Nay Pyi Taw: Myanmar authorities repatriated 48 more verified Bangladeshi boat people back to their country, the media reported on Thursday. Myanmar immigration officials in Maungdaw district handed them over to the Bangladesh Border Guard force on Wednesday, as per reported. Myanmar has repatriated a total of 777 verified Bangladeshi boat people in seven batches so far. According to the foreign affairs...
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was on Thursday adjourned for half an hour after the house witnessed an uproar over former Congress minister Kumari Selja's remark that she was asked about her caste at a temple in Gujarat. The government and the opposition locked horns on Wednesday as the treasury benches sought to contradict Selja's claim of having faced caste discrimination...
Hyderabad: Indian Air Force airlifted 200 stranded passengers from flood-hit Chennai and flew them to Hyderabad, an official said. Four transport aircraft took off from Rajali Naval air station near Arakonam, about 70 km from Chennai. The aircraft will land at Air Force Station, Begumpet on Thursday afternoon, an official of the Air Force Station told IANS. He said the passengers...
New Delhi: Justice T.S. Thakur was sworn in on Thursday as the 43rd Chief Justice of India. President Pranab Mukherjee administered the oath of office. Thakur succeeded Chief Justice H.L. Dattu who demitted office on December 2. Chief Justice Thakur will have a tenure of 13 months as he is slated to retire on January 3, 2017....
London: Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has opposed legalising marijuana in the country, the media reported on Thursday. The president on Wednesday stated that those who believe legalising marijuana would help fight organised crime "were wrong", adding that Mexico would continue to actively fight drug trafficking to save the health of young Mexicans, as per reported. Pena Nieto was speaking after...
London: Royal Air Force Tornado jets on Thursday carried out their first air strikes against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria, hours after MPs voted in favour of British air strikes in Syria. The MPs backed the action by 397 votes to 223 after a 10-hour debate in the House of Commons, as per reported. Four Tornado jets took off from RAF...
Washington: White House heaped high praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he has a clear understanding of the India-US relationship and a clear vision for where he wants to take his country. President Barack Obama "certainly does respect Prime Minister Modi and has appreciation for his skills and abilities as a politician," the White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters...
Mumbai: A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), on Thursday was trading 89.28 points or 0.34 percent down during the morning session. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 29.40 points or 0.37 percent down at 7,901.95 points. The Sensex of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at...
New Delhi: India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat first on the opening day of the fourth and final cricket Test against South Africa at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium here on Thursday. India decided to go in with an extra pacer in the form of fast bowler Umesh Yadav who replaced the leg-spinner Amit Mishra. South...
Kolkata: Describing Ram as the symbol of India's culture, the essence of which was unity in diversity, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday called upon the people to honour him by building the temple at Ram Janambhoomi in Ayodhya. "The essence of India's culture is unity in diversity. It accepts all and walks along taking everybody together. That is our...
