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Pakistani Christian woman’s blasphemy ordeal highlights plight of minorities

KARACHI, Pakistan – Islamist protesters blocked roads in Pakistan’s major cities for a second day on Thursday, opposing a Supreme Court decision the previous day to acquit a Christian woman on death row for blasphemy allegations, media said. Knots of protesters from an ultra-Islamist party blocked roughly 10 […]

Asia Rice: Thailand eyes deals with Philippines, China; India demand tepid

BENGALURU- A weaker baht pushed rice export prices in Thailand lower this week, although there were expectations of new deals with the Philippines and China, while rates in India languished at the 21-month lows hit last week due to sluggish demand. In Thailand, benchmark 5 percent broken rice […]

A tough road ahead for India’s battered rupee: Reuters poll

BENGALURU – There will be little respite for the bruised Indian rupee over the coming year, depressed by an escalating U.S.-China trade war and rising domestic political risks ahead of a general election, a Reuters poll showed. Investors have generally shunned emerging market assets this year, made riskier […]

Ministry of Railways rolls out All-India Unreserved Mobile Ticketing facility (UTS on Mobile)

The facility of booking unreserved tickets, including season tickets and also platform tickets is available through the ‘UTSONMOBILE’ app available for Android, IOS and Windows phones. Booking of unreserved tickets on all non-suburban sections across all Zonal Railways has been made available from 1st November to enable seamless […]

Pleasant weather in Delhi, max temperature at 31.1 deg C

New Delhi, Nov 1:  Pleasant weather conditions prevailed in the national capital Thursday, with the maximum temperature settling at 31.1 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average. The minimum temperature was recorded at 16 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the year, said a MeT Department official. […]

AIIMS doctors remove 15-kg tumour from UP woman’s uterus

New Delhi, Nov 1: Doctors at the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here removed a 15-kg tumour from the uterus of a 20-year-old woman from Hapur in Uttar Pradesh. Her case posed a challenge for the surgeons at the central government-run premier hospital as the tumour […]

Dissidence in AAP’s Punjab unit an internal matter: Kejriwal

Chandigarh, Nov 1:  Aam Admi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal Thursday played down the dissidence led by the party MLA Sukhpal Khaira in its Punjab unit, terming it as the “party’s internal matter”. The AAP’s MLA from Bholath, Khaira is leading a group of eight dissident legislators who revolted against […]

Will work together to defeat BJP: Rahul after meeting TDP chief Naidu

New Delhi, Nov 1:  Opposition parties will work together to defeat the BJP, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday in the presence of TDP leader and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. The parties will work to ensure that the attack on democratic institutions stops, Gandhi […]

Towering statue of India’s independence leader unveiled

NEW DELHI : India’s prime minister on Wednesday unveiled a towering bronze statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a key independence leader being promoted as a national icon in the ruling party’s campaign ahead of next year’s general elections. Patel, who hailed from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s native Gujarat […]

Sri Lanka president’s climbdown offers hope of end to political crisis

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena lifted his suspension of parliament and called a meeting for Monday that could end an increasingly bitter power struggle between two rival prime ministers, officials said. The climbdown Thursday by Sirisena, who sparked the crisis by sacking Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister and […]

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