- Rohingyas illegal immigrants, a threat to India: Govt to SC
- Nifty scales fresh peak of 10,167.15, Sensex climbs 235 pts
- Rohingyas illegal immigrants, a threat to India: Govt to SC
- New Delhi: Terming the Rohingya refugees as
"illegal" immigrants, the government told the Supreme
Court that some of them were part of a "sinister" design of
Pakistan''s ISI and terror groups such as the ISIS, whose
presence in the country will pose a "serious" national
security threat.
- Nifty scales fresh peak of 10,167.15, Sensex climbs 235 pts
- Mumbai: The benchmark Nifty today climbed to
new life high of 10,167.15 and the Sensex surged over 235
points in the opening session on fresh capital inflows by
foreign funds amid positive global cues.
- 35 medical tests to be conducted free of cost in Hry: Vij
- Modi appreciates people for participating in Swachhta drive
- Paswan backs Nitish's remarks on dynastic politics
- Sushil Modi asks Tejaswi to vacate bungalow without damage
- BJP wants to improve performance in T'gana: Ram Madhav
- Palaniswami asserts none can topple his govt
- Centre should ensure that commoners do not suffer : Mamata
- Babus reshuffle: 17 new joint secretaries appointed
- Cong urges govt to take parties into confidence on Rohingyas
- PM to meet FM, officials to review economic situation tomorrow
- Attacks on Rohingyas in Myanmar 'act of cowardice': Ajmer
- GST on petrol, diesel requires wider discussion: Nitish
- Tel govt plans new secretariat bldg; oppn calls it waste of money
- Maha on track to become a trillion-dollar economy: Fadnavis
- Wanted criminal arrested in JK; ammunition seized
- 18 rebel AIADMK MLAs disqualified; to move court
- al-Qaeda terror suspect held in Delhi
- 10 persons drown in Assam boat capsize
- 18 AIADMK rebel MLAs disqualified by speaker
- India bids farewell to one of its finest warriors
- Those who revere cows don't resort to violence: Bhagwat
- J-K: Security in place for Navratra festival
- 35 medical tests to be conducted free of cost in Hry: Vij
- Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij
today said that 35 medical tests would be conducted free of
cost under the first-of-its-kind medical scheme to be soon
launched in the state.
- Modi appreciates people for participating in Swachhta drive
- New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed appreciation for the people who participated
in the ''Swachhta hi Sewa'' campaign.
- Paswan backs Nitish's remarks on dynastic politics
- Patna: Union minister and LJP chief Ram
Vilas Paswan backed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar''s
remarks on dynastic politics saying it should not be promoted
at the cost of merit.
- Sushil Modi asks Tejaswi to vacate bungalow without damage
- Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil
Kumar Modi today asked Leader of Opposition Tejaswi Prasad
Yadav to vacate the bungalow allotted to him soon without
causing any damage to it.
- BJP wants to improve performance in T'gana: Ram Madhav
- BJP general secretary Ram Madhav
said today the party has deputed three central leaders to look
after its affairs in Telangana as it wants to improve its
performance in the state in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
- Palaniswami asserts none can topple his govt
- Salem (TN): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
K Palaniswami asserted that his government could not be
toppled, though some forces harbored such hopes.
- Centre should ensure that commoners do not suffer : Mamata
- In the backof the Centre
telling the Supreme Court(SC) of intelligence on links between
some Rohingya Muslims, Pakistan''s ISI and the Islamic State,
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that the
government should ensure that commoners did not suffer.
- Babus reshuffle: 17 new joint secretaries appointed
- As many as 17 new joint
secretaries have been appointed in various central government
departments as part of a major mid-level bureaucratic
reshuffle effected today.
- Cong urges govt to take parties into confidence on Rohingyas
- New Delhi: The Congress urged the
government to take all parties into confidence and not have a
"blanket approach" on the issue of the Rohingyas.
- PM to meet FM, officials to review economic situation tomorrow
- New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will interact with
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and other top officials tomorrow
to take stock of the situation and discuss remedial measures
to bolster growth.
- Attacks on Rohingyas in Myanmar 'act of cowardice': Ajmer
- shrine Dewan to PM
Jaipur, Sep 18 (PTI) The dewan of Ajmer Sharif Dargah,
Syed Zainul Abedin Ali Khan said that he has written to the
Prime Minister and the External Affairs Minister condemning
the attacks on Rohingya muslims in Myanmar and termed it an
"act of cowardice".
