- Trump warns US may have to 'destroy' North Korea
- Delhi Cong workers to form human chain to protest high petrol, diesel prices
- Security forces working in 'perfect' synergy to tackle militancy in J-K: DGP
- Nifty hits fresh high of 10,178.95, Sensex up 100 points
- Trump warns US may have to 'destroy' North Korea
- United Nations: President Donald Trump
warned leaders gathered at the UN General Assembly today that
the United States may have to destroy North Korea if Kim
Jong-Un's nuclear-armed regime threatens its neighbours.
- Delhi Cong workers to form human chain to protest high petrol, diesel prices
- New Delhi: Delhi Congress workers will
protest the high petrol and diesel prices in the city by
forming a human chain from Mandi House to Parliament Street,
on September 21.
- Security forces working in 'perfect' synergy to tackle militancy in J-K: DGP
- Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir DGP S P Vaid said there was "perfect" synergy among the various
security forces in tackling militancy and maintaining law and
order in the valley.
- Nifty hits fresh high of 10,178.95, Sensex up 100 points
- Mumbai: The Nifty advanced by around 26
points or 0.25 per cent to scale a new high of 10,178.95 while
the Sensex rallied over 100 points in opening on the
back of persistent buying by domestic institutional investors
amid positive Asian cues.
- Man held for killing 13-year-old daughter over 'character'
- Maha loan waiver: Over 8.90 lakh extra applications received
- Sonia meets Punjab leaders on Gurdaspur bypoll
- Young generation should join Transform India campaign: Goyal
- Poor kept in poverty by Congress to pocket their votes:Jaitley
- Pondy LG hails rescue of 18 persons by Coast Guard
- BJP dharna against violence during BJD hartal
- BJP leaders at Centre indulging in malicious propoganda: HP ministers
- Maneka for nutrition packets at anganwadis instead of cooked meals
- RJD MP Taslimuddin buried with state honour
- 8 Indian fishermen arrested by Lankan Navy
- Indians should speak in their mother tongue: VP Naidu
- Maha cabinet nod for BFR method to improve work in govt depts
- Removed jungle raj, no riot: UP CM on 6 months in office
- Mayawati brings brother, nephew to the fore at party rally
- J-K BJP leaders meet victims of Pak firing in Arnia sector
- Bus conductor tries to molest girl, school staff beat up father
- Boat tragedy: Govt announces Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia for victims
- Ryan murder: Haryana govt writes to Centre seeking CBI probe
- Punjab commission submits second interim report to Amarinder
- DDCA members reject 77 good governance items, vote for 'proxy'
- BJD MLA arrested in chit fund scam, party says Centre misusing agencies
- Farmer outfits planning dharna in front of Pb CM's house ready to change site
- CBI books customs officer for demanding bribe to clear gold consignment
- Extortion case: Kaskar, 2 aides get 8-day police custody
- Centre to approach SC for 'modification' in Chakma order
- Teenager rape: School director, teacher detained
- Farmers' outfits to start 'Kisan Jagriti Yatra'
- Liquor shops near schools to be closed: Sisodia
- Pak envoy Sohail Mahmood presents credentials to President
- Clear skies in Delhi
- Govt will take action against Tejashwi's mall : Sushil
- Modi to flag off Varanasi-Vadodara Mahamana Exp on Sep 22
- 7 killed, 6 injured in road accident in UP
- On farmer issue, Pb, Central govts two sides of same coin: AAP
- 2 skeletons recovered from Kali river in Uttarakhand
- Kerala to import sand to meet demand in construction sector
- NIA arrests two for providing support to infiltrators
- 2 persons 'linked' with Babbar Khalsa arrested
- Mehbooba seeks end to Indo-Pak hostilities
- Security beefed up to check entry of Rohingya Muslims
- CRPF, Northern Rails launch cleanliness drive at station
- Modi's meeting with FM, Finmin officials postponed
- Guns fall silent after six days along IB in Jammu
- Rs 10 lakh compensation to kin of labourer killed in accident
- After Kaskar, his two aides arrested in extortion case
- Govt to launch mobile app for retiring govt staff
- Maoists blow up solar power plant in Gaya
- TN governor meets Rajnath amid political churning
- Naga solution within one or two months: Governor
- Man held for killing 13-year-old daughter over 'character'
- A man had been arrested for
allegedly killing his 13-year-old daughter as he was
suspicious about her "character" and opposed to her "hobby of
singing" in Nalgonda district of Telangana, the police said
today.
- Maha loan waiver: Over 8.90 lakh extra applications received
- The Maharashtra government has
received over 8.90 lakh extra applications seeking the loan
waiver than the actual number of eligible farmers having the
loan outstanding.
- Sonia meets Punjab leaders on Gurdaspur bypoll
- Congress chief Sonia Gandhi today
held meetings with senior Punjab unit leaders as the party
sought to finalise its candidate for the October 11 Gurdaspur
Lok Sabha bypoll.
- Young generation should join Transform India campaign: Goyal
- Railway Minister Piyush Goyal
today urged the younger generation to come forward and
participate in the Transform India campaign launched by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi.
