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In another crucial backing for India’s NSG bid, Mexico today supported “positively” and “constructively” its membership of the 48-nation bloc as the two countries agreed to develop a roadmap to upgrade bilateral ties to a strategic partnership. “Mexico supports positively and constructively India’s membership of the NSG (Nuclear Suppliers Group),” Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto […]
Former Kerala Assembly Speaker T S John passed away at a hospital at Chertala in Alapuzha this morning. John (74) passed away due to old age related ailments, family sources said. His wife had predeceased him and he is survived by a son, they said. John, who was a leader of a faction of the […]
Nita Ambani, Founder and Chairperson of Reliance Foundation, has been nominated as a candidate to be a new member, pending election, of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), headquartered at Lausanne, Switzerland on Friday. The election will be held at the 129th IOC Session that will take place in Rio de Janeiro between 2nd and 4th […]
BJP was left red-faced when Mathura MP Hema Malini today uploaded on Twitter her photographs during a movie shoot in Mumbai even as her party launched a scathing attack on the Uttar Pradesh government in the wake of the encroacher-police clash that left 24 people dead. She, however, quickly deleted her posts and later condoled […]
The Reserve Bank of India today fixed the reference rate of the rupee at 67.2415 against the US dollar and 74.9944 for the euro. Yesterday, these rates were 67.2533 and 75.3035, respectively. According to an RBI statement, the exchange rates for the pound and the yen against the rupee were quoted at 96.9017 and 61.83 […]
24 people, including an SP and an SHO, have been killed in Thursday’s massive clash between police and members of a sect who had encroached on government land here, even as tension prevailed in the area with police seizing a large cache of munition from the site and arresting 320 people. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister […]
India is willing to discuss human rights issues on the basis of “equality and partnership” with the US ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit here next week, but will not accept any kind of ‘judgemental pronouncements’ in this regard, Indian officials said. The message has quietly and firmly been conveyed to the US with […]
Aviation turbine fuel or jet fuel price was on Wednesday hiked by a steep 9.2 per cent, while that of non-subsidised cooking gas was raised by Rs 21 per cylinder. In the fourth straight monthly increase in rates on global cues, ATF price in Delhi was increased by Rs 3,945.47 per kilolitre, or 9.2 per […]
Gaining momentum, economy grew by 7.9 per cent in March quarter to consolidate India’s position as the fastest growing major economy with a five-year high growth rate of 7.6 per cent for the full fiscal on robust manufacturing growth. Enthused by the impressive numbers for 2015-16, as against 7.2 per cent in previous fiscal, the […]
The clip titled ‘Sachin vs Lata Civil War’, which seemingly pokes fun at the cricketer and singer, was posted on Facebook.Comedian Tanmay Bhatt’s video, in which he seemingly mocks veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, has not gone down well. While it has drawn criticism from celebrities and Twitterati, the Maharashtra Navnirman […]
