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Indian stock market opens lower, Nifty below 22,900
Mumbai: The Indian benchmark indices opened lower on Tuesday as selling was seen in the PSU bank, metal and realty sectors in the early trade. At around 9.37 am, Sensex was trading…
- India
Gyanesh Kumar appointed as CEC; Vivek Joshi election commissioner
New Delhi: Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was appointed as the next chief election commissioner on Monday, the law ministry said. Kumar is the first CEC to be appointed under a new law…
- Sports
Cricket: Top stars will be badly missed in Champions Trophy tournament
The absence of some of the leading stars of different teams may rob the forthcoming ICC Champions Trophy cricket tournament of its glamour. Will it affect the standard of the competition too?…
- Sports
Wonder toddler from Kolkata Anish Sarkar has chess experts gasping in disbelief
At an age when most children like to watch cartoons and play with toys, 4-year-old Anish Sarkar prefers to rack his brains to battle against opponents on the chess board. The toddler…
- Featured News
Come out of Comfort Zone: A Call to Collective Action
Hyderabad: Injustice thrives when people choose silence over action. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice. This was the resounding message at a meeting organized the other day by the Association for…
- Politics
EAM Jaishankar should clarify if India raised deportation issue with US: TMC MP
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar must clarify if the issue of deportation of Indians, who had migrated illegally to the US, was raised with President Donald Trump during Prime Minister…
- India
Pawan Khera hits back at Amit Malviya over external interference claims in India’s elections
New Delhi: In a fiery response to BJP’s IT cell chief Amit Malviya’s claims of foreign interference in India’s elections, senior Congress leader Pawan Khera on Monday took to social media to…
- Photos
Photos: US military aircraft with 112 deportees arrives in Amritsar
Chandigarh: A US military aircraft carrying 112 Indians living illegally in that country landed at the Amritsar airport late on Sunday, the third such batch of Indians to be sent back amid a…
- India
SC defers hearing on batch of pleas relating to Places of Worship Act
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday deferred to April first week the hearing on a batch of pleas relating to the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. A bench comprising…
- Technology
India’s smartphone exports surge by 140 pc in Jan
New Delhi: India’s smartphone exports in January surged by as much as 140 per cent over the same month of the previous year, to reach a record high of Rs 25,000 crore…
- India
Congress mouthpiece in Kerala writes editorial criticising Tharoor’s remarks
Thiruvananthapuram: Veekshanam Daily, Congress party’s mouthpiece in Kerala, on Monday published an editorial criticising Congress leader Shashi Tharoor -without naming him- for praising the entrepreneurial growth of the state under the left…
- Middle East
India announces e-visa facility for Qatari nationals
To streamline the visa application process, the Government of India has announced an e-visa facility for Qatari nationals, effective immediately. The announcement was made by the Indian Embassy in Qatar through its…
- Sports
India hope for Shami’s wrist magic to reclaim Champions Trophy
Bengaluru: Mohammed Shami’s right hand has more sleight than a magician. A simple cock of his wrist can outfox the best batters in the world. But can he unlock the sorcery and…