- Poor kept in poverty by Congress to pocket their votes:Jaitley
- Ahmedabad: Union Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley today alleged that the Congress kept poor steeped in
poverty to pocket their votes.
- Pondy LG hails rescue of 18 persons by Coast Guard
- Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran
Bedi today lauded the Indian Coast Guard''s unit here for
rescuing a group of 18 persons, who were stranded mid-sea
after their mechanised boat developed a technical snag.
- BJP dharna against violence during BJD hartal
- The youth wing of BJP
today staged demonstration in front of all offices of the
Superintendent of Police across the state to protest against
violence during BJD''s hartal yesterday.
- BJP leaders at Centre indulging in malicious propoganda: HP ministers
- Shimla, Sep 19 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh Forest Minister
Thakur Singh Bharmouri and Urban Development Minister Sudhir
Sharma today alleged that the BJP leaders at the Centre were
indulging in "malicious propoganda" as they had no achievement
to show.
- Maneka for nutrition packets at anganwadis instead of cooked meals
- New Delhi, Sep 19 (PTI) Hot-cooked meals served at
anganwadis should be replaced with nutrition packets as the
food being served at the centres is not calorie-dense, women
and child development minister Maneka Gandhi has suggested.
- RJD MP Taslimuddin buried with state honour
- Araria (Bihar), Sep 19 (PTI) Veteran RJD leader and MP
from Araria, Mohammad Taslimuddin, was laid to rest with full
state honour in his village here today.
- 8 Indian fishermen arrested by Lankan Navy
- Rameswaram (TN), Sep 19 (PTI) Eight fishermen from Tamil
Nadu were arrested today by the Sri Lankan Navy on the charge
of fishing in the island nation''s waters, a Fisheries
Department official said.
- Indians should speak in their mother tongue: VP Naidu
- New Delhi: ''Amma'' or ''Ammi'' comes from the
heart while ''Mommy'' comes from the lips, Vice President M
Venkaiah Naidu said today, as he urged people to communicate
in their mother tongue.
- Maha cabinet nod for BFR method to improve work in govt depts
- The Maharashtra cabinet today
approved a proposal to implement Big Fast Results (BFR) method
by ''PEMANDU'' (performance management & delivery unit) of
Malaysia to improve the work culture in some key sectors.
- Removed jungle raj, no riot: UP CM on 6 months in office
- Claiming that his government has
removed ''jungle raj'' from Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath today said there has not been a single incident of
riot in the state during the last six months he has been in
power.
- Mayawati brings brother, nephew to the fore at party rally
- Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati
introduced her brother and nephew to party workers at a rally
in Meerut, triggering speculation that the two may play a
significant role in the party in future.
- J-K BJP leaders meet victims of Pak firing in Arnia sector
- State BJP leaders today visited the
victims of Pakistani firing in Arnia sector in Jammu district
and assured them of all possible help by the government.
- Bus conductor tries to molest girl, school staff beat up father
- Bareilly (UP), Sep 19 (PTI) A school bus conductor
allegedly tried to molest a nine-year-old girl here, following
which the accused was arrested, while some school staff, who
beat up and held captive the student''s father when he went to
speak to them about the incident, have been booked.
- Boat tragedy: Govt announces Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia for victims
- Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda
Sonowal today condoled the death of 10 persons in a boat
tragedy and directed the authorities to immediately release
ex-gratia of 4 lakh each to the next of kin.
- Ryan murder: Haryana govt writes to Centre seeking CBI probe
- The Haryana government has
written to the Centre seeking a CBI probe into the gruesome
murder of a seven-year old boy at Gurgaon''s Ryan International
School, a senior official said today.
- Punjab commission submits second interim report to Amarinder
- An inquiry commission, set up to
look into the "false cases" registered against people during
the decade-long SAD-BJP rule in Punjab, today submitted its
second interim report to Chief Minister Amarinder Singh which
found "political vendetta" involved in all the 47 cases.
- DDCA members reject 77 good governance items, vote for 'proxy'
- By Kushan Sarkar
New Delhi, Sep 19 (PTI) The Delhi and Districts Cricket
Association (DDCA) members have rejected a whopping
77 out of 103 clauses on good corporate governance including
the one on abolition of the controversial ''proxy votes''.
- BJD MLA arrested in chit fund scam, party says Centre misusing agencies
- (Eds: Updating with fresh inputs)
Bhubaneswar, Sep 19 (PTI) Senior BJD MLA Pravat Ranjan
Biswal has been arrested by the CBI in a chit fund scam,
evoking a sharp reaction from Odisha''s ruling party that today
accused the Centre of misusing investigative agencies.
- Farmer outfits planning dharna in front of Pb CM's house ready to change site
- Chandigarh, Sep 19 (PTI) Farmers'' outfits today said they
are ready to change the venue of their five-day long dharna
slated to begin on Friday from outside Moti Bagh in Patiala,
the residence of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, if
they are alloted another place in the same town.
- CBI books customs officer for demanding bribe to clear gold consignment
- New Delhi, Sep 19 (PTI) The CBI has booked a Deputy
Commissioner (customs) posted at the Mundra Port and a private
individual for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 30 lakh for
clearing a 27-kg gold consignment.