- GST on petrol, diesel requires wider discussion: Nitish
- Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said the issue of implementing the Goods and Services
Tax (GST) on petrol and diesel requires a wider discussion in
the GST Council.
- Tel govt plans new secretariat bldg; oppn calls it waste of money
- Hyderabad, Sep 18 (PTI) The TRS government in
Telangana plans to build a grand new secretariat building
complex here and it has requested the defence ministry to hand
over land under its possession for the purpose.
- Maha on track to become a trillion-dollar economy: Fadnavis
- Maharashtra is on track to become
a trillion-dollar economy, given the impetus to infrastructure
development in the last three years, Chief Minister Devendra
Fadnavis said today.
- Wanted criminal arrested in JK; ammunition seized
- A wanted criminal was today arrested
here, police said, adding a country-made pistol and five live
cartridges were seized from his possession.
- 18 rebel AIADMK MLAs disqualified; to move court
- (Attn EDS: adding quotes, details)
Chennai, Sep 18 (PTI) Eighteen rebel AIADMK MLAs were
today disqualified by Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal amid the
power tussle between chief minister K Palaniswami and
sidelined leader TTV Dhinakaran.
- al-Qaeda terror suspect held in Delhi
- A suspected al-Qaeda operative
has been arrested from east Delhi, police said here today.
- 10 persons drown in Assam boat capsize
- Ten persons drowned when four
boats capsized in Sabon river during a severe storm in Assam''s
Goalpara district, a senior district administration official
said today.
- 18 AIADMK rebel MLAs disqualified by speaker
- Cracking the whip, Tamil Nadu
Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal today disqualified 18 AIADMK MLAs
owing allegiance to "removed" party leader TTV Dhinakaran.
- India bids farewell to one of its finest warriors
- The nation today bade a teary
farewell to the Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh as
the legendary warrior was laid to rest with full state honours
including a fly past by fighter jets here.
- Those who revere cows don't resort to violence: Bhagwat
- RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said
that those who revere cows do not resort to violence even if
their sentiments are deeply hurt.
- J-K: Security in place for Navratra festival
- A top police official today said
foolproof security arrangements have been put in place in
Katra township of Reasi district to ensure the peaceful
conduct of the nine-day Navratra festival, starting September
21, at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine.
- 'US withdrawing from Paris deal unless it gets favourable term'
- Bureaucracy and mismanagement holding UN back, says Trump
- Trump says 'bureaucracy' holding UN back
- Swaraj holds trilateral talks with US, Japan counterparts
- 73 pc polling in Nepal's final phase of crucial local polls
- UN seeks $10 million as Nigeria cholera outbreak worsens
- Swaraj arrives in New York to attend UN General Assembly meet
- Tillerson meets Russian Foreign Minister, discusses Syria
- Trump to host world leaders in UN to push for reform
- St Louis police shooting: Protests turn violent for third day
- Peru's leader names new prime minister as he reforms Cabinet
- UN refugee chief tells US its funding 'vital'
- Six dead in Rio drug gang violence
- 'US withdrawing from Paris deal unless it gets favourable term'
- Trump adviser
By Lalit K Jha
New York, Sep 18 (PTI) The US is determined to withdraw
from the Paris climate pact unless it gets a favourable term,
President Donald Trump''s top economic adviser said at the
United Nations today.
- Bureaucracy and mismanagement holding UN back, says Trump
- United Nations: President Donald Trump blamed "bureaucracy and mismanagement" for the UN''s failure to
reach its full potential and sought reforms in the "outdated
systems" of the world body to better serve the people.
- Trump says 'bureaucracy' holding UN back
- United Nations: US President Donald Trump warned "bureaucracy" is stopping the UN from
realising its potential, a barbed message during his first
appearance at an institution he once derided as a talking
shop.
- Swaraj holds trilateral talks with US, Japan counterparts
- New York: Foreign Ministers of India, Japan
and the US emphasised on the need for ensuring freedom
of navigation, respect for international law and peaceful
resolution of disputes.
- 73 pc polling in Nepal's final phase of crucial local polls
- (Eds: Updating with fresh inputs)
By Shirish B Pradhan
Kathmandu, Sep 18 (PTI) Nepal today saw a high turnout of
nearly 73 per cent polling in the final phase of the local-
level elections in a Madhesi-dominated province, close to the
border with India, as the nation took a crucial step towards
cementing democracy amid political turmoil.
