At least 24 have been reported dead as bus in Rajasthan’s Boondi fell in a river. The bus was reportedly carrying over 40 members of the family and friends of a groom who was supposed to get married. The accident took place early Wednesday morning as the bus fell of a bridge and into a…

DHAKA: Bangladesh will invite former president Pranab Mukherjee to address a special Parliament session on March 22 and 23 to mark the Mujib Year, coinciding with its founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary. Nepalese President Bidhya Devi Bhandari will also be invited along with Mukherjee. “The President (Abdul Hamid) is set to send the invitation…

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he had discussed his country’s planned peace deal with the Afghan Taliban with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ‘India would like to see it happen’. US secretary of state Mike Pompeo told reporters that a partial truce in Afghanistan between the Taliban, American and Afghan forces is holding…

Hyderabad: Religious divides, sectarian preferences and affinity for clans and kinship appear to play too significant a role when it comes to finding a house for rent in most parts of the Old City of Hyderabad. Not surprisingly, Muslims don’t wish to let out their houses to Hindus or other non-Muslim minorities. What is more, Sunni…

United States President Donald Trump concluded his 36-hour visit to India on Tuesday. During Donald Trump’s visit to India, India and the United States finalised defence deals worth $3 billion under which 30 military helicopters will be procured from two American defence majors for the Indian armed forces. Both the leaders also called on Pakistan…

Muslim neighbourhoods remained cut off as Hindu mobs patrolled streets on the third day of violence in India’s national capital. “We are holding back for now – once Trump leaves, Muslims will not be safe,” said Gaurav Shastri, a young priest at a local temple in Babarpur, a locality in North East Delhi, on Tuesday…

Flash protests were held at few places here on Tuesday night, condemning the violence in Delhi and the alleged complicity of Delhi Police. Candle-light protests were held at Toli Chowki, Seven Tombs Road, King Koti and Yakutpura. Protestors including women raised slogans against Delhi Police, condemning their brutality. They were also carrying placards demanding the…

MUMBAI: Indian stock markets may witness a sell-off on Wednesday in line the trend in global peers. Asian equities fell in early deals on Wednesday as the US warned its people to prepare for the possibility of a Covid-19, more popular as the coronavirus, pandemic, pulling down stocks on the Wall Street, and yields on…

Indian stock markets are under pressure for the fourth straight day, tracking a rout in global equities. The Sensex fell nearly 400 points today, breaching 40,000 level. The Sensex has shed over 1,400 points in this four-day selloff, which has wiped out about ₹5 lakh crore of investor wealth. Most Asian markets were lower today…

Gold prices in India fell sharply today in Indian markets, extending losses to the second day. On MCX, April gold futures fell 0.7% or about ₹300 to ₹42,485 per 10 gram. The precious metal had fallen ₹765 per 10 gram in the previous session. Analysts attributed the decline in domestic prices in gold to profit-taking…

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 26: A Congress legislator has alleged that some questions of the Kerala Administrative Service (KAS) exam was copied from the Civil Service examination of Pakistan, a charge dismissed by the Kerala Public Service Commission. PSC chairman M K Sakeer said similar questions on same subjects might appear anywhere and the questionnaire was prepared by…

By ANI NEW DELHI: President Donald Trump had planned to defer his India visit till after the US presidential election scheduled to be held later this year but came anyway as Prime Minister Narendra Modi “did not like the idea.” “I called Prime Minister Modi and said that do you mind if I make it…

BEIJING: China on Wednesday reported 52 new coronavirus deaths, the lowest figure in more than three weeks, bringing the death toll to 2,715. All the new deaths were in the outbreak epicentre Hubei province, which accounted for 401 of the 406 new infections reported Wednesday, the National Health Commission said. The number of fresh cases…

BEIJING: India is preparing to evacuate a large group of its citizens, who are stuck in China’s coronavirus-hit Wuhan city, by a special IAF plane, which is expected to land there with relief medical supplies on Wednesday. “We are working on our plan for operating the relief flight tomorrow,” said an Indian Embassy message sent…

BEIJING: India is preparing to evacuate a large group of its citizens, who are stuck in China’s coronavirus-hit Wuhan city, by a special IAF plane, which is expected to land there with relief medical supplies on Wednesday. “We are working on our plan for operating the relief flight tomorrow,” said an Indian Embassy message sent…