Tokyo : Japanese GDP expanded 0.5 per cent in the first quarter of this year, official data showed Monday, in a better-than-expected result for the world’s third-largest economy. It was the second successive expansion for the Japanese economy after growth of 0.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of […]
Baghdad : A rocket was fired into the Iraqi capital’s heavily fortified Green Zone Sunday night, landing less than a mile from the sprawling US Embassy, an Iraqi military spokesman said. The apparent attack, which Iraq’s state-run news agency said did not cause any casualties, came amid heightened tensions […]
Dubai : Saudi Arabia does not want war but will not hesitate to defend itself against Iran, a top Saudi diplomat said Sunday after the kingdom’s energy sector was targeted this past week amid heightened tensions in the Persian Gulf. US President Donald Trump, meanwhile, warned Iran that it […]
Shimla : M Three government employees have died due to different ailments while performing their poll duties in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday, a state election official said. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has expressed grief over the death of three persons deployed on the election duty for Lok Sabha […]
Srinagar ; Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Sunday criticised the Centre’s Kashmir policy and expressed hope that the new political dispensation will do an “introspection”. He said it was “unfortunate” that the Centre had “choked” all means of peaceful protests, seminars and “was not allowing pro-freedom leaders […]
Bengaluru : Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Sunday slammed news channels over “belittling” of politicians on their satire programmes, saying he felt there was a need to bring in a law to regulate them. Addressing a public meeting in Mysuru, he also slammed sections of media for raising […]
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday repudiated arch rival Lalu Prasad’s claim that he had sent poll-strategist-turned politician Prashant Kishor for rapprochement owing to unease with the BJP. Kumar also said that he was looking forward to the formation of a new government by Prime Minister […]
Chandigarh : The simmering tension between Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and his cabinet colleague Navjot Singh Sidhu was out in the open again on Sunday with the former accusing the cricketer-turned-politician of damaging the Congress with his “irresponsible actions” just before polls. Though Singh stressed that he had […]
Noida (UP) : A 22-year-old labourer died here Sunday allegedly after an iron rod fell on his head at the work site, police said. The deceased has been identified as Rakesh, a native of Araria in Bihar, who was working at the site of a hosiery complex in Sector-41, […]
Bhubaneswar : Repolling was held in 34 booths under several constituencies of Odisha on Sunday amid tight security arrangements, election officials said. The Election Commission had ordered repolling in these constituencies in view of alleged irregularities and incidents of violence during the third and fourth phase of elections held […]
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