term.
- Mamata thanks people for returning to work in Darjeeling
- Kolkata (WB), Sep 16 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee today thanked the people who are returning to
work in the state government and Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration offices braving the continuing indefinite bandh
in the Darjeeling hills.
- Cong voices support for Chidambaram, Karti; Accuses BJP of "witch-hunt"
- ''witch-hunt''
New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) The Congress today came out in
support of former Union minister P Chidambaram and his son
Karti Chidambaram, who are facing corruption charges, and
accused the BJP government of carrying out a "repeated
persecution and scurrilous witch-hunt" of the family.
- BJD councillor killed
- Berhampur (Odisha), Sep 16 (PTI) A BJD councillor in
Chhatrapur Notified Area Council (NAC) in Odisha''s Ganjam
district was killed when unidentified assailants attacked him
with sharp weapons near his house today, police said.
- Cong accuses Amit Shah of 'disrespecting' leaders
- The Congress today alleged that
the BJP was seeking to rewrite history and accused its chief
Amit Shah of dragging political discourse to "unacceptable
lows".
- 'Narmada Dam gates closed only to please PM'
- CPM leader Subhashini Ali today
alleged that gates of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada in
Gujarat were closed only to please Prime Minister Narendra
Modi who is going to dedicate the dam to the nation tomorrow,
even as rehabilitation of affected people is not complete.
- 'Money laundering by shell cos menace for economy'
- As the government continued its
crackdown on shell companies, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu
today said money laundering through them is a menace affecting
the economy and has a "deleterious impact".
- BJP criticises Omar for attacking party over Article 35A
- The Jammu and Kashmir BJP today
slammed the state''s former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for
attacking the party, saying his "boasting" of Article 35A of
the Constitution did not match his party''s position on various
issues, including AFSPA and greater autonomy, when in power.
- 'Cong govt failed to fulfill key poll promises in 1st 6 months'
- Pb BJP
Chandigarh, Sep 16 (PTI) Launching a scathing attack
against the Congress-led Punjab government, which completed
six months in office today, the BJP''s state unit criticised it
for allegedly failing to fulfill its key poll promises.
- Amit Shah seeks account of performance from Rahul Gandhi
- BJP President Amit Shah today
targeted Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi over the rule of
the Nehru-Gandhi political family, asking him to give the
''hisab'' (account) of performance of four generations of his
family.
- BJP does not interfere in affairs of any state: Prasad
- The Centre does not interfere in
the affairs of any state, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
said today and claimed that the BJP was "ruling in over 70 per
cent of the country".
- Cong panel led by Manmohan Singh begins Kashmir visit
- Srinagar: A Congress panel headed by former
prime minister Manmohan Singh today asked the centre and Jammu
and Kashmir government to keep the dialogue route with
separatists open.
- Business group calls for Jammu bandh on Monday
- An organisation representing the
business community in the region today gave a call for a Jammu
bandh, alleging the state government failed to meet their
demands, including the deportation of Rohingya refugees.
- Adityanath, Deputy CMs to take oath as MLCs on Sep 18
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath and his ministerial colleagues who were recently
elected to the state Legislative Council will take oath at 11
am on Monday at the Tilak Hall of the Legislative Building
here.
- Missing diamonds of Padamanabha Swamy Temple recovered
- Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 16 (PTI) As many as 12 diamonds,
worth crores of rupees, which went missing from the famed Sree
Padmanabha Swamy Temple here, have been recovered from the
shrine premises itself by a special investigation team.
- NCW issues notice to Punjab govt in 23-yr-old molestation case
- (Eds: Recasting overnight story)
New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) The National Commission for Women
has written to the Punjab government and summoned a senior
police officer in a 23-year-old case of abduction and
molestation of a French tourist, allegedly involving the
grandson of former chief minister Beant Singh.
- Goa ACB files FIR against Cong leader Chandrakant Kavlekar
- Panaji: The Anti-Corruption Bureau of the
Goa Police has filed a First Information Report (FIR) against
senior Congress leader Chandrakant Kavlekar for allegedly
amassing disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 4 crore.
- Humid morning in Delhi
- Delhiites woke up to a hot and
humid morning today with the minimum temperature being
recorded at 26.5 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season''s
average.
- Army foils infiltration bid in Kashmir, 2 militants killed
- Two militants were killed today as
the Indian Army foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of
Control (LoC) in Machhil sector of north Kashmir''s Kupwara
district, defence officials said here.
