- Washout in Parliament on first working day of Monsoon session
- No longer belong to BJP, my endeavour now to strengthen democratic institutions: Naidu
- Army Major shot dead by jawan in J&K
- 7.7-magnitude quake hits off Russia: US scientists
- Washout in Parliament on first working day of Monsoon session
- New Delhi:The Monsoon session of Parliament
had a stormy start, with the opposition forcing a washout
today by creating pandemonium over various issues and an angry
BSP chief Mayawati threatening to resign from the Rajya Sabha
for not being allowed to speak on the dalit issue.
- No longer belong to BJP, my endeavour now to strengthen democratic institutions: Naidu
- New Delhi: Reaching out to parties across
the political divide, NDA vice presidential candidate M
Venkaiah Naidu today said he no longer belonged to the BJP and
would strengthen democratic institutions if elected.
- Army Major shot dead by jawan in J&K
- Srinagar: An Army Major was today shot dead
by a jawan following an altercation in the Uri sector of north
Kashmir's Baramulla district, the police said.
- 7.7-magnitude quake hits off Russia: US scientists
- Washington: An earthquake with a magnitude
of 7.7 struck off the eastern coast of Russia, according to
the US Geological Survey, causing officials to initially warn
of a tsunami threat in parts of the Pacific.
- Odisha floods: Death toll rises to four
- Maha approves revised policy of scheme aimed to improve girl child ratio
- 24-year-old man held for raping two minors: Police
- Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's passport revoked
- Gorkhaland agitators fight pitched battle with cops
- Hope peace between India, Pak would triumph over acrimony: J-K CM
- Cong govt in Karnataka forms panel on separate flag for state
- Tomar assumes charge of Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry
- Mahesh Sharma sides with Noida family accused of assaulting help
- Cong removes Satyavrat Chaturvedi as chief party whip
- China unusually aggressive in its stand on Dokalam: FS to par panel
- Tejashwi attends cabinet meeting chaired by Nitish
- Centre likely to hand over UP Assembly explosive case to NIA
- Heavy rains batter southern Gujarat, death toll climbs to 14
- Sonowal urges Modi to launch PM's Spl Prog for flood, erosion control in Assam
- J&K: Army Major shot dead by jawan over mobile phone rebuke
- Bihar may get rains from Friday evening
- Sonowal briefs Modi on Assam floods
- India signed def deals worth Rs 1.21 lakh cr in last 3 fiscals
- Prostitution racket busted, 19 women among 34 held
- Zakir Naik's passport revoked
- Modi highlights Naidu's parliamentary, field experience
- 14 fishermen from Bengal rescued
- Bedlam in Goa assembly over government circular
- Country has turned into "lynchistan," says CPI(M) leader
- Naidu meets Vajpayee, Advani
- Cong govt in Karnataka forms panel on separate flag for state
- Op Muskan-III: Odisha Police rescues 489 children in distress
- DMK convenes district secretaries meet July 20
- TRS will remain political adversary, says BJP
- No proposal to write off farm loans, says govt
- RS proceedings disrupted by Oppn protests
- 'Death penalty is wrong and this is my principle'
- Tripura blockade: BJP workers gherao CM's residence
- Naidu meets Advani, Joshi before filing nomination
- BJD to support Gopalkrishna Gandhi in VP election: Patnaik
- Amid Oppn protests, angry Mayawati says she'll quit RS
- Rains continue to lash Mumbai metropolitan region for 4th day
- Noisy protests by Oppn leads to adjournment of LS
- One militant killed as Army foils infiltration bid in Kashmir
- H1N1 claims five lives in Mumbai this month
- Pakistan Army violates ceasefire in Rajouri, Poonch
- 'Ailing PoK resident to get visa, no letter from Aziz needed'
- Woman killed in road accident
- Humid morning in Delhi
- DU releases final cut-off list, admissions start tomorrow
- Odisha floods: Death toll rises to four
- The death toll in Odisha floods
rose to four today, as the state government sounded an alert
in 12 districts in view of the likelihood of heavy rainfall
due to depression, though the overall situation improved
slightly.
- Maha approves revised policy of scheme aimed to improve girl child ratio
- Mumbai: The Maharashtra government today
approved a revised policy of the ''Majhi Kanya Bhagyashree''
scheme, according to which families who have a yearly income
of upto Rs 7.5 lakh will be benefited.
- 24-year-old man held for raping two minors: Police
- A 24-year-old man has been
arrested for allegedly raping and trying to strangle two
girls, aged six and eight respectively, at Bawana, the police
said today.
- Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's passport revoked
- (Eds: Updating with additional inputs)
Mumbai, Jul 18 (PTI) The external affairs ministry has
revoked the passport of Zakir Naik, the controversial Islamic
preacher who is wanted in connection with alleged terror
funding and money laundering cases in the country.
- Gorkhaland agitators fight pitched battle with cops
- Darjeeling:Pro-Gorkhaland agitators fought a pitched battle with the police, pelting stones and
petrol bombs at them and setting afire two of their vehicles
and an outpost in Darjeeling hills.
- Hope peace between India, Pak would triumph over acrimony: J-K CM
- Uri (J-K), Jul 18 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister
Mehbooba Mufti today expressed hope that peace and friendship
between India and Pakistan would finally triumph over acrimony
and confrontation between the two neighboring countries.
- Cong govt in Karnataka forms panel on separate flag for state
- (EDs: Incorporating home ministry''s comments)
Bengaluru/New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The Karnataka
government has initiated a move for a separate flag for the
state with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today stoutly defending
this step after it came under attack from rival parties.
- Tomar assumes charge of Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry
- Rural Development Minister
Narendra Singh Tomar today assumed additional charge of the
Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, a government official
said.
- Mahesh Sharma sides with Noida family accused of assaulting help
- New Delhi: Union minister Mahesh Sharma has
come out in support of the Noida family accused of assaulting
a domestic help, while asserting that he has directed BJP
workers to give a "befitting reply" to NGOs running their
"shops" in the name of human rights.