- Extortion case: Kaskar, 2 aides get 8-day police custody
- Mob boss Dawood Ibrahim''s brother
Iqbal Kaskar, arrested in connection with an extortion case,
was today sent to eight days police custody by a court here.
- Centre to approach SC for 'modification' in Chakma order
- The central government will soon
approach the Supreme Court to seek a "modification" of its
order to grant citizenship to Chakma-Hajong refugees living in
Arunachal Pradesh as it is not possible to implement it due to
ground difficulties, Union minister Kiren Rijiju said today.
- Teenager rape: School director, teacher detained
- The director of a private school and
a teacher, accused of raping an 18-year-old student, were
detained by the police here last night and were being
questioned, an official said today.
- Farmers' outfits to start 'Kisan Jagriti Yatra'
- Farmers'' outfits belonging to
different states today said that they will hold a nationwide
''Kisan Jagriti Yatra'' to demand from the Centre farm debt
waiver and implementation of the Swaminathan Commission
report.
- Liquor shops near schools to be closed: Sisodia
- Deputy Chief Minister Manish
Sisodia today said the liquor shops located near schools would
be closed and action taken against officers who issued the
licences to them.
- Pak envoy Sohail Mahmood presents credentials to President
- Pakistan High Commissioner Sohail
Mahmood was among four envoys who presented their credentials
to President Ram Nath Kovind here today.
- Clear skies in Delhi
- Mainly clear skies prevailed in
the national capital today with the maximum temperature
settling at 36.5 degrees Celsius, two notches above the
season''s average.
- Govt will take action against Tejashwi's mall : Sushil
- Bihar government will take action
against RJD leader Tejaswi Prasad Yadav for constructing a
mall here allegedly in violation of building bye-laws, its
Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said today.
- Modi to flag off Varanasi-Vadodara Mahamana Exp on Sep 22
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will
flag off the country''s third Mahamana Express from his Lok
Sabha constituency of Varanasi on September 22, senior railway
officials said today.
- 7 killed, 6 injured in road accident in UP
- At least seven persons were
today killed and six others injured when their vehicle lost
control and hit a tree in Kakrala road in Alapur area here,
the police said.
- On farmer issue, Pb, Central govts two sides of same coin: AAP
- AAP''s Punjab unit chief Bhagwant
Mann today termed the Congress government in the state and the
BJP-led NDA dispensation at the Centre "two sides of the same
coin" as both have allegedly failed to fulfill their poll
promises to the farmers.
- 2 skeletons recovered from Kali river in Uttarakhand
- Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand), Sep 19 (PTI) Two skeletons
were today recovered from the Kali river at Jhoolaghat town
here on Indo-Nepal border with the police suspecting them to
be of those who went missing after cloudbursts hit Mangti and
Malpa on August 14.
- Kerala to import sand to meet demand in construction sector
- Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 19 (PTI) The Kerala government
today decided to import sand for construction purposes to
overcome the shortage.
- NIA arrests two for providing support to infiltrators
- The National Investigation Agency
today arrested two persons for allegedly providing logistical
and material support to terrorists infiltrating from Pakistan
into Kashmir for carrying out subversive activities, officials
said here today.
- 2 persons 'linked' with Babbar Khalsa arrested
- Two persons having alleged links
with banned outfit Babbar Khalsa were today arrested in
Lakhimpur Kheri district in a joint operation by the Uttar
Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad and the Punjab Police.
- Mehbooba seeks end to Indo-Pak hostilities
- Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister
Mehbooba Mufti sought an end to the hostilities between
India and Pakistan on the borders, saying it is the people of
the state who bear the brunt of the skirmishes.
- Security beefed up to check entry of Rohingya Muslims
- Aizawl: Security has been beefed up and
patrolling by the Assam Rifles intensified along the Myanmar border in Lawngtlai district, in
view of the possibility of Rohingya Muslim militants and
refugees attempting to enter.
- CRPF, Northern Rails launch cleanliness drive at station
- The CRPF and the Northern Railways
today launched a special cleanliness drive at the Jammu Tawi
railway station here as part of the Centre''s fortnight-long
''Swachhta Hi Seva'' (cleanliness is the service) campaign.
- Modi's meeting with FM, Finmin officials postponed
- New Delhi: PM Modi's
stocktaking of the economy has been postponed pending finance
ministry putting together a comprehensive presentation on the
reasons for slowdown and remedial measures it proposes.
- Guns fall silent after six days along IB in Jammu
- After six days of intermittent yet
intense shelling, guns fell silent along the international
border in the Arnia sector as there was no report of any
ceasefire violation by Pakistani forces, an official said.
- Rs 10 lakh compensation to kin of labourer killed in accident
- A Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal
(MACT) has awarded over Rs 10 lakh to the family of a 58-year-
old daily wage labourer who was killed in a vehicle mishap in
north Delhi two years ago.
- After Kaskar, his two aides arrested in extortion case
- Two aides of Iqbal Kaskar, the
brother of fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim, were today arrested in
connection with an extortion case, a senior police official
said.
