Angry over the dispute with lawyers at Tis Hazari Court, the policemen ended the picket after about 11 hours. After assurances from top officials, the policemen decided to end the picket. An official said that the demands of the protesting policemen have been accepted. However, they have not received the written assurance they were seeking. In fact, the dispute between ...

Snapping its seven-session winning streak, equity benchmark BSE Sensex on Tuesday dropped 54 points as investors booked profits at higher levels. After swinging 413 points during the session, the 30-share Sensex settled 53.73 points, or 0.13 per cent, lower at 40,248.23. The index touched an intra-day low of 40,053.55 and a high of 40,466.55. The broader NSE Nifty too slipped ...

Vigyanika-International Science Literature Festival, being organised as part of the 5th India International Science Festival (IISF) 2019 at Kolkata, will also feature a Science Book Fair where more than thirty publishers will display their scientific publications. IISF 2019 is an annual event organised jointly by the Ministry of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences and Vijnana Bharati (Vibha). The fifth ...

The Delhi Aadi Mahotsav will be organised at Dilli Haat, INA, New Delhi between 16th to 30th November, 2019. The inaugural ceremony will be graced by the Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah as Chief Guest and the Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda will preside. The Minister of State for Tribal Affairs, Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta will ...

Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Dr. P. K. Mishra held a high level meeting this evening with the States of Punjab, Haryana and Delhi to tackle air pollution. The meeting comes in the wake of the increasing air pollution levels leading to an emergency like situation in the NCR. The meeting reviewed the situation arising out of stubble burning, construction ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the ‘Sawasdee PM Modi’ community event in Bangkok, Thailand today. Thousands of members of Indian diaspora from all over Thailand attended the event. Historic India-Thailand relations Prime Minister welcomed the audience in several Indian languages, reflecting the diversity of the Indian diaspora in Thailand. Addressing the gathering, Prime Minister said that this was his first ...

Pakistani troops shelled Indian forward posts and villages in three sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir in violation of the ceasefire on Saturday, a defence spokesman said. Indian troops guarding the border retaliated befittingly and the exchange of fire continued for nearly two hours. There was, however, no casualty on the Indian ...

Lawyers and police personnel clashed at Tis Hazari Court complex here on Saturday afternoon during which nine police vehicles were vandalised, officials said. Lawyers alleged that two of their colleagues were injured, including one in police firing, but the police denied that it had opened fire. Bar Associations condemned the incident and called a one-day strike across all district courts ...

The fervour of Chhath held the Bihar capital in its thrall on Saturday when lakhs of devotees thronged the numerous ghats along the Ganges here to pay obeisance to the setting sun, a ritual that is said to have no parallels in any other festival. All roads in the city appeared to be leading to the Ganges as the young ...

Yes Bank on Friday reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 629.1 crore for the September quarter due to a spurt in bad loans. The private sector lender had posted a net profit of Rs 951.47 crore in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal. Sequentially, there was net profit of Rs 95.56 crore in the first quarter ended June ...