- Cong removes Satyavrat Chaturvedi as chief party whip
- The Congress today removed
Satyavrat Chaturvedi as the party''s chief whip in Rajya Sabha
and replaced him with Bhubaneshwar Kalita.
- China unusually aggressive in its stand on Dokalam: FS to par panel
- New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) China''s stand on the recent
Dokalam dispute in Sikkim sector has been unusually
aggressive and vocal, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar told a
parliamentary panel today, according to some committee
members.
- Tejashwi attends cabinet meeting chaired by Nitish
- In the eye of a storm after lodging
of an FIR by the CBI against him in the land-for-hotels case,
Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav today attended a
Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
- Centre likely to hand over UP Assembly explosive case to NIA
- The Centre is likely to hand over
to the NIA the probe into the recovery of explosives in the
Uttar Pradesh Assembly.
- Heavy rains batter southern Gujarat, death toll climbs to 14
- Heavy rains lashed Surat, Valsad
and Navsari districts in southern Gujarat today, even as three
more persons died in the state in the last 24 hours due to the
incessant downpour, taking the total number of rain-related
deaths to 14 within a week, officials said.
- Sonowal urges Modi to launch PM's Spl Prog for flood, erosion control in Assam
- Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda
Sonowal today called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and
requested him to launch the ''Prime Minister''s Special
Programme for Flood and Erosion Control'' to develop
road-cum-embankments stretching across 5,000 km in the state.
- J&K: Army Major shot dead by jawan over mobile phone rebuke
- An Army officer was today shot
dead by a jawan of his unit after he reportedly rebuked him
for using his mobile phone at a forward position in Uri sector
of north Kashmir''s Baramulla district, officials said.
- Bihar may get rains from Friday evening
- The south west monsoon has
weakened in Bihar in the past few days, but the state may
witness a good rainfall from Friday.
- Sonowal briefs Modi on Assam floods
- Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda
Sonowal today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and apprised
him about the flood situation in the state.
- India signed def deals worth Rs 1.21 lakh cr in last 3 fiscals
- Fifty-eight contracts involving
Rs 1.21 lakh crore were signed by the government with foreign
defence firms in the last three fiscals for procuring
aircraft, helicopters and weapons systems for the armed
forces, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.
- Prostitution racket busted, 19 women among 34 held
- Neemuch (MP), Jul 18 (PTI) Police today claimed to
have busted a prostitution racket operating along the
Mhow-Naseerabad highway in the district, with the arrest of 19
women and 15 men.
- Zakir Naik's passport revoked
- The passport of controversial
Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, wanted in connection with alleged
terror funding cases, was today revoked at the request of the
National Investigation Agency (NIA), officials said.
- Modi highlights Naidu's parliamentary, field experience
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
today highlighted NDA nominee M Venkaiah Naidu''s extensive
parliamentary and field experience, saying he would perhaps be
the first vice president with such vast legislative exposure.
- 14 fishermen from Bengal rescued
- Indian Coast Guard (ICG) today
rescued 14 fishermen of West Bengal from the rough sea 55
nautical miles off Paradip light house in Odisha.
- Bedlam in Goa assembly over government circular
- (Eds: Updating with fresh inputs)
Panaji, Jul 18 (PTI) The opposition disrupted the Goa
assembly proceedings multiple times on the first day of the
monsoon session over a circular issued by the BJP-led
government.
- Country has turned into "lynchistan," says CPI(M) leader
- Saying that Hindustan has turned
into "lynchistan," CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat today said even
after Prime Minister Narendra Modi''s warning against taking
law in the hands in the name of cow protection, the vigilante
groups are having a free run in the country.
- Naidu meets Vajpayee, Advani
- Ahead of filing his nomination
papers today, the NDA''s vice presidential candidate M Venkaiah
Naidu met ailing former Prime Minister and BJP stalwart Atal
Bihari Vajpayee and party veterans L K Advani and Murli
Manohar Joshi.
- Cong govt in Karnataka forms panel on separate flag for state
- The Karnataka government has
formed a nine-member committee to submit a report on designing
a separate flag for the state and providing a legal standing
for it, with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah defending the move
saying there is no constitutional provision against it.
- Op Muskan-III: Odisha Police rescues 489 children in distress
- The Odisha Police has been
successful in rescuing 489 children in distress during the
first three days of Operation Muskan-III, officials said.
- DMK convenes district secretaries meet July 20
- The NEET issue and the platinum
jubilee celebrations of DMK mouth piece "Murasoli" will be
among the subjects to be discussed in the party district
secretaries meet on July 20 here.
- TRS will remain political adversary, says BJP
- The BJP today sought to
downplay the support extended to the NDA''s vice-presidential
candidate by the TRS as "incidental" and "not unusual" and
made it clear the saffron party''s aim is to come to power on
its own in Telangana in 2019.
- No proposal to write off farm loans, says govt
- New Delhi: The government today said there
is no proposal under consideration with regard to farm loan
write-off.
- RS proceedings disrupted by Oppn protests
- (Eds: Adding further details)
New Delhi, July 18 (PTI) The proceedings in the Rajya
Sabha were disrupted today by an angry opposition which sought
to raise several issues like the violence against Dalits and
minorities, to attack the government, as an angry BSP chief
Mayawati also threatened to quit the House.
- 'Death penalty is wrong and this is my principle'
- Opposition vice presidential
candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi today justified his efforts to
save Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon from the gallows, saying
the practice of capital punishment was medieval and wrong.
- Tripura blockade: BJP workers gherao CM's residence
- BJP workers today gheraoed the
residence of Chief Minister Manik Sarkar here alleging that
the government has failed to remove the indefinite road and
railway blockade by Indigenous People''s Front Tripura (IPFT)
demanding a separate state.
- Naidu meets Advani, Joshi before filing nomination
- New DelhiThe NDA''s vice president
candidate M Venkaiah Naidu today met BJP veterans L K Advani
and Murli Mahonar Joshi before his filing papers, a government
official said.