- Govt to launch mobile app for retiring govt staff
- A mobile application will be
launched tomorrow for central government employees who are
about to retire to help them monitor the progress of their
pension settlement cases.
- Maoists blow up solar power plant in Gaya
- Maoists blew up a solar power plant in
Bihar''s Gaya district, damaging its control room and workers''
accommodation unit, a police officer said today.
- TN governor meets Rajnath amid political churning
- New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar
Rao met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, a day after
18 rebel AIADMK MLAs loyal to sidelined leader TTV Dhinakaran
were disqualified under the anti-defection law.
- Naga solution within one or two months: Governor
- (Eds: Recasting overnight story)
Kohima, Sep 19 (PTI) Nagaland Governor P B Acharya has
expressed hope that the vexed Naga issue would be solved
within the next one or two months, and urged every Naga
underground group and civil society player to come onboard.
- UN chief urges Myanmar to halt military campaign against Rohingyas
- Trump issues stark threats to North Korea and Iran at UN
- Five men in court over Hong Kong explosives plot
- Saudi Arabia arrests two rights activists: NGOs
- German authorities arrest Islamic State suspect in Berlin
- Teen slain, 2 others hurt in drive-by shooting near school
- 5 killed, 8 injured in an explosion in a cement factory in Pak
- At least 65 skulls found so far at a mass grave in Bosnia
- Sri Lanka name new selectors ahead of Pak series
- Russian helicopter fires on spectators at drills
- Melania Trump threatens lawsuit over English class billboard
- 57 charged in vigilante mob lynching case in Pakistan
- Pak court indicts ex-PM Raja Ashraf in job recruitment scam
- Pakistan allows Bank of China to begin operations
- Suu Kyi rebuffs foreign criticism of Rohingya crisis
- Hamas militant dies in Gaza tunnel incident
- Indian diplomat lauds progress in Indo-US ties
- EU firms want 'concrete action' from China on access
- Swaraj meets counterparts from five nations
- Sharif skips Pak court hearing on corruption cases
- UN chief urges Myanmar to halt military campaign against Rohingyas
- United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres today urged Myanmar to halt its military campaign
against Rohingya Muslims, just hours after Aung San Suu Kyi
failed to quell an international outcry in a much-anticipated
address.
- Trump issues stark threats to North Korea and Iran at UN
- United Nations: President Donald Trump
warned today that the US is ready to "totally destroy" North
Korea and vowed to confront Iran''s "murderous regime" over its
weapons programme.
- Five men in court over Hong Kong explosives plot
- Five men, accused of making
explosives before a contentious vote on political reforms in
2015, appeared in a Hong Kong court today in a case that
triggered concern about the radicalisation of protesters.
- Saudi Arabia arrests two rights activists: NGOs
- Two prominent Saudi human rights
defenders were arrested last weekend, campaigners said today,
amid an ongoing crackdown on dissenters in the kingdom.
- German authorities arrest Islamic State suspect in Berlin
- German authorities say they have
arrested a 31-year-old Iraqi man on suspicion of membership in
a terrorist organisation and war crimes as part of the Islamic
State group.
- Teen slain, 2 others hurt in drive-by shooting near school
- Police say a teenage boy was
slain and two other teens wounded when someone opened fire on
them as they walked near an eastern Pennsylvania school.
- 5 killed, 8 injured in an explosion in a cement factory in Pak
- Atleast five persons, including
two security officials, were killed and eight others injured
when an explosive device went off while being defused at a
cement factory in the Sindh province today.
- At least 65 skulls found so far at a mass grave in Bosnia
- The remains of at least 65 victims
have been retrieved from a mass grave recently found in
central Bosnia, forensic experts said today about the site of
one of the most gruesome crimes of Bosnia''s 1992-95 war.
- Sri Lanka name new selectors ahead of Pak series
- Sri Lanka today appointed former
Test player Graeme Labrooy as the chief selector, days before
a two-Test series kicks off in the UAE against Pakistan.
- Russian helicopter fires on spectators at drills
- Moscow, Sept 19 (AP) A Russian news website says two
people were wounded when a helicopter gunship accidentally
fired on spectators during military drills in western Russia.
- Melania Trump threatens lawsuit over English class billboard
- Zagreb (Croatia) Sept 19 (AP) Billboards featuring
Melania Trump and the slogan "just imagine how far you can go
with a little bit of English" have been removed from the
Croatian capital after her lawyer threatened a lawsuit.
- 57 charged in vigilante mob lynching case in Pakistan
- A Pakistani anti-terrorism court
today indicted 57 people arrested in connection with the
brutal murder of a journalism student who was lynched by a
vigilante mob in April over blasphemy allegations.
- Pak court indicts ex-PM Raja Ashraf in job recruitment scam
- Former Pakistan prime minister Raja
Pervaiz Ashraf and eight others were today indicted by a court
in a case pertaining to illegal recruitment in an electricity
distribution company of Punjab Province.
- Pakistan allows Bank of China to begin operations
- Pakistan''s central bank has allowed
the government-owned Bank of China to begin operations in the
country, amid Beijing''s push to step up investments under the
USD 50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
- Suu Kyi rebuffs foreign criticism of Rohingya crisis
- Naypyidaw: Aung San Suu Kyi said she
doesn't fear global scrutiny over the Rohingya crisis,
pledging to hold rights violators to account but refusing to
blame the military for violence.