- Pak violates ceasefire for four consecutive days, shells BSF
- posts
Jammu, Sep 16 (PTI) Pakistani troops targeted Indian
border outposts and hamlets along the International Border
(IB) in Jammu district in overnight firing and shelling, a
senior BSF officer said today.
- Bangla PM seeks help for Rohingya crisis
- Iceland's PM resigns, new election expected on Nov 4
- All eyes in Pak on tomorrow's by-election in NA-120
- Egyptian court confirms Morsi's life sentence
- 31 punished for platform collapse in China
- US urges Iraqi Kurdistan to call off independence vote
- 21 boys who died in school fire buried in Malaysia
- US options on North Korea effective and overwhelming: Trump
- Bangla PM seeks help for Rohingya crisis
- Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina headed for the UN General Assembly today to plead for
global help coping with the Rohingya crisis, as the refugee
deluge escaping a crackdown in Myanmar topped 400,000.
- Iceland's PM resigns, new election expected on Nov 4
- Copenhagen (Denmark), Sep 16 (AP) Iceland''s president
today accepted the resignation of the volcanic island''s prime
minister, who says a new election mostly likely will be held
on November 4.
- All eyes in Pak on tomorrow's by-election in NA-120
- By M Zulqernain
Lahore, Sep 16 (PTI) All eyes in Pakistan are on
tomorrow''s by-election in Lahore''s NA-120 where the ailing
wife of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif is contesting to
provide a narrative to the ruling PML-N that the people have
rejected the Supreme Court''s decision to send its leader home.
- Egyptian court confirms Morsi's life sentence
- By Youssra El-Sharakawy
Cairo, Sep 16 (PTI) An Egyptian court today upheld the
life sentence against ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi
in what is known as the Qatar espionage case.
- 31 punished for platform collapse in China
- By K J M Varma
Beijing, Sep 16 (PTI) China has placed 31 people under
criminal "coercive measures" for a construction platform
collapse in Jiangxi province last year that killed 73 people,
authorities said today.
- US urges Iraqi Kurdistan to call off independence vote
- The United States has urged
Iraqi Kurdistan to call off plans for an independence
referendum later this month, warning the vote was distracting
from the fight against the Islamic State group.
- 21 boys who died in school fire buried in Malaysia
- Twenty-one young boys who died
in a fire at a private Islamic boarding school were buried in
Malaysia amid renewed calls for better regulation of religious
schools.
- US options on North Korea effective and overwhelming: Trump
- Washington: A day after North Korea fired an
intermediate range ballistic missile over Japan, Donald Trump said he is confident that the US'' options towards
North Korea are "effective and overwhelming."
- Odisha leader in ease of doing business ranking: Naveen
- Air India starts direct flight to Copenhagen
- SBI hopeful of controlling fresh slippages: MD
- No agreement reached at Indus Water Treaty talks: WB
- Don't look at Indo-US ties in a narrow trade perspective:Sarna
- Ryanair cancels about 2,000 flights over six weeks
- Odisha leader in ease of doing business ranking: Naveen
- Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen
Patnaik has said the state has been recognised as a "leader"
by the Centre for facilitating reforms on doing business.
- Air India starts direct flight to Copenhagen
- Air India on Saturday launched
its direct flight from the national capital to Copenhagen, the
eleventh destination for the airline in Europe, describing it
as connecting ''Maharaja with the Mermaid''.
- SBI hopeful of controlling fresh slippages: MD
- Country''s largest lender State
Bank of India (SBI), reeling under huge stressed assets like
other banks, is hopeful that going forward it would be able
to control fresh slippages
"Going forward, fresh slippages will be under control.
- No agreement reached at Indus Water Treaty talks: WB
- Washington: The latest round of talks between
India and Pakistan on Indus Water Treaty concluded without
reaching an agreement, the World Bank has said even as it
assured that both countries will continue to work to resolve
the issues in an amicable manner.
- Don't look at Indo-US ties in a narrow trade perspective:Sarna
- By Lalit K Jha
Washington, Sep 16 (PTI) Indian Ambassador to the US
Navtej Sarna has appealed to the American business community
not to look at the bilateral relationship between India and
the US from a narrow trade perspective which is a multifaceted
one.
- Ryanair cancels about 2,000 flights over six weeks
- Ryanair announced today it was
cancelling between 1,680 and 2,100 flights over the next six
weeks in a bid to "improve punctuality", sparking outrage from
passengers who suddenly have to make new travel plans.