- BJD to support Gopalkrishna Gandhi in VP election: Patnaik
- Odisha Chief Minister Naveen
Patnaik today announced his party''s support to Gopalkrishna
Gandhi, the opposition''s candidate for the vice-presidential
election.
- Amid Oppn protests, angry Mayawati says she'll quit RS
- An angry BSP supremo Mayawati
today said she will quit from the Rajya Sabha after the Chair
asked her to restrict her impromptu speech on anti-Dalit
violence in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
- Rains continue to lash Mumbai metropolitan region for 4th day
- Rains continued to lash Mumbai
metropolitan region for the fourth day today with India
Meteorological Department''s (IMD) Santacruz and Colaba
stations recording a three digit rainfall in last 24-hours.
- Noisy protests by Oppn leads to adjournment of LS
- The Lok Sabha proceedings were
adjourned for an hour this morning after noisy opposition
protests over several issues, including violence incidents
involving cow vigilantes and the plight of farmers.
- One militant killed as Army foils infiltration bid in Kashmir
- Srinagar: Army troops today foiled an
infiltration bid by militants along the Line of Control in
Kashmir's Gurez sector, killing one ultra, a defence
spokesperson said here.
- H1N1 claims five lives in Mumbai this month
- Five persons have died of the
H1N1 influenza virus and two succumbed to leptospirosis here
in the last two weeks, the city civic body has said.
- Pakistan Army violates ceasefire in Rajouri, Poonch
- Jammu: Pak Army violated
ceasefire by shelling mortars and firing in the Rajouri and
Poonch districts along the LoC, drawing retaliation
from Indian troops, a Defence spokesperson said.
- 'Ailing PoK resident to get visa, no letter from Aziz needed'
- Sushma Swaraj
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj today waived the condition of a letter from Pakistan''s
Foreign Adviser Sartaj Aziz for an ailing PoK resident to get
a visa and said he would be allowed to come here as Pakistan-
occupied-Kashmir was an integral part of India.
- Woman killed in road accident
- Muzaffarnagar, Jul 18 (PTI) A woman was killed and her
husband injured when their scooter collided with a motorcycle
near Sleempur village here, police said today.
- Humid morning in Delhi
- It was a humid morning in the
national capital even as the weatherman has predicted light
rains towards the evening.
- DU releases final cut-off list, admissions start tomorrow
- The Delhi University (DU) today
released its fifth and final cut-off list as per schedule and
Lady Shri Ram (LSR) College for Women set its highest cut-off
at 97.5 per cent in the BA (Hons) Psychology course.
- New plastic five-pound note unveiled in UK
- Trump admin announces additional H2B visas
- US slaps sanctions on Iran over ballistic missiles, terrorism
- Rebel-Kurd clashes kill 15 in north Syria: monitor
- Muslims again boycott holy site over Israeli security measures
- Le Pen faces trial for 'oven' swipe at Jewish singer
- Israel PM hails Hungary fight against anti-Semitism
- Federal records: Hastert released from prison in Minnesota
- 'Indo-Russian JV for 200 Kamov choppers registered in India'
- Spain's federation chief held in fraud probe
- Pak news report of attack on India 'fake', says Chinese media
- Israeli military: Palestinian car-ramming attacker shot dead
- Greece: Anarchist protest leaves dozens of stores damaged
- Taliban offensive kills 5 policemen in northern Afghanistan
- Pak court lifts ban on airing of Indian teleplays
- Swiss couple found on glacier 75 years after disappearance
- Saudi authorities investigate Snapchat in miniskirt
- 6 killed as building collapses in Pak
- EU says UK negotiator's early Brexit 'not a problem'
- British man drives autorickshaw across UK for Indian charity
- Theresa May tells her MPs to stop 'backbiting'
- Iran parliament vows to fight US 'adventurism'
- London mayor warns against red carpet for Donald Trump
- Spotlight on MiG 35 at Russia's MAKS air show
- UK's first woman Sikh MP elected to key Parliament panel
- Suicide car bomb kills 4 at Kurdish checkpoint in Syria
- Ukrainian separatists proclaim a new state
- Sikkim standoff can trigger 'all-out confrontation': Chinese
- China begins commercial production of drone that rivals US MQ-9 Reaper
- Turkey court rules to keep six rights activists in custody
- Indonesia speaker named suspect in major graft case
- ISIS-K on back-foot in Afghanistan: Pentagon
- Biden to open up in memoir on loss of son
- New plastic five-pound note unveiled in UK
- The Bank of England unveiled a new
10-pound plastic note featuring British literary great Jane
Austen at Winchester Cathedral, where she is buried.
- Trump admin announces additional H2B visas
- Washington:The Trump administration has
announced a one-time increase of 15,000 additional H-2B visas
for low-wage foreign workers after determining that the needs
of US businesses cannot be satisfied with Americans willing
and qualified to do the work.
- US slaps sanctions on Iran over ballistic missiles, terrorism
- By Lalit K Jha
Washington, Jul 18 (PTI) The US today announced fresh
sanctions against Iran, targeting 18 individuals or entities
for supporting the country''s ballistic missile programme or
militant groups like Hezbollah, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic
Jihad that threaten Israel and stability in the Middle East.
- Rebel-Kurd clashes kill 15 in north Syria: monitor
- More than a dozen Syrian rebels
have died in hit-and-run clashes with a US-backed alliance
dominated by Kurdish forces in the country''s north, a
monitoring group said.
- Muslims again boycott holy site over Israeli security measures
- Muslims boycotted a Jerusalem holy
site for the third day running after Israeli authorities
installed metal detectors and cameras at entrances to the
sensitive compound following an attack that killed two
policemen.
- Le Pen faces trial for 'oven' swipe at Jewish singer
- The co-founder of France''s far-right
National Front (FN), Jean-Marie Le Pen, faces trial for
inciting racial hatred over a swipe at a Jewish singer that
was seen as anti-Semitic, judicial sources said.
- Israel PM hails Hungary fight against anti-Semitism
- Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu
today praised Budapest for "standing up for" the Jewish state,
at talks with Hungarian premier Viktor Orban who is under fire
at home for allegedly stoking anti-Semitism.