- Hamas militant dies in Gaza tunnel incident
- A Hamas militant died in an
incident in a tunnel in Gaza, the Islamist movement which
controls the territory said today, the third such death in
five days.
- Indian diplomat lauds progress in Indo-US ties
- Washington: The Indo-US cooperation has
reached a level which was "unimaginable" a decade ago, a
senior Indian diplomat has said as he lauded the diaspora for
its role in expanding bilateral ties.
- EU firms want 'concrete action' from China on access
- European companies suffer from
"promise fatigue" over China''s failure to follow through on
pledges to open its market, the EU Chamber of Commerce in
China said today.
- Swaraj meets counterparts from five nations
- New York: External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj has held meetings with her counterparts from five
countries on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session
here.
- Sharif skips Pak court hearing on corruption cases
- By Sajjad Hussain
Islamabad, Sep 19 (PTI) Ousted Pakistan prime minister
Nawaz Sharif today failed to appear before a court hearing
corruption cases against him as he was in London to take care
of his ailing wife.
- Heavy rains halt operations at airport, many flights affected
- Anti-dumping duty on import of bus/truck tyres from China
- Fast-track GST refund, else Rs 65K cr may be stuck: Exporters
- Coal India dispatches 0.88 MT coal to power sector on Sep 17
- 18 of the 43 McDonald's outlets in capital reopened: Bakshi
- Shell crackdown: Govt makes public names of debarred directors
- Gadkari presses for reforms in transport sector
- Mumbai-Vadodara expressway work to start in a month: Gadkari
- Rupee slips to nearly 2-mth low of 64.33, down 20 paise
- US dollar ends higher against rupee
- Nifty, Sensex turn cautious, go for flat close
- Ivanka meets Swaraj, discusses women entrepreneurship
- Rupee down 5 paise against USD in late morning trade
- US resumes premium processing of H-1B visas
- Heavy rains halt operations at airport, many flights affected
- Flight operations at the Mumbai
airport were suspended for nearly half an hour as visibility
dropped well below the required 550 meter-mark following heavy
rains and lightning that lashed the metropolis this evening.
- Anti-dumping duty on import of bus/truck tyres from China
- India has imposed anti-dumping
duty on import of certain type of radial tyres used in buses
and trucks to protect domestic manufacturers from below cost
shipments from China for five years.
- Fast-track GST refund, else Rs 65K cr may be stuck: Exporters
- (Eds: Updating with more inputs)
New Delhi, Sep 19 (PTI) Fearing that a staggering Rs
65,000 crore could get stuck in GST refunds, exporters today
asked the government to fast-track the refund process and
avoid further deterioration in their "liquidity situation".
- Coal India dispatches 0.88 MT coal to power sector on Sep 17
- Coal India today said it has
supplied 0.88 million tonnes of dry fuel to the power sector
out of its total coal dispatch of 1 MT on September 17,
the Ministry of Coal said today.
- 18 of the 43 McDonald's outlets in capital reopened: Bakshi
- New Delhi: McDonald''s estranged partner
Vikram Bakshi said 18 out of the 43 outlets of the burger
chain in the capital that have been closed since June due to
expiry of eating house licences, reopened today.
- Shell crackdown: Govt makes public names of debarred directors
- Intensifying its crackdown on
shell companies and their operators, the government has made
public names of over 55,000 directors linked to such firms to
ensure they do not get associated with similar roles again.
- Gadkari presses for reforms in transport sector
- Calling for reforms in public
transport, Union minister Nitin Gadkari today asked transport
ministers of states to submit suggestions on tax and permit
issues, a government official has said.
- Mumbai-Vadodara expressway work to start in a month: Gadkari
- Union Minister Nitin Gadkari
today said the construction work of Rs 44,000 crore
Mumbai-Vadodara Expressway will begin in another one month,
after which one can cover the distance between the two cities
in less than three hours.
- Rupee slips to nearly 2-mth low of 64.33, down 20 paise
- The rupee extended its loss for the
second straight day by tumbling 20 paise to nearly two-month
low of 64.33 a dollar on sustained demand for the American
currency from importers amid higher greenback overseas.
- US dollar ends higher against rupee
- Mumbai: The US dollar ended higher against
the rupee at 64.33/34 per dollar but the pound sterling
finished lower at Rs 86.81/83 at the close of the Interbank
Foreign Exchange (forex) market here.
- Nifty, Sensex turn cautious, go for flat close
- Mumbai: In a climbdown of sorts, the Nifty
on Tuesday rolled off its previous record peak and closed
flat, more due to a general sense of caution ahead of US Fed
policy call.
- Ivanka meets Swaraj, discusses women entrepreneurship
- New York: Ivanka Trump met External Affairs
Minister Sushma Swaraj and discussed about women''s
entrepreneurship and workforce development in their countries.
- Rupee down 5 paise against USD in late morning trade
- Mumbai: The rupee dropped by 5 paise to
64.18 against the American currency in late morning deals on
sustained bouts of dollar demand from importers and banks amid
choppy domestic equities.
