India and the US agreed during President Donald Trump’s visit on the expeditious conclusion of the legal text for ‘phase one’ of a trade deal that will lead up to a larger bilateral trade agreement, people familiar with developments said on Thursday. The two sides hadn’t been able to bridge differences to come up with…

Indian stock markets plunged today, tracking a collapse in global equities amid mounting concerns about the impact of coronavirus on global economy. The Sensex fell over 1,100 points to 38,601, extending the selloff to the sixth day and wiping out investor wealth of about ₹5 lakh crore in minutes. In the past five sessions, the…

New Delhi: Forty-six million people watched the ‘Namaste Trump’ event on 180 TV channels across India on Monday, according to data provided to the government by premier television rating agency BARC. US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were given a rousing welcome in presence of more than 1,00,000 people at the Motera stadium…

Poet-politician Kumar Vishvas nudged Union Home Ministry and the Delhi Police after reports emerged that stacks of petrol bombs and chemicals were found at the house of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Tahir Hussain, who has been accused by locals of instigating the violence in Northeast Delhi on Sunday. ‘Hey Yudhishthir, you don’t get the…

New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday urged the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation not to indulge in ‘irresponsible statements’ at this time after the Islamic bloc condemned the violence in New Delhi in the last few days. ‘Law enforcement agencies are on the ground and they are working to normalise the situation. So, I request (OIC) not…

On the statement of the OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) on violence in Delhi, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ravish Kumar has said that this is an attempt to politicize. Apart from this, such statement should be avoided in such cases. The statement of the OIC is factually incorrect, selective and misleading. Efforts are being made on…

Beijing : The Tokyo 2020 organizers are working with the IOC and other organizations towards a successful Games despite the COVID-19 epidemic and ‘the rest is speculation’, an IOC spokesperson told Xinhua through e-mail. The e-mail follows former IOC vice-president Dick Pound’s assertion in an interview with Associated Press that the organizers are facing a three-month window…

The Govt is planning to intall new smart meters of electricity at your home following which power supply will be cut automatically if the bill is not deposited within a given time. Yes, you read it right, as per new rules, there will be no electricity supply if the bill is not paid and it will…

The Delhi Police has identified the person who fired during the violent protests over the Citizenship Act (CAA). Police said that a youth named Shah Rukh fired during a violent demonstration in North-East Delhi. At present, the Delhi Police has taken the youth into custody. Five people including a police constable died in this violent…

Azam Khan surrenders with wife and son in Rampur court Samajwadi Party MP Mohd Azam Khan, his wife Tanzeen Fatima and son Abdullah Azam were sent to seven days judicial custody after they surrendered in the district court on Wednesday. The Khan family had been ignoring summons by the courts in various cases lodged against…

Bhubaneswar: The court sentenced the retired colonel of the army who killed his wife and cut her body into 300 pieces. About 6 years ago, retired Colonel Somnath Parida killed his 61-year-old wife and filled 300 pieces of her body in a tiffin box. The local court of Odisha on Tuesday sentenced him to life imprisonment….

There was an incident in British Columbia’s Kelowna last year that wowed millions of comic book fans around the world. A man dressed as Batman jumped out of his replica Batmobile and approached cops at a crime scene. But when he walked up to the group of officers and offered his services, he was turned…

A video is doing the rounds on social media showing the residents of Yamuna Vihar forming a human chain to ensure the safety of schoolchildren amid anti-CAA violence in northeast Delhi. A Twitter user shared the video of the incident with the caption, “This is happening now at Yamuna Vihar in East Delhi. Locals form…

KAMATEDDY: In a fit of rage after being beaten up by a person, a middle-aged woman took off all her clothes in public view till the police offered them back to her in Bikhnoor in Kamareddy district on Sunday, police said on Monday. The police offered her clothes when they learnt that she was approaching…

A packet of halwa and parathas for his children — this was the first thing on Mohammad Zubair’s mind when he stepped out of his house in Chand Bagh on Monday. On his way home, Zubair was accosted by a mob wielding wooden sticks and iron rods. He said he was beaten up viciously, even…