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Banking operations affected as employee union strikes against bank mergers

The bankers demand recovery of bad loans and strong action against loan defaulters.

Oct 22, 2019

SC grants bail to P Chidambaram in INX media case, to remain in Tihar jail in ED custody

The Supreme Court granted bail to P Chidambaram on Tuesday, two months after he was arrested.

Oct 22, 2019

NCRB 2017 data reveals rise in crime by 3.6%; kidnapping cases on surge

The number of cases of murder has seen a 5.9 percent decline, from 30,450 in 2016 to 28,653 in 2017.

Oct 22, 2019

Business will be the backbone of India-US relations, says S Jaishankar

Jaishankar said that the status of the business relationship between the two countries is very strong and going forward the business relations will form the backbone of the relationship.

Oct 22, 2019

China's next space rockets likely to make test flights in 2020, 2021

The release of the flight schedule by China Rocket Co comes two months after the firm's first reusable rocket, the 23-tonne Smart Dragon-1, delivered three satellites into orbit.

Oct 22, 2019

Practice hopscotch to walk through Bengaluru footpaths

The civic authorities have turned a blind eye towards the footpaths that many of them are severely damaged with many missing blocks in between them and several of them are in a wiggly condition.

Oct 21, 2019

Kartarpur row: India to sign agreement on Oct 23, urges Pakistan not to levy $20 fee on pilgrims

Following Pakistan's decision, India has urged Pakistan to reconsider to levy the fee and conveyed that it would be ready to sign the agreement on Kartarpur Sahib Corridor on October 23.

Oct 21, 2019

Why is the Thai government turning to Indians for tourism?

Tourism contributes to around 18 per cent of GDP in Thailand and with the dramatic dip in Chinese tourists, the country is scrambling to keep the revenue coming in.

Oct 21, 2019

Fact check: Was a biker run over by speeding car in Bengaluru?

A website called ViralTab reported that the incident took place on the Santos Dumont (SP-075) motorway in the city of Campinas located in the southern Brazilian state of Sao Paulo.

Oct 21, 2019

US teacher sentenced to 112 years in prison for sexually abusing a child

Bedoya was convicted by a jury on August 9, years after he was charged for repeatedly assaulting a child, who was 13-years-old at the time, for a year.

Oct 21, 2019

Lebanon rocked as massive protest against corruption enters fourth day

Similar to the Arab spring protests in several countries that rocked the Middle East region in 2011, people in the capital city Beirut, Tripoli and Tyre thronged waving the national flag, formed human chains and chanted "those in power should be ousted."

Oct 21, 2019

Suspicious blast at Hubli railway station in Karnataka injures 1

The minor explosion took place at platform No 1 of Hubli railway station.

Oct 21, 2019

SC allows reconstruction of demolished Guru Ravidas temple in Delhi forest

A government committee will be formed to oversee the temple construction.

Oct 21, 2019

Bakshish Singh is BJP's most honest man: Rahul Gandhi on Haryana MLA's viral video

Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at the BJP after its candidate from Haryana Bakshish Singh Virk claimed that it does not matter who presses what button on the EVM, every vote will go to the BJP.

Oct 21, 2019

'Tamil language is beautiful, people are exceptional': PM Modi on appreciation for Mamallapuram poem

After Modi released the Tamil version of the poem on Mamallapuram's ocean, the PM received appreciation from various Tamil film personalities on his Twitter handle.

Oct 21, 2019