- US resumes premium processing of H-1B visas
- By Lalit K Jha
Washington, Sep 19 (PTI) The US has resumed fast
processing of H-1B work visas in all categories subject to
Congress-mandated limit, five months after it was suspended
temporarily to handle the huge rush of applications for the
work visas popular among Indian IT professionals.
- HC restrains police from arresting Dhinakaran in defamation case
- Re-tweet does not cause defamation: Raghav Chadha to HC
- HC stops NDMC from taking coercive action against Le Meridien
- Kerala HC directs units to down shutters from Sept 25 till U-
- Some ID, if not Aadhaar, needed for subsidised foodgrains: HC
- Jaitley opposes AAP leader's appeal in HC in defamation case
- Hearing in murder case of former Dera manager held
- HC accepts draft sanitary waste disposal bye-laws
- Extortion case: Kaskar, 2 aides get 8-day police custody
- Ensure religious places follow noise pollution norms: NGT
- Bombay HC says cops can't be pvt guards; asks govt to review
- HC quashes detention of activists under Goondas Act
- Plea in HC asking special courts to comply with POCSO law
- Rajiv Gandhi case: Hearing deferred in SC
- HC asks Centre to list the steps taken against Blue Whale game
- Allahabad, Calcutta high courts get 24 additional judges
- Trader files defamation case against Lalu, son in Srijan scam
- Ghazipur landfill: NGT raps NHAI for not lifting waste
- SC unhappy after lawyer alleges discrimination in mentioning
- VVIP chopper case: Court takes cognisance of ED charge sheet
- Stone-pelting in Kashmir: Two sent to custody for a month
- Verifying details of amount for workers welfare plan:CAG to SC
- Drug racket: British national, 2 others charge-sheeted
- HC restrains police from arresting Dhinakaran in defamation case
- Madurai: The Madras HC restrained the police from arresting AIADMK rebel leader TTV
Dhinakaran in connection with a defamation case filed against
him by a party MP, who is supporting Chief Minister K
Palaniswami.
- Re-tweet does not cause defamation: Raghav Chadha to HC
- AAP leader Raghav Chadha today
told the Delhi High Court that he cannot be made to face a
criminal case only for retweeting Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal''s tweet against Union Minister Arun Jaitley, claiming
that a retweet does not make out the offence of defamation.
- HC stops NDMC from taking coercive action against Le Meridien
- The Delhi High Court has stayed
the NDMC from precipitating any coercive action, including
disconnection of electricity and water supply, against the Le
Meridien Hotel here.
- Kerala HC directs units to down shutters from Sept 25 till U-
- 17 World Cup ends
Kochi, Sep 19 (PTI) The Kerala High Court today ordered
business establishments at the Jawaharlal Nehru International
stadium complex here to down shutters from September 25 till
completion of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in October.
- Some ID, if not Aadhaar, needed for subsidised foodgrains: HC
- The Delhi High Court today said
that Delhi''ites seeking to avail subsidised foodgrains under
the public distribution system (PDS) should have some sort of
identification if they do not have Aadhaar cards.
- Jaitley opposes AAP leader's appeal in HC in defamation case
- Union Minister Arun Jaitley today
opposed in Delhi High Court the plea of AAP leader Deepak
Bajpai challenging the lower court''s order summoning him in a
criminal defamation case, saying it was a "sorry attempt" to
delay the trial.
- Hearing in murder case of former Dera manager held
- The hearing in former Dera Sacha
Sauda manager Ranjit Singh''s murder case, which allegedly
involved sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, continued today
at a special CBI court here with the prosecution reading out
the statements of its witnesses.
- HC accepts draft sanitary waste disposal bye-laws
- The Delhi High Court today
accepted a set of draft bye-laws on sanitary waste disposal
framed jointly by local authorities and environmental experts,
which call for introduction of user fees for municipal
services among other things.
- Extortion case: Kaskar, 2 aides get 8-day police custody
- Mob boss Dawood Ibrahim''s brother
Iqbal Kaskar, arrested in connection with an extortion case,
was today sent to eight days police custody by a court here.
- Ensure religious places follow noise pollution norms: NGT
- The National Green Tribunal today
directed the Delhi government and the Delhi Pollution Control
Committee (DPCC) to ensure that religious places in East Delhi
strictly adhere to the guidelines on noise pollution.
- Bombay HC says cops can't be pvt guards; asks govt to review
- police protection cases
Mumbai, Sep 19 (PTI) Maharashtra Police cannot become
private guards, the Bombay High Court today said and directed
the state government to review each and every case in which
police protection has been given.
- HC quashes detention of activists under Goondas Act
- The Madras High Court today quashed
the detention of activist Thirumurugan Gandhi and three others
of a pro-Tamil outfit under the Goondas Act for allegedly
staging a protest in support of Sri Lankan Tamils at the
Marina Beach here without permission.
- Plea in HC asking special courts to comply with POCSO law
- The mothers of five minor sexual
offence victims today moved the Delhi High Court seeking
direction to special courts to comply with the provisions of
the POCSO Act relating to informing the families about the
status of their cases.