- Federal records: Hastert released from prison in Minnesota
- Former US House Speaker Dennis
Hastert has been released from prison in Minnesota and
transferred to a Chicago re-entry facility, according to
Federal Bureau of Prisons records today.
- 'Indo-Russian JV for 200 Kamov choppers registered in India'
- (EDS: Updating)
By Asim Kamal
Moscow, Jul 18 (PTI) An Indo-Russian joint venture to
produce 200 Kamov light weight multi-role military helicopters
under a USD 1 billion deal has been registered in India and
efforts are on to co-produce them, a senior official of the
Russian defence major Rostec has said.
- Spain's federation chief held in fraud probe
- Police raided the headquarters of
Spain''s football federation today and arrested its president
Angel Maria Villar as part of an anti-corruption probe, a
judicial source said.
- Pak news report of attack on India 'fake', says Chinese media
- China''s state-run media today
rejected as "fake" a Pakistani news report that claimed over
150 Indian soldiers were killed in Sikkim in a Chinese rocket
attack.
- Israeli military: Palestinian car-ramming attacker shot dead
- The Israeli military says it has
shot and killed a Palestinian attacker who rammed his vehicle
into a group of soldiers, injuring two.
- Greece: Anarchist protest leaves dozens of stores damaged
- The mayor of Athens says more than 60
stores have been damaged in the city''s busiest shopping area
following a violent protest organised by anarchist groups.
- Taliban offensive kills 5 policemen in northern Afghanistan
- An Afghan official says that five
policemen were killed and another six were wounded in a fierce
battle with the Taliban after the insurgents launched a
three-pronged push in the northern Baghlan province.
- Pak court lifts ban on airing of Indian teleplays
- By M Zulqernain
Lahore, Jul 18 (PTI) A Pakistani court today lifted a ban
imposed by the country''s media watchdog on airing of Indian
teleplays calling it "unreasonable" restrictions.
- Swiss couple found on glacier 75 years after disappearance
- A couple that disappeared in the
Alps 75 years ago has been found preserved in a receding
glacier, ending decades of uncertainty for their seven
children, Swiss media reported today.
- Saudi authorities investigate Snapchat in miniskirt
- Saudi authorities are investigating
footage of a woman in a miniskirt and crop top walking through
a historic site in the ultraconservative kingdom posted to
social media over the weekend.
- 6 killed as building collapses in Pak
- (Eds: Updating toll)
Karachi, Jul 18 (PTI) At least six persons, including a
woman and a child, were killed and a dozen others injured
today when a dilapidated three-storey building collapsed in
this Pakistani port city, officials said.
- EU says UK negotiator's early Brexit 'not a problem'
- The European Union today played
down the departure of Britain''s chief Brexit negotiator David
Davis from crucial talks in Brussels after just a few hours,
saying it was "not a problem."
Davis was criticised in some British media after heading
home to London before lunch following a photo opportunity and
a brief chat with his opposite number Michel Barnier
yesterday, the first of four days of negotiations.
- British man drives autorickshaw across UK for Indian charity
- By Aditi Khanna
London, Jul 18 (PTI) A 77-year-old British man, who wears
a pacemaker, has embarked on an over 4,800 kilometre
autorickshaw journey around the UK to raise money for an
Indian charity that treats children with heart ailments in
India and other Asian and African countries.
- Theresa May tells her MPs to stop 'backbiting'
- By Aditi Khanna
London, Jul 18 (PTI) British Prime Minister Theresa May
has warned her Conservative party MPs to stop "backbiting" or
risk having Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn head the UK
government.
- Iran parliament vows to fight US 'adventurism'
- Iran''s parliament voted today to
urgently work towards increasing funds for the country''s
missile programme and Revolutionary Guards in response to
Washington''s "adventurism" in the region, media reported.
- London mayor warns against red carpet for Donald Trump
- London: Mayor of London Sadiq Khan opposed the UK govt's plan to "roll out the red carpet"
for Donald Trump, saying the US President should not be
accorded the honour as his policies are at odds with many
around the world.
- Spotlight on MiG 35 at Russia's MAKS air show
- By Asim Kamal
Zhukovsky (Russia), Jul 18 (PTI) Russia''s premier
international air show MAKS began today with the spotlight on
the MiG-35 fighter jet and 180 foreign firms, including from
India, participating in the event.
- UK's first woman Sikh MP elected to key Parliament panel
- By Aditi Khanna
London, Jul 18 (PTI) Britain''s first woman Sikh MP Preet
Kaur Gill has been elected to an influential cross-party panel
in the UK Parliament that examines the workings of the Home
Office.
- Suicide car bomb kills 4 at Kurdish checkpoint in Syria
- A suicide car bomb attack killed
four people overnight at a Kurdish security checkpoint in
northeast Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
monitor said today.
- Ukrainian separatists proclaim a new state
- Separatists in eastern Ukraine have
proclaimed a new state on the territories they control.
- Sikkim standoff can trigger 'all-out confrontation': Chinese
- media
By K J M Varma
Beijing, Jul 18 (PTI) China needs to prepare for the
standoff with India near the Sikkim sector becoming a long-
term situation, an article in a state-run Chinese daily said
today, warning that more such conflicts can trigger "an all
out confrontation" along the entire Line of Actual Control.
- China begins commercial production of drone that rivals US MQ-9 Reaper
- eijing: China has started commercial
production of its CH-5 Rainbow drone, touted to be a rival to
the US unmanned aerial vehicle MQ-9 Reaper, which could attack
targets on the ground.
- Turkey court rules to keep six rights activists in custody
- A Turkish court today ordered six
human rights activists including Amnesty International''s
Turkey director to remain in custody for aiding a terror
group, in a case the NGO has called a "travesty of justice."
Turkey director Idil Eser was detained on July 5 along
with seven other activists and two foreign trainers during a
digital security and information management workshop on
Buyukada, an island south of Istanbul.
- Indonesia speaker named suspect in major graft case
- Indonesia''s anti-corruption agency
has named the country''s speaker of parliament as a suspect in
a major graft scandal which is estimated to have siphoned
around
170 million out of government coffers.
