‘Biggest mockery of democracy’: National Conference slams decision to conduct J&K BDC polls while its leaders are in detention
• 5 years agoThe National Conference slammed the decision to hold block development council elections in Jammu and Kashmir, alleging it is 'the biggest mockery of democracy' to hold polls when the entire leadership of the state 'under detention'
Three months after being ravaged by Easter Sunday blasts, Sri Lanka’s St Sebastian’s Church reconsecrated
• 6 years agoThe St Sebastian's Church in Sri Lanka's western coastal town of Negombo was reconsecrated on Sunday, three months after it was badly damaged in the Easter Sunday blasts that rocked the island nation
Lok Sabha election 2019: BJP fields Gautam Gambhir from East Delhi, Meenakshi Lekhi from New Delhi
• 6 years agoBJP fielded former cricketer Gautam Gambhir from the East Delhi constituency and renominated Meenakshi Lekhi from New Delhi
Essar Group will deleverage Rs 1.25 lakh cr debt if its offer for Essar Steel is accepted
• 6 years agoLast week, the Committee of Essar Steel Creditors picked world's largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal's Rs 42,000 crore takeover offer over the company promoter's Rs 54,389 crore proposal to pay off all of the lenders' dues.
Proposed Data Protection Bill to severely impact data collection, processing for startup industry, says IAMAI
• 7 years ago"With ease of doing business being still relatively difficult for startups, creation of an additional and complex regulator in the form of Data Protection Authority with ill-defined mandate will make things much more difficult for Indian tech startups,
Myanmar asks Bangladesh to stop giving aid to 6,000 Rohingya refugees stranded on border
• 7 years agoMyanmar had asked Bangladesh to stop providing aid to 6,000 Rohingyas stranded on the border between the two countries since a military crackdown prompted a mass exodus of the Muslim minority in 2017
Toronto shooting suspect Faisal Hussain struggled with severe depression and psychosis, says family
• 7 years agoA close-knit vibrant immigrant community of Toronto’s Thorncliffe Park neighbourhood, where Faisal Hussain grew up and went to school, is struggling to square the image of the quiet, skinny boy they knew with the man who went on a shooting spree late on Sunday, killing two and wounding 13.
Over 2,000 girls, women still missing in Mumbai; Opposition accuses Devendra Fadnavis govt of not prioritising their safety
• 7 years agoThe data was produced by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in a written reply to a query by Congress MLAs in the Legislative Assembly
Haiti prime minister resigns after mass protests over hike in fuel price; govt calls off plan as four killed in violence
• 7 years agoHaiti Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant has resigned following deadly violence and looting sparked by a now-abandoned plan to raise fuel prices
Vodafone-Idea merger approved by Telecom Ministry but with some payment conditions
• 7 years agoThe combined operations of Idea and Vodafone will create the country's largest telecom operator worth over $23 billion (or over Rs 1.5 lakh crore),