- Charge sheet filed in Kodanad heist case
- SC voices surprise over govt's decision to reduce eco-sensitive zone radius
- Man, son get life imprisonment for murder
- Stone-pelting incidents: Two sent to NIA custody till Sept 19
- Final arguments begin in two murder cases naming Dera chief
- Kerala HC posts plea on stadium shops for hearing tomorrow
- Charge sheet filed in Kodanad heist case
- Udhagamandalam (TN), Sep 16 (PTI) Ten persons were today
charge-sheeted in the case relating to the murder of a
security guard at Kodanad Estate, frequented by J
Jayalalithaa, five months ago, police said.
- SC voices surprise over govt's decision to reduce eco-sensitive zone radius
- New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) The Supreme Court has expressed
surprise over the Centre''s decision to reduce the radius of
eco-sensitive zones from 10 kilometres to 100 metres, saying
it appeared to be a "complete arbitrary exercise of powers"
capable of destroying national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.
- Man, son get life imprisonment for murder
- A Thane court has sentenced a man
and his son to life imprisonment for killing a meat shop owner
and attempting to murder his brother in 2010 in Mumbra here.
- Stone-pelting incidents: Two sent to NIA custody till Sept 19
- A Delhi court today allowed the
NIA to conduct custodial interrogation of two men, including a
freelance photo-journalist, for three more days in alleged
case of stone-pelting in Kashmir Valley and mobilising support
against security personnel through the social media.
- Final arguments begin in two murder cases naming Dera chief
- Panchkula: Final arguments in the two murder
cases naming jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim
Singh began in a special CBI court with his former
driver filing an application to record a fresh statement
against him.
- Kerala HC posts plea on stadium shops for hearing tomorrow
- Kochi: Kerala HC posted
for further hearing tomorrow a plea by business establishments
challenging a notice issued by GCDA.
- Major fire at iconic RK Studio in Mumbai
- I pray my son is not like me: Sanjay Dutt
- It was a big responsibility to direct Dutt's comeback: Omung
- Major fire at iconic R K Studio in Mumbai
- No more bold roles for Daisy Shah in films
- Ben Schwartz to star in 'Night School'
- Haley Lu Richardson cast in 'Operation Finale'
- Anna Wintour-Tina Brown TV series scrapped
- Rosie O'Donnell's ex-wife dies
- Salman Khan receives Global Diversity Award
- Major fire at iconic RK Studio in Mumbai
- (Eds: Updating with fresh details; Rishi Kapoor''s tweet)
Mumbai, Sep 16 (PTI) A major fire broke out today on the
sets of dance reality show "Super Dancer" at the iconic
RK Studio, founded by legendary Raj Kapoor in suburban
Chembur, in which its ground floor was gutted, officials said.
- I pray my son is not like me: Sanjay Dutt
- From drug addiction to legal
troubles Sanjay Dutt has seen a lot in his life and the actor
hopes his son does not become like him.
- It was a big responsibility to direct Dutt's comeback: Omung
- New Delhi: Filmmaker Omung Kumar said it was
a dream come true for him to direct Sanjay Dutt in his
comeback film but it was also a huge responsibility.
- Major fire at iconic R K Studio in Mumbai
- A major fire today broke out at the
iconic R K Studio, founded by Indian film legend Raj Kapoor,
in suburban Chembur, gutting its ground floor.
- No more bold roles for Daisy Shah in films
- Actor Daisy Shah, who was last seen
in the erotic thriller "Hate Story 3", says she would never
opt for bold roles again in her career.
- Ben Schwartz to star in 'Night School'
- "House of Lies" star Ben
Schwartz has jointed the cast of comedy "Night School"
alongside the likes of Kevin Hart and Taran Killam.
- Haley Lu Richardson cast in 'Operation Finale'
- "Split" actor Haley Lu
Richardson has been cast as Sylvia Herman in upcoming Nazi
thriller "Operation Finale".
- Anna Wintour-Tina Brown TV series scrapped
- Six-part drama series "All That
Glitters", the story of the rivalry between former Vanity Fair
and New Yorker editor Tina Brown and Vogue chief Anna Wintour,
will not move forward at Bravo.
- Rosie O'Donnell's ex-wife dies
- Actor Rosie O''Donnell''s ex-wife
Michelle Rounds has died of apparent suicide at her home. She
was 46.