- ISIS-K on back-foot in Afghanistan: Pentagon
- By Lalit K Jha
Washington, Jul 18 (PTI) The Islamic State Khorasan
(ISIS-K) has lost its hold in Afghanistan, days after the
terror group''s head Abu Sayed, was killed by US troops in an
airstrike, the Pentagon has said.
- Biden to open up in memoir on loss of son
- Former US vice president Joe Biden
is to release a memoir in November revealing how he coped with
the devastating loss of his son to cancer, his publisher said.
- Agri students to protest against insecticide rules on Jul 24
- India discusses tax info exchange at JITSIC to plug evasion
- ITAT upholds tax demand raised on NDTV
- Ravi Shankar Prasad urges traders to join GST
- 150 domestic firms, 100 foreign players to participate in IIFF
- 73% Indians willing to swap personal info for free wifi:Norton
- Haryana to set up financial literacy centres
- Banks lost Rs 180 cr to dacoity, burglaries in 3 years
- Debt waiver: Farmers in Punjab threaten to launch agitation
- EU says UK negotiator's early Brexit 'not a problem'
- 1,000 NGOs blacklisted for misusing foreign grant: Govt
- 'India's GDP could rise to about $8 trillion over next 15 yrs'
- Sensex sinks 364 pts, ITC crashes 13 per cent
- 'RBI not reviewing 90-day NPA classification window'
- Sensex pares initial losses, still down by 247 points
- Flipkart revises Snapdeal buyout offer to $900-950 mn
- Sensex retreats from record level, plunges by 300 pts
- Rupee up 3 paise at 64.32 on sustained dollar-selling
- Agri students to protest against insecticide rules on Jul 24
- All India Agricultural Students
Association (AIASA) today said it will stage protest on July
24 against the government''s policy regarding granting of new
licences to run insecticide shops.
- India discusses tax info exchange at JITSIC to plug evasion
- India has participated in the
global joint taskforce meet to discuss with countries
information exchange as it looks to pursue work on the Panama
Papers, the finance ministry said today.
- ITAT upholds tax demand raised on NDTV
- The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
has upheld a tax demand raised on USD 150 million investment
by a US television network in NDTV in 2008, an order which
the company said has "numerous inconsistencies and
contradictions".
- Ravi Shankar Prasad urges traders to join GST
- Union minister Ravi Shankar
Prasad today urged traders to board the Goods and Services Tax
(GST) platform which entered 18th day of it''s introduction.
- 150 domestic firms, 100 foreign players to participate in IIFF
- About 150 domestic companies and
100 foreign players from countries including China and Italy
will participate in the three-day footwear fair at Pragati
Maidan here, the commerce ministry today said.
- 73% Indians willing to swap personal info for free wifi:Norton
- A large number of Indians find it
hard to resist accessing a strong, free wi-fi network with
about 73 per cent saying they were willing to trade personal
information to use the service, a study by software security
firm Norton today said.
- Haryana to set up financial literacy centres
- Haryana Finance Minister
Abhimanyu has asked all deputy commissioners to set up
financial literacy centres in the newly created 14 blocks on
a priority basis to provide people access to financial
institutions.
- Banks lost Rs 180 cr to dacoity, burglaries in 3 years
- (Eds: Adding a word in para 1)
Nearly Rs 180 crore was lost in
2,632 cases of robbery, theft, dacoity and burglaries at
India''s 51 banks in last three financial years, 2014-15 to
2016-17, Parliament was informed today.
- Debt waiver: Farmers in Punjab threaten to launch agitation
- Farmers'' organisations in Punjab
today threatened to launch ''jail bharo'' agitation next month
to press for their demands, including remunerative crop prices
and debt waiver for distressed growers.
- EU says UK negotiator's early Brexit 'not a problem'
- The European Union today played
down the departure of Britain''s chief Brexit negotiator David
Davis from crucial talks in Brussels after just a few hours,
saying it was "not a problem."
Davis was criticised in some British media after heading
home to London before lunch following a photo opportunity and
a brief chat with his opposite number Michel Barnier
yesterday, the first of four days of negotiations.
- 1,000 NGOs blacklisted for misusing foreign grant: Govt
- Over 1,000 NGOs have been barred
from receiving foreign aid after they were found
"mis-utilising" such funds, Union minister Kiren Rijiju
informed the Lok Sabha today.
- 'India's GDP could rise to about $8 trillion over next 15 yrs'
- By Yoshita Singh
United Nations, Jul 18 (PTI) India''s GDP could rise to
about USD 8 trillion over the next 15 years if the country
registers an economic growth of 8 per cent annually and come
very close to eliminating abject poverty entirely, NITI Aayog
Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya has said.
- Sensex sinks 364 pts, ITC crashes 13 per cent
- Mumbai: Benchmark Sensex today slipped from
life highs to end sharply lower at 31,710.99 by falling 364
points following a steep plunge in ITC Ltd stocks after the
GST Council yesterday hiked tax on cigarettes.
- 'RBI not reviewing 90-day NPA classification window'
- The finance ministry today said
the Reserve Bank is not examining any proposal to extend the
90-day period for classification of non-performing assets
(NPAs) or bad loans to help small businesses.
- Sensex pares initial losses, still down by 247 points
- Market benchmark Sensex pared
initial losses during late morning trade but was still down by
247.30 points following heavy selling in stocks of FMCG,
energy, consumer durables and oils&gas sectors.
- Flipkart revises Snapdeal buyout offer to $900-950 mn
- Online retailing major Flipkart
is believed to have sent a revised offer of USD 900-950
million to buy smaller rival, Snapdeal, according to sources.
- Sensex retreats from record level, plunges by 300 pts
- Mumbai: Retreating from its record high
level, the benchmark BSE Sensex shed 300 points to touch
31,775.54 in opening trade today amid a weak lead from other
Asian markets.
