"What if the water engulfs the whole city," my friend asked as we crossed Lalchowk, in a local bus, its wheels submerged in water. "Impossible," I replied laughingly. This was my last meeting with her for more than a month. ...
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip BSE Sensitive Index (Sensex), on Tuesday gained 123.80 points or 0.50 percent during the pre-noon session....
Ongoing protests by Patels, "a relatively prosperous caste in India" seeking reservations, pose a big challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plans for reforms and signifies that India isn’t creating enough jobs, according to the New York Times....
Negative cues emanating from China coupled with bearish equity markets at home resulted in the rupee falling to its lowest levels against the US dollar in over two years during the intra-day trade on Monday....
A Mumbai police team on Monday escorted Sanjeev Khanna, a co-accused in the sensational Sheena Bora murder case, to Kolkata to unearth more evidence. ...
In a major breakthrough, the forensic experts have established that parts of bones and skull recovered from Raigad forests indeed belong to Sheena Bora, after matching them with DNA samples of other family members including her mother and prime accused Indrani Mukerjea, Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria said here late on Monday. ...
Monday's stock market decline marks a landmark of sorts for Narendra Modi government. The markets have come back to levels they had last seen when Modi went on to take over the reins of State. Is the Modi exuberance over?...
Thai police have detained two Indian nationals often seen talking to another suspect believed to be involved in last month's deadly Bangkok shrine bombing that killed 20 people, the media reported on Monday....
A day after ex-servicemen said they would continue their protest over issues related to the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme, the Congress on Monday accused the central government of "playing with the sentiments of armed forces pensioners". ...
The army's northern command GOC on Monday confirmed the life sentence awarded to six army personnel, including a colonel-rank officer, by a general court martial in the 2012 Machil fake encounter case, an army official said. ...