- Salman Khan receives Global Diversity Award
- London: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has
been honoured with the Global Diversity Award 2017 in the
British Parliament House.
- Telugu Titans vs Bengaluru Bulls match ends 26-26 draw
- Vettel vrooms to fourth pole in Singapore
- Sehwag spoke foolishly: Ganguly
- Hafeez ignored for two-Test series against Sri Lanka
- ITF tennis tournament begins
- Rahul has ability to win games for India, says skipper Kohli
- Sardar returns to Indian hockey team for Asia Cup
- Ranatunga skips Sri Lanka cricket brainstorming
- ICC rules out 'miraculous' return of int'l cricket to Pakistan
- The time is right for Lukaku, says Mourinho
- 'Not serious' Kyrgios pulls Aussies level in Davis Cup
- Mbappe not on Messi's level yet, says Guardiola
- Ramkumar puts India ahead 1-0 with win over Canada's Schnur
- Kerala HC posts plea on stadium shops for hearing tomorrow
- Telugu Titans vs Bengaluru Bulls match ends 26-26 draw
- Telugu Titans and Bengaluru Bulls
played out a dramatic 26-26 tie in a Pro Kabaddi League match
here today.
- Vettel vrooms to fourth pole in Singapore
- By Bharat Sharma
Singapore, Sep 16 (PTI) Sebastian Vettel put together a
stunning lap in the Ferrari to upstage the Red Bulls and
clinch his fourth pole position in the Formula 1 Singapore
Grand Prix here today.
- Sehwag spoke foolishly: Ganguly
- Former India captain Sourav Ganguly
today said that Virender Sehwag "spoke foolishly" when he
claimed that "lack of setting" cost him the national team
chief coach''s job.
- Hafeez ignored for two-Test series against Sri Lanka
- The national selectors have once
again ignored senior batsman Muhammad Hafeez for the two-match
Test series against Sri Lanka in the UAE later this month.
- ITF tennis tournament begins
- Suraj R.Prabodh beat Armaan
Bhatia 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of qualifying matches of
the eight-day LMW International Tennis Federation Men''s Future
tournament here today.
- Rahul has ability to win games for India, says skipper Kohli
- Chennai: KL Rahul might have had his share
of struggles in the limited overs format of late but skipper
Virat Kohli is confident that the talented Karnataka right-
hander will come good at his new No 4 slot.
- Sardar returns to Indian hockey team for Asia Cup
- (Eds: Rephrasing intro and adding some more inputs)
New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) Veteran midfielder Sardar Singh
today returned to the national team as Hockey India named a
strong 18-member squad under the captaincy of Manpreet Singh
for the Asia Cup to be held in Dhaka from October 11-22.
- Ranatunga skips Sri Lanka cricket brainstorming
- Sri Lanka''s former World Cup-
winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga chose to stay away from a
brainstorming session, organised to probe into the Sri Lankan
cricket''s decline.
- ICC rules out 'miraculous' return of int'l cricket to Pakistan
- The ICC on Saturday ruled out an
"overnight miraculous" return of international cricket to
Pakistan even though it was satisfied with the successful
staging of the Independence Cup in Lahore.
- The time is right for Lukaku, says Mourinho
- Jose Mourinho backed Romelu Lukaku
to shine against his former club as early Premier League
pace-setters Manchester United host Everton at Old Trafford on
Sunday.
- 'Not serious' Kyrgios pulls Aussies level in Davis Cup
- Paris: Nick Kyrgios clinched a five-set
thriller to pull Australia level with Belgium in the Davis Cup
semi-finals on Friday, just hours after admitting he wasn''t
taking tennis seriously enough.
- Mbappe not on Messi's level yet, says Guardiola
- Pep Guardiola says new Paris
Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has plenty to prove before
he can be considered on the same level as the all-time greats
after Arsene Wenger said he could be the next Pele.
- Ramkumar puts India ahead 1-0 with win over Canada's Schnur
- A dogged Ramkumar Ramanathan
battled past a fighting Brayden Schnur in a marathon four-
setter to give India a 1-0 lead over Canada on day one of the
Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie, here on Friday.
- Kerala HC posts plea on stadium shops for hearing tomorrow
- The Kerala High Court today posted
for further hearing tomorrow a plea by business establishments
challenging a notice issued by GCDA directing that the units
inside the Kochi Jawaharlal Nehru International stadium
complex be closed for a specific period for smooth conduct of
the FIFA U-17 World Cup football tournament in October.
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