- Rupee up 3 paise at 64.32 on sustained dollar-selling
- The rupee firmed up by three paise
to 64.32 against the dollar on increased selling of the
American currency by exporters and banks amid higher inflows
of foreign funds.
- Court to pronounce order on charges against Bhatkal on Aug 1
- HC seeks govt's stand on pleas for making marital rape an offence
- Liezietsu to face trust vote tomorrow, HC dismisses his plea
- HC baffled as police books teacher after child falls into manhole during picnic
- 9-judge bench to hear from tomorrow right to privacy issue: SC
- Jaitley defamation case: HC chides Kejriwal's lawyers over conduct
- DMRC trying to cover up inefficiency of its officials, says HC
- HC quashes case against MNS chief for holding protest march
- Inspect rain water harvesting systems in schools: NGT to DJB
- Court extends remand of prime accused in abduction of actress
- SC transfers appeal against Manipur CM's son to Gauhati HC
- Court to hear 1984 riots case on July 21
- Centre's roadmap on destitute widows lacks various aspects: SC
- HC notice to govt on plea against 12pc GST on sanitary napkins
- Fire station in park may not look elegant but it's must: HC
- Demonetisation: Court dismisses police plea to arrest lawyer
- NGT directs Delhi govt to clean Seelampur drain
- Setback to Liezietsu, HC dismisses plea against floor test
- Court acquits man in rape case filed by woman 'in annoyance'
- Furnish list of students admitted without procedure: HC
- Father, tempo driver asked to pay woman Rs 3.9L for accident
- HC issues notice to TN Election Commission on local body polls
- Four acquitted in sensational Moga molestation case
- 9-judge Constitution bench to decide on right to privacy
- SC allows Centre to replace MCI oversight committee
- Guj HC raps RBI for giving directions to NCLT
- Court to pronounce order on charges against Bhatkal on Aug 1
- A Delhi court today reserved for
August 1 its order on whether to put Indian Mujahideen (IM)
operative Yasin Bhatkal on trial in four separate terror
cases.
- HC seeks govt's stand on pleas for making marital rape an offence
- New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today asked
the Centre to spell out its stand petitions seeking to make
marital rape a criminal offence.
- Liezietsu to face trust vote tomorrow, HC dismisses his plea
- With the Gauhati High Court
dismissing his petition today, Nagaland Chief Minister
Shurhozelie Liezietsu will seek a vote of confidence at a
special session of the assembly tomorrow.
- HC baffled as police books teacher after child falls into manhole during picnic
- New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The Delhi High Court today
expressed concern over a government school teacher being
booked for the death of an 11-year-old student who fell
in an open manhole in a city park during a picnic.
- 9-judge bench to hear from tomorrow right to privacy issue: SC
- A nine-judge bench of the Supreme
Court will commence hearing from tomorrow to decide if the
contentious issue of right to privacy is a fundamental right
under the Constitution.
- Jaitley defamation case: HC chides Kejriwal's lawyers over conduct
- New Delhi: The Delhi HC today said
that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was "not being reasonable"
in the civil defamation case against him by Union minister
Arun Jaitley, and cautioned his lawyers over their conduct.
- DMRC trying to cover up inefficiency of its officials, says HC
- in missing girl case
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The DMRC was today pulled up by
the Delhi High Court for trying to "cover up" the
"inefficiency and ineptitude" of its officials, who failed to
locate a mentally challenged woman after she was separated
from her family while travelling on metro.
- HC quashes case against MNS chief for holding protest march
- The Bombay High Court today quashed
a case registered against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj
Thackeray and some of his party workers for holding a protest
march against the 2012 Azad Maidan riot despite the police
refusing permission for it.
- Inspect rain water harvesting systems in schools: NGT to DJB
- The National Green Tribunal has
directed the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to inspect the rain water
harvesting systems (RWHS) being installed in private and
government schools here.
- Court extends remand of prime accused in abduction of actress
- (Eds: Recasting para 3)
The judicial custody of ''Pulsar''
Suni, arrested for his alleged role in abduction and assault
of a popular South Indian actress, was today extended till
August one by an Angamaly magisterial court near here.
- SC transfers appeal against Manipur CM's son to Gauhati HC
- The Supreme Court today
transferred the appeal challenging the conviction of Manipur
Chief Minister N Biren Singh''s son for lesser offence in a
2011 road rage case from Manipur to the Gauhati High Court.
- Court to hear 1984 riots case on July 21
- A Delhi court today said it would
hear on July 21 a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which the CBI
has sought permission to conduct polygraph test on Congress
leader Jagdish Tytler, who had been given clean chit thrice.
- Centre's roadmap on destitute widows lacks various aspects: SC
- The Supreme Court today said the
Centre''s roadmap to improve condition of destitute widows has
not addressed issues like national policy on empowerment of
women, nourishment, sanitation and hygiene at shelter homes.
- HC notice to govt on plea against 12pc GST on sanitary napkins
- The Delhi High Court today sought
response of the Centre on a plea against imposition of 12 per
cent GST on sanitary napkins.
- Fire station in park may not look elegant but it's must: HC
- A fire brigade station set up in a
portion of the Priyadarshini Park in south Mumbai may not
look elegant and sophisticated but it was a necessity, the
Bombay High Court observed today.
- Demonetisation: Court dismisses police plea to arrest lawyer
- A special court has declined the
plea of the Delhi Police to arrest lawyer Rohit Tandon, who is
lodged in jail in an alleged money laundering case, in another
similar matter.
- NGT directs Delhi govt to clean Seelampur drain
- The National Green Tribunal has
directed the Delhi government to immediately clean a trunk
drain in northeast Delhi which is clogged with garbage and
municipal solid waste.
- Setback to Liezietsu, HC dismisses plea against floor test
- In a major setback to Nagaland Chief
Minister Shurhozelie Liezietsu, the Gauhati High Court today
dismissed his petition for staying Governor P B Acharya''s
directive for floor test.
- Court acquits man in rape case filed by woman 'in annoyance'
- A Delhi court has acquitted a man
in a rape case saying he was falsely implicated by a woman
as she was "annoyed" at being rejected for marriage to him due
to caste differences.