- Rajiv Gandhi case: Hearing deferred in SC
- The hearing in the case relating
to a probe on the conspiracy aspect behind the making of the
bomb that had killed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi 26
years ago, was deferred in the Supreme Court today.
- HC asks Centre to list the steps taken against Blue Whale game
- The Delhi High Court today asked
the Centre to place before it the steps taken to comply with
the Madras High Court direction to ban the ''Blue Whale''
challenge, an internet game that has been linked to the deaths
of several children worldwide.
- Allahabad, Calcutta high courts get 24 additional judges
- Twenty-four judges to Allahabad
and Calcutta high courts were appointed today, a move that
will help overcome large scale vacancies in the higher
judiciary tackling lakhs of pending cases.
- Trader files defamation case against Lalu, son in Srijan scam
- A gems and jewellery trader today
filed a defamation case against RJD president Lalu Prasad and
his son Tejaswi Prasad Yadav for making "wild" allegations
against him in the multi-crore rupees Srijan scam.
- Ghazipur landfill: NGT raps NHAI for not lifting waste
- The National Green Tribunal today
rapped the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for not
lifting the segregated waste lying at the Ghazipur landfill
site despite specific direction.
- SC unhappy after lawyer alleges discrimination in mentioning
- The Supreme Court today expressed
annoyance after a lawyer complained that while his senior
colleagues were being allowed to mention matters for urgent
hearing, junior members of the bar were denied such
opportunities.
- VVIP chopper case: Court takes cognisance of ED charge sheet
- A special court today took
cognisance of a charge sheet filed by the Enforcement
Directorate (ED) against two Dubai-based firms and one of
their directors in a money laundering case related to the Rs
3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal.
- Stone-pelting in Kashmir: Two sent to custody for a month
- A Delhi court today sent two men,
including a freelance photo-journalist, to judicial custody
for a month in connection with an alleged case of stone-
pelting in the Kashmir Valley.
- Verifying details of amount for workers welfare plan:CAG to SC
- New Delhi: Govenrment auditor CAG told
the SC that they were verifying the details of the
money collected by states and union territories under the 1996
Building and Other Construction Workers'''' Welfare Cess Act.
- Drug racket: British national, 2 others charge-sheeted
- The Goa Police has filed charge
sheets against three persons, including a British national,
who were arrested for allegedly running a drug racket.
- Vicky Kaushal to feature in film based on Uri surgical strikes
- Annette Bening to get BAFTA Career Retrospective
- Shah Rukh hopes to retain the purity of children's innocence
- I'm very proud of it: Hansal on mixed response to 'Simran'
- Nobody questions the repetitiveness of love stories: Aditi
- Nobody questions the repetitiveness of love stories: Aditi
- I am not ambitious: Gauri Pradhan
- My favourite songs are the most personal ones: Harry Styles
- Linkin Park announce Chester Bennington tribute show
- Vicky Kaushal to feature in film based on Uri surgical strikes
- Actor Vicky Kaushal is all set to
star in a movie based on last year''s surgical strikes by the
Indian Army across the LoC.
- Annette Bening to get BAFTA Career Retrospective
- Veteran actor Annette Bening is
all set to talk about her journey in films at one of British
Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)''s events, "A Life
in Pictures" in London on October 12.
- Shah Rukh hopes to retain the purity of children's innocence
- Mumbai: Following his father''s example,
superstar Shah Rukh Khan said he wants to keep the childhood
of his kids alive for as long as possible.
- I'm very proud of it: Hansal on mixed response to 'Simran'
- There was speculation that Hansal
Mehta had left microblogging site Twitter after receiving
mixed reviews to his latest directorial venture "Simran", but
the filmmaker has clarified that he is still active on his
account.
- Nobody questions the repetitiveness of love stories: Aditi
- By Radhika Sharma
New Delhi, Sep 19 (PTI) There is a spate of movies in
Bollywood that are addressing the issue of violence against
women and actor Aditi Rao Hydari believes it is better to make
such films than just another run-of-the-mill love story.
- Nobody questions the repetitiveness of love stories: Aditi
- New Delhi: There is a spate of movies in
Bollywood that are addressing the issue of violence against
women and actor Aditi Rao Hydari believes it is better to make
such films than just another run-of-the-mill love story.
- I am not ambitious: Gauri Pradhan
- Popular TV actor Gauri Pradhan,
who plays the role of a failed actor in her upcoming show "Tu
Aashiqui", says in real life too, she is prepared for a
downfall.
- My favourite songs are the most personal ones: Harry Styles
- Singer Harry Styles said his most
personal songs are his favourite ones.
- Linkin Park announce Chester Bennington tribute show
- Linkin Park has announced a
special show in honour of their lead singer, Chester
Bennington, who committed suicide on July 20.