- UN seeks $10 million as Nigeria cholera outbreak worsens
- At least 44 people have now died
in a cholera outbreak in northeast Nigeria, the United Nations
said today, calling for nearly
10 million to keep the disease
from spreading.
- Swaraj arrives in New York to attend UN General Assembly meet
- New York: External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj arrived here to represent India at the annual UNGA session and hold a series of meetings
with her counterparts from around the world.
- Tillerson meets Russian Foreign Minister, discusses Syria
- US Secretary of State Rex
Tillerson has met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov here
on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly and discussed the
current situation in Syria, an official has said.
- Trump to host world leaders in UN to push for reform
- US President Donald Trump, a
critic of the UN, will seek to gather global support for
reforming the world body, ahead of his maiden address to the
General Assembly.
- St Louis police shooting: Protests turn violent for third day
- Protesters hurled debris at police
in St Louis, Missouri today and smashed store windows as
demonstrations over the acquittal of a former police officer
in the shooting death of a black man turned violent for a
third straight day.
- Peru's leader names new prime minister as he reforms Cabinet
- Peruvian President Pedro Pablo
Kuczynski appointed a former economy minister as his new prime
minister today, two days after a no-confidence vote by the
opposition-led congress forced the entire Cabinet to resign.
- UN refugee chief tells US its funding 'vital'
- United Nations: UN High Commissioner for
Refugees Filippo Grandi met US Secretary of State Rex
Tillerson today and warned that American funding is "vital" to
his mission to help victims of the world''s wars.
- Six dead in Rio drug gang violence
- Rio de Janeiro, Sep 18 (AFP) Shoot-outs between drug
gangs left at least six people dead over the weekend in two
Rio de Janeiro favelas, the latest in a flare-up of violence
in recent months.
- Labour Ministry spends 2.66% of annual budgeted estimate in Q1
- Nifty ends at new peak 10,153, Sensex soars 151 pts
- Rupee gives away initial gains, down 5 paise at 64.13
- Manmohan takes potshots at note ban, 'hasty' rollout of GST
- Nifty touches new highs, Sensex up 210 pts in morning trade
- Indian rupee gains 7 paise against dollar as stocks zoom
- Labour Ministry spends 2.66% of annual budgeted estimate in Q1
- Labour Ministry''s expenditure
fell well short of projections during the first quarter of the
current fiscal at Rs 195.94 crore, against the estimated Rs
481.43 crore, showed official data.
- Nifty ends at new peak 10,153, Sensex soars 151 pts
- The Nifty crossed a new milestone
to close at a record 10,153 on Monday and the Sensex surged
151 points to 6-week high, driven by stronger rupee and
revival of buying interest of foreign investors amid abundant
liquidity.
- Rupee gives away initial gains, down 5 paise at 64.13
- The rupee surrendered its initial
gains against the US dollar and ended lower by 5 paise to
64.13 on fag-end demand for the American currency from banks
and importers on the back of higher greenback overseas.
- Manmohan takes potshots at note ban, 'hasty' rollout of GST
- New Delhi: Former prime minister Manmohan
Singh again warned of demonetisation and "hasty"
implementation of GST adversely impacting GDP growth.
- Nifty touches new highs, Sensex up 210 pts in morning trade
- Mumbai: The BSE Sensex advanced by 210
points while the NSE Nifty scaled fresh record high levels in
morning session on persistent buying mainly in capital goods,
telecom, auto and power stocks.
- Indian rupee gains 7 paise against dollar as stocks zoom
- The Indian rupee appreciated by 7
paise to 64.01 against the US dollar on Monday on selling of
the greenback by banks and exporters.
- Sewer workers death:HC asks authorities to implement procedure
- Plea for abortion: SC orders med examination of rape victim
- Probe concluded in scribe's murder case: CBI tells SC
- People want community centres, not parks: HC
- Defamation complaint against Rahul Gandhi, Yechury
- SC clears hurdle coming in way of accused in Ryan murder case
- 'Need to curb rising intolerance over political views'
- Sewer workers death:HC asks authorities to implement procedure
- The recent deaths of manual
scavengers in the national capital has come under the scanner
of the Delhi High Court which today sought a time-bound
implementation of the procedure for cleaning sewers and septic
tanks.
- Plea for abortion: SC orders med examination of rape victim
- New Delhi: The Supreme Court asked the
Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute to set up a
medical board to examine a rape survivor who has sought
termination of her 25-week old foetus.