- Furnish list of students admitted without procedure: HC
- The Madras High Court has asked all
the seven medical colleges in Puducherry to furnish names of
students admitted to PG medical courses for 2017-18 without
undergoing counselling by an official panel CENTAC.
- Father, tempo driver asked to pay woman Rs 3.9L for accident
- An accident claims tribunal has
ordered that a woman be paid compensation of about Rs 3.9 lakh
by her father, the owner and driver of a tempo and an
insurance company for injuries suffered by her in an accident
in 2012.
- HC issues notice to TN Election Commission on local body polls
- The Madras High Court today
issued notice to the state election commission and other
officials in Tamil Nadu on a fresh petition by the DMK for
holding local body polls within a time frame as may be fixed
by the court.
- Four acquitted in sensational Moga molestation case
- A Punjab court has acquitted a bus
driver and his three accomplices of charges of molesting a 13
-year-old Dalit girl and pushing her off a moving bus leading
to her death in Moga in 2015, citing "lack of evidence" after
the victim''s mother turned hostile.
- 9-judge Constitution bench to decide on right to privacy
- The Supreme Court today decided
to set up a nine-judge bench to decide whether right to
privacy can be declared as a fundamental right under the
Indian Constitution.
- SC allows Centre to replace MCI oversight committee
- New Delhi:The Supreme Court today allowed
the Centre to replace the oversight committee set up to
supervise the functioning of the Medical Coucil of India
(MCI) with a fresh panel of five eminent doctors.
- Guj HC raps RBI for giving directions to NCLT
- Ahmedabad: Gujarat HC
rebuked the RBI for asking National
Company Law Tribunal in its June 13 directive to give
priority to the insolvency proceedings against companies with
huge debts.
- Why 'fair' is handsome, questions Nawazuddin Siddiqui
- Pressure to look beautiful not only in industry, says Shraddha
- Can never get bored of romantic films, says Shraddha
- Looking good was never on my agenda: Nawazuddin Siddiqui
- I was misquoted, Chouhan on remarks about Nawazuddin Siddiqui
- Karan Johar shares first glimpse of his twins
- Activists burn Haasan's photos, 7 held
- Bengali film gets certificate after deleting the word 'Radha'
- Extremely sorry if I have hurt anyone: Varun on nepotism dig
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui hints at racism in film industry
- 'The Crown' season 2 is different: Claire Foy
- Nas wants to collaborate with Nicki Minaj
- Haim won't split for solo careers
- Liam Payne teases Charlie Puth collaboration
- Emilia Clarke doesn't Google herself
- Pink Floyd helped Naomi Watts post her father's demise
- Why 'fair' is handsome, questions Nawazuddin Siddiqui
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui today
criticised the bias against dark-skinned people after the
casting director of one of his films reportedly said it would
be "weird" to cast fair-looking people opposite the actor.
- Pressure to look beautiful not only in industry, says Shraddha
- Actress Shraddha Kapoor today said
it would be unfair to call out the Indian film industry alone
for being obsessed with fair skin as such mindset is prevalent
in the country everywhere.
- Can never get bored of romantic films, says Shraddha
- She may have mostly played
girl-next-door characters in films but actress Shraddha
Kapoor said she could never get tired of doing romantic
movies.
- Looking good was never on my agenda: Nawazuddin Siddiqui
- By Shubha Dubey
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui today
said he never focused on his looks, but did get hurt when
people judged him by his appearance.
- I was misquoted, Chouhan on remarks about Nawazuddin Siddiqui
- Mumbai: "Babumoshai Bandookbaaz" casting
director Sanjay Chouhan today said that he never made the
''fair and handsome'' remark about actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui,
that has led to a controversy.
- Karan Johar shares first glimpse of his twins
- Director-producer Karan Johar has
posted the first-ever picture of his four-month-old twins,
Yash and Roohi.
- Activists burn Haasan's photos, 7 held
- Activists of a fringe Hindu
outfit on Tuesday burnt photos of actor Kamal Haasan near
here, protesting against him for hosting the Tamil version of
''Bigg Boss,'' the police said.
- Bengali film gets certificate after deleting the word 'Radha'
- After raising objection to
words like ''cow'', ''Hindutva'' in a documentary on nobel
laureate Amartya Sen, the Central Board of Film Certification
(CBFC) has asked the directors of a Bengali feature film to
mute the word ''Radha'' in a song sequence in the entertainer.
- Extremely sorry if I have hurt anyone: Varun on nepotism dig
- Mumbai: Actor Varun Dhawan has apologised
for mocking actress Kangana Ranaut in wake of the nepotism
controversy.
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui hints at racism in film industry
- Mumbai:He may have attained the status of
one of the most talented and versatile actors in Bollywood,
but it seems Nawazuddin Siddiqui is still facing a tough time
in the films because of his unconventional looks.
- 'The Crown' season 2 is different: Claire Foy
- Actress Claire Foy says the
season two of "The Crown" feels like a "completely different
show".
- Nas wants to collaborate with Nicki Minaj
- Rapper Nas is reportedly eager
to work with Nicki Minaj on a new collaborative music.
- Haim won't split for solo careers
- Girlband Haim have decided to never
split up in order to carve out their own solo career.
- Liam Payne teases Charlie Puth collaboration
- Former One Direction star Liam Payne
has recorded a song with Charlie Puth.
- Emilia Clarke doesn't Google herself
- Emilia Clarke says she has a rule to
not read what people post about her online as she does not
want to see the negative comments.
- Pink Floyd helped Naomi Watts post her father's demise
- Los Angeles: English rock band Pink Floyd
gave Naomi Watts'' mother "a few thousand dollars" to help them
rebuild their lives following the tragic death of her father.
