Fourth secular blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh
Barely three months after the killing of a blogger in Sylhet, unknown assailants armed with machetes hacked to death secular blogger Niloy Chatterjee Neel at his home in Dhaka on Friday. Niloy, who used the pen-name Niloy Neel, was killed after the gang broke into his apartment on the top floor of... read more »
Modi seeks AIADMK support in Parliament
Not allowing protocol to stand in the way of political calculations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa at her Poes Garden residence on Friday, and held one-to-one discussions on the prevailing political situation and pressing issues concerning the Centre and... read more »
82 mines to be auctioned by end October, says Tomar
NEW DELHI: Union minister for steel and mines Narendra Singh Tomar has said that 82 mining blocks have been earmarked for auction by the end of October. Participating in a Mining Leaders Roundtable organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) this week, Tomar said another 96 blocks have... read more »
Bombings, assaults kill at least 42 in Afghan capital
A wave of attacks on Afghan police, army and NATO installations in Kabul killed at least 42 people and wounded hundreds, dashing hope that Taliban insurgents might be weakened by a leadership struggle after news of their longtime leader’s death. The attacks on Friday, which included a massive... read more »
Indian Navy’s 48 warships being built indigenously
Hailing the country’s indigenous shipbuilding capabilities, Vice Admiral P Murugesan, Vice Chief of the Navy, on Tuesday said that 48 warships were currently under construction in... read more »
Sunanda Pushkar murder case: Shashi Tharoor likely to undergo polygraph test
Delhi Police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) is expected to conduct a polygraph test on Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with the death case of his wife Sunanda... read more »
Give all info on Priyanka Vadra’s land purchase in 10 days, says HP state info commi...
The Himachal Pradesh State Information Commission today rejected the contention that information regarding purchase of land by Priyanka Vadra cannot be given for security reasons, and... read more »
Gold, silver prices drop on weak global cues, low demand
After rising for two days, gold prices went down by Rs 100 to Rs 26,850 per 10 grams at the bullion market on Tuesday, tracking a weak global trend amid slackened demand from... read more »
IPOs IndiGo, Infibeam, Teamlease looking to raise over Rs 3000 cr
In a big day for Initial Public Offers, at least three companies — low-cost carrier IndiGo, staffing firm Teamlease and e-retailer Infibeam — have lined up public offers to raise an... read more »