- Real Sociedad provide coaches training to Jharkhand girls
- Neuer out until January after foot operation
- Kerala HC directs units to down shutters from Sept 25 till U-17 World Cup ends
- Ind-Aus ODI: Sale of tickets closes a day ahead of schedule
- Rossi back on bike 18 days after double leg fracture
- Aman fires 65 to grab lead at PGTI Players Championship
- Neuer out until January after foot op - Bayern
- Barca lower Dembele recovery time after operation
- Sri Lanka name new selectors ahead of Pak series
- Banned Rooney gets lift to training
- Prosecutors to argue Pistorius should get more jail time
- Contrasting wins for Mukund, Van Beem
- Court sends bizman to custody in a case against a cricketer
- Satwik enters main draw of mixed and men's doubles at Japan
- Gaurika, Saaniya to be main contenders in absence of big 3
- India's practice called off due to inclement weather
- After Dhoni, Tendulkar now a biopic on woman cricketer Jhulan
- I did not execute my plans well against Hardik: Zampa
- India tour of SA likely to begin on January 5 or 6
- Real Sociedad provide coaches training to Jharkhand girls
- Top La Liga club Real Sociedad
are currently imparting state of the art coaching facilities
- UEFA 2017 Level 1 training programme to eight talented
female coaches from Jharkhand.
- Neuer out until January after foot operation
- Bayern Munich have confirmed their
Germany goalkeeper and captain Manuel Neuer will be out until
January having undergone another operation on Tuesday after
again fracturing his left foot.
- Kerala HC directs units to down shutters from Sept 25 till U-17 World Cup ends
- Kochi, Sep 19 (PTI) The Kerala High Court today ordered
business establishments at the Jawaharlal Nehru International
stadium complex here to down shutters from September 25 till
completion of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in October.
- Ind-Aus ODI: Sale of tickets closes a day ahead of schedule
- The Madhya Pradesh Cricket
Association (MPCA) today closed the sale of tickets for the
third India-Australia One Day International to be played here
a day ahead of schedule citing rush of fans, a senior official
of the cricket body said.
- Rossi back on bike 18 days after double leg fracture
- Italian motorcycling ace Valentino
Rossi has returned to training just 18 days after suffering a
double leg fracture, his Movistar Yahama team confirmed.
- Aman fires 65 to grab lead at PGTI Players Championship
- Patna''s Aman Raj came up with a
terrific seven-under 65 to take the lead in round one of the
PGTI Players Championship at Noida Golf Course here today.
- Neuer out until January after foot op - Bayern
- Bayern Munich have confirmed their
Germany goalkeeper and captain Manuel Neuer will be out until
January having undergone another operation today after again
fracturing his left foot.
- Barca lower Dembele recovery time after operation
- Barcelona hope record signing
Ousmane Dembele could be back in action in three and a half
months after successful surgery on a torn hamstring in
Helsinki today.
- Sri Lanka name new selectors ahead of Pak series
- Sri Lanka today appointed former
Test player Graeme Labrooy as the chief selector, days before
a two-Test series kicks off in the UAE against Pakistan.
- Banned Rooney gets lift to training
- Everton striker Wayne Rooney was
given a lift to training today after he was banned for two
years for drink-driving.
- Prosecutors to argue Pistorius should get more jail time
- Johannesberg, Sept 19 (AP) Oscar Pistorius faces another
legal challenge when South Africa''s Supreme Court of Appeal
convenes November 3 to hear arguments by state prosecutors
that the former track star and convicted murderer should get
more jail time.
- Contrasting wins for Mukund, Van Beem
- Top seed Sasi Kumar Mukund of
India and second seed Colin Van Beem of the Netherlands posted
contrasting wins to reach the singles second round of LMW ITF
Men''s Futures tennis tournament 2017 here today.
- Court sends bizman to custody in a case against a cricketer
- A director of a Delhi-based real
estate firm was today sent to two-day police custody in a
cheque bounce case in which cricketer Munaf Patel is also an
accused.
- Satwik enters main draw of mixed and men's doubles at Japan
- Young doubles player Satwiksairaj
Rankireddy displayed unrelenting will and stamina as he played
four matches on the qualifying round to make it to the main
draw of both men''s and mixed doubles events at the Japan Super
Series here today.
- Gaurika, Saaniya to be main contenders in absence of big 3
- Gaurika Bishnoi would look to
recover lost ground while Saaniya Sharma, who ended her long
title drought recently, will seek further improvement in her
position on the Women''s Professional Golf Tour 2017 this week.
- India's practice called off due to inclement weather
- The Indian team were forced to
cancel their training session today due to inclement weather
as the Eden Gardens was under cover while the Australia used
the indoor facility of the stadium.
- After Dhoni, Tendulkar now a biopic on woman cricketer Jhulan
- Kolkata: Inspired by the success of Mahendra
Singh Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar''''s biopics, world''''s leading
wicket taker in women''''s ODI cricket, Jhulan Goswami''''s life
will now be portrayed on celluloid.
- I did not execute my plans well against Hardik: Zampa
- Australia''s Adam Zampa today
admitted that he failed to execute his plans against Hardik
Pandya, whose single-over 24 runs off the leg-spinner proved
to be decisive in the first ODI against India.
- India tour of SA likely to begin on January 5 or 6
- Johannesburg: The Indian cricket team will
start its new year with a tour to South Africa, which is
likely to commence on January 5 or 6 in Cape Town.
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