- Probe concluded in scribe's murder case: CBI tells SC
- The CBI today informed the
Supreme Court that it has concluded the probe into the murder
of journalist Rajdev Ranjan and filed a charge sheet against
eight accused including RJD strongman Mohd Shahabuddin.
- People want community centres, not parks: HC
- People in the national capital
appeared to be more concerned about having community centres
than parks, the Delhi High Court today lamented while
extending till December 8 its interim order putting on hold
the construction of a community centre by the DDA.
- Defamation complaint against Rahul Gandhi, Yechury
- remarks on Lankesh murder
Mumbai, Sep 18 (PTI) An RSS activist has filed a
complaint in a magistrate court here against Congress vice
president Rahul Gandhi and CPM general secretary Sitaram
Yechury for allegedly linking the organisation to the murder
of journalist Gauri Lankesh.
- SC clears hurdle coming in way of accused in Ryan murder case
- New Delhi: The SC paved the
way for the accused in the murder case of a student at the
Ryan International School to be defended by their
advocates, directing the lawyers' body not to obstruct the
proceedings.
- 'Need to curb rising intolerance over political views'
- The need of the hour is to curb
the growing intolerance among people who value their views
more than someone else''s life, a Delhi court has said,
observing that such instances reflected a return to "the age
of barbarism".
- Gulzar, eminent artists perform live on Mahalaya eve
- Rajinikanth first choice if I make 'King Lear': Bhardwaj
- Miley Cyrus working on next album
- 'Big Little Lies' rules limited series section at 2017 Emmys
- Rolling Stone, iconic music magazine, looks for buyer
- Priyanka Chopra shines bright in white at Emmys 2017
- Gulzar, eminent artists perform live on Mahalaya eve
- Celebrated lyricist Gulzar along
with a bevy of musical talents performed live today evening
here at Vodafone Aagomoni, the annual night-long musical
extravaganza on the eve of Mahalaya, heralding the advent of
much awaited Durga puja.
- Rajinikanth first choice if I make 'King Lear': Bhardwaj
- Guwahati: Superstar Rajnikanth would be
the first choice for the role of King Lear if Vishal Bharadwaj
decides to make a fourth film on Shakespeare''s tragedies.
- Miley Cyrus working on next album
- London: Singer Miley Cyrus has started
working on her next album, before the last one, "Younger Now"
has even released.
- 'Big Little Lies' rules limited series section at 2017 Emmys
- David E Kelley''s "Big Little
Lies" strengthened women''s power around the world as the show
capped the TV''s biggest night by scoring five wins in the
limited series section at the 69th Primetime Emmys.
- Rolling Stone, iconic music magazine, looks for buyer
- Rolling Stone, the iconic 50-
year-old magazine of music and counterculture, is putting
itself up for sale amid an increasingly uncertain outlook, its
founder said.
- Priyanka Chopra shines bright in white at Emmys 2017
- Los Angeles: Priyanka Chopra was a vision in
white as she made her second red carpet appearance at the
Emmys in a Balmain feathered dress.
- BCCI moves Kerala HC against order lifting life ban on Sreesanth
- India win four medals in Asian Martial Arts Games
- Bairstow to open for England in 1st Windies ODI
- After Ramkumar's decisive defeat, Yuki gets consolation win
- Attacking captain makes me more attacking: Chahal
- BCCI moves Kerala HC against order lifting life ban on Sreesanth
- Kochi: The BCCI approached the Kerala High Court against a
single bench order lifting the life ban imposed on cricketer
S Sreesanth in the wake of the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal.
- India win four medals in Asian Martial Arts Games
- Ashgabat (Turkmenistan), Sep 18 (PTI) Indian opened its
medal account in style by grabbing one gold, two silver and
one bronze through track and field athletes on the third day
of fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, here today.
- Bairstow to open for England in 1st Windies ODI
- Manchester: Jonny Bairstow will open for
England in the first one-day international against West
Indies, captain Eoin Morgan announced.
- After Ramkumar's decisive defeat, Yuki gets consolation win
- Edmonton: India were left to battle it out
in the Asian zone yet again after Ramkumar Ramanathan''s defeat
in the must-win fourth rubber as Denis Shapovalov steered
Canada back to the elite Davis Cup World Group.
- Attacking captain makes me more attacking: Chahal
- (Eds: Rpt after making a correction in intro)
By C Shyam Sundar
Chennai, Sep 18 (PTI) Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal
feels that playing under an aggressive captain like Virat
Kohli brought the best out of him and made him more attacking.
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