- Siddhant breaks own record at Inter State athletics
- Maharashtra United jumps to big lead vs Mavericks in UTT
- Indian women's hockey team go down 1-4 to England
- There is much to lose by not resolving pay dispute: Hayden
- Third win for Myneni on return, Yuki too starts with victory
- Cremer rues 'tough' reprieve for Sri Lanka star
- Spain's federation chief held in fraud probe
- Alleged mention of names in fixing case put Sami, Akmal in fix
- Tendulkar urges youngsters to stop being couch potatoes
- India lose 44-88 to Iran in William Jones Cup
- Nagpur to host Bengaluru Bulls home matches in PKL
- Shastri has his way, Arun back as bowling coach
- Indian judokas win three bronze medals at Asian junior c'ship
- Sri Lanka pull off record chase to beat Zimbabwe
- Shastri gets his team, Arun back as bowling coach
- Sehwag chooses silence after India head coach snub
- Dickwella hangs tough after Cremer strikes
- Germany held by Sweden, Russia stun Italy at women's Euro
- Root 'can't believe' Vaughan blast after South Africa shocker
- Du Plessis hails 'new Kallis' Philander
- Siddhant breaks own record at Inter State athletics
- Siddhanth Thingalaya created a new
Meet Record to win the Men''s 110m Hurdles in 13.76s as the
57th National Inter State Championships ended on a high note
at the Acharya Nagarjuna University ground here today.
- Maharashtra United jumps to big lead vs Mavericks in UTT
- India''s Harmeet Desai added another
foreign player to his list of scalps as he beat Austrian
Stefan Fegerl in the first match to give DHFL Maharashtra
United a winning start against RP-SG Mavericks on day six of
Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) here today.
- Indian women's hockey team go down 1-4 to England
- Johannesburg, Jul 18 (PTI) India suffered a 1-4 loss to
England in the quarter-final of the Women''s Hockey World
League Semi Final here today.
- There is much to lose by not resolving pay dispute: Hayden
- Australian legend Matthew Hayden
said India tour is a premium test event in their cricket
culture and it is important to quickly resolve the pay dispute
as there is a lot at stake.
- Third win for Myneni on return, Yuki too starts with victory
- New Delhi: Saketh Myneni won his third match
on the trot after returning to competitive circuit following a
six-month injury-induced break as he advanced to the second
round of Prez's Cup.
- Cremer rues 'tough' reprieve for Sri Lanka star
- Zimbabwe captain Graeme Cremer
bemoaned a third umpire decision to reprieve Niroshan
Dickwella, a move which eased Sri Lanka''s record chase in the
one-off Test today.
- Spain's federation chief held in fraud probe
- Police raided the headquarters of
Spain''s football federation today and arrested its president
Angel Maria Villar as part of an anti-corruption probe, a
judicial source said.
- Alleged mention of names in fixing case put Sami, Akmal in fix
- Pakistani players, Muhammad Sami
and Umar Akmal are in a fix after their names were reported in
the media in the ongoing spot-fixing hearings of the Pakistan
Super League.
- Tendulkar urges youngsters to stop being couch potatoes
- Urging the younger lot of the
country to become healthy by taking part in sporting
activities, batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar reminded them
that "young and unhealthy population is a perfect recipe for
disaster."
"By 2020 India is set to be the youngest nation by
population. But in obesity we are number three. A young and
unhealthy population is a perfect recipe for disaster. What
India needs is more participation in sporting activities,"
said the cricket legend after being announced as Sony Pictures
Networks India s Ambassador for Sports at a function here.
- India lose 44-88 to Iran in William Jones Cup
- The Indian men''s basketball team
suffered a 44-88 loss against Iran''s national team on Day 4 of
the William Jones Cup here today.
- Nagpur to host Bengaluru Bulls home matches in PKL
- (EDS: REPEATING AFTER CORRECTION IN INTRO)
Bengaluru Bulls has shifted its
home matches of the fifth edition of Pro-Kabaddi League to
Nagpur, the franchise announced today.
- Shastri has his way, Arun back as bowling coach
- (Eds: updating with more quotes and other details)
Mumbai, Jul 18 (PTI) Acceding to newly-appointed chief
coach Ravi Shastri''s demand, the BCCI on Tuesday appointed
Bharat Arun as the Indian cricket team''s bowling coach, ending
days of confusion surrounding the position.
- Indian judokas win three bronze medals at Asian junior c'ship
- Three Indian woman judokas won
bronze medals in their respective categories at the recently-
concluded Asian Junior Judo Championships in Bishkek,
Kyrgyzstan.
- Sri Lanka pull off record chase to beat Zimbabwe
- Niroshan Dickwella and Asela
Gunaratne guided Sri Lanka to a record 388 target to beat
Zimbabwe by four wickets Tuesday in a pulsating end to their
one-off Test.
- Shastri gets his team, Arun back as bowling coach
- Mumbai: Acceding to newly-appointed chief
coach Ravi Shastri''s demand, the BCCI on Tuesday appointed
Bharat Arun as the Indian cricket team''''s bowling coach, ending
days of drama surrounding the position.
- Sehwag chooses silence after India head coach snub
- Mumbai: Virender Sehwag today evaded
questions on the controversial selection of the Indian team''s
head coach after being pipped by Ravi Shastri for the high-
profile job.
- Dickwella hangs tough after Cremer strikes
- Niroshan Dickwella struck a defiant
half-century to keep Sri Lanka''s chase alive after Zimbabwe
skipper Graeme Cremer took two wickets on the final day of
their one-off Test here today.
- Germany held by Sweden, Russia stun Italy at women's Euro
- Breda (Netherlands), Jul 18 (AFP) Holders Germany were
held to a goalless draw by Sweden while underdogs Russia
stunned Italy as Group B opened at the women''s Euro tournament
in the Netherlands.
- Root 'can't believe' Vaughan blast after South Africa shocker
- Nottingham: Joe Root was stunned by former
England captain Michael Vaughan''s assertion that his side had
failed to respect Test cricket during their thumping 340-run
defeat by SA at Trent Bridge.
- Du Plessis hails 'new Kallis' Philander
- South Africa captain Faf du
Plessis said Vernon Philander was on the way to becoming the
"new Jacques Kallis" after his man-of-the-match winning
display in a crushing 340-run win over England in the second
Test at Trent Bridge.
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