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China Worried Earthquake Threat to Key Gwadar Port May Put CPEC at Risk

Beijing: Nearly 40 geologists from China and Pakistan have teamed up to survey the Makran Trench in Balochistan following Beijing’s concerns over the possibility of a massive earthquake affecting the strategic Gwadar port in the volatile province, a media report said on Saturday. The trench is the meeting point...

Feb 11 · >

Russian Offering Info on President Trump Bilked US Spies Out of Money: NY Times

Washington: A Russian who offered stolen National Security Agency cyberweapons and compromising information on President Donald Trump bilked US spies out of $100,000 last year, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing US and European security officials. The money was delivered to a Berlin hotel room in September...

Feb 11 · >

Fiscal Situation Should be Comfortable Next Financial Year: FM Arun Jaitley

Addressing a presser after meeting RBI’s board, Arun Jaitley said, ” as far as fiscal situation is concerned, I see next year to be more comfortable as far as revenues are concerned. I cannot see at this stage that there would be any slippages.” PTI Updated:February 10, 2018, 2:19...

Feb 11 · >

Grooming Siddaramaiah was My ‘Biggest Mistake’, Says Deve Gowda

Relations between Gowda and his one-time trusted aide Siddaramaiah came under strain in 2005 as the latter was unhappy over party affairs and dominance of the former Prime Minister’s son H D Kumaraswamy, the then JD(S) state unit working president. PTI Updated:February 10, 2018, 10:21 PM IST File photo...

Feb 11 · >

Coal India Net Profit up 4.21% in Q3

Its revenue from operations during the quarter under review was at Rs 21,643.28 crore, down by 1.6 per cent from Rs 22,000.79 crore in the corresponding quarter of 2016-17. IANS Updated:February 10, 2018, 7:37 PM IST Representative image: Reuters Kolkata: Coal India on Saturday reported a 4.21 per cent...

Feb 11 · >

Iran Sneers at Reports of Israel Downing Iranian Drone: State TV

Ankara: Iran, Israel’s regional arch-enemy, rejected as “ridiculous” reports that Israel had intercepted an Iranian drone launched from Syria on Saturday, state TV reported. Separately, a Revolutionary Guards’ official said he could not confirm the report because Israelis were “liars”. Israel said it launched air strikes against air defences...

Feb 10 · >

Rajkummar Rao’s ‘Omerta’ Announces Its Release Date

‘Omerta’ marks the return of the formidable actor-director team of Hansal Mehta and Rajkummar Rao. IANS Updated:February 10, 2018, 3:02 PM IST image: Hansal mehta twitter Filmmaker Hansal Mehta drama film Omerta, starring Rajkummar Rao, has been locked for release on April 20. The release date was announced by...

Feb 10 · >

Fiscal Situation to Improve Next Year: Arun Jaitley

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the government’s move to recapitalise public sector banks (PSB) would improve their lending capacity, adding that fiscal situation would improve next year. “I think the indications are that it’s (credit offtake) already happening and that seems to be good sign...

Feb 10 · >

Amid Growing Discontent Within NDA, JD(U) Decides to Not Contest By-elections

This comes just a day after the Election Commission announced that the bypolls in Araria Lok Sabha along with Bhabhua and Jehanabad Assembly seats will take place on March 11. File photo of Bihar CM and National President of JD(U) Nitish Kumar. (PTI Photo) Patna: The ruling Janata Dal...

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Gully Boy, Starring Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh, To Release on Valentine’s Day

The film is co-produced by Zoya’s banner Tiger Baby Productions and Farhan Akhtar and Sidhwani’s Excel Entertainment. The film is co-produced by Zoya’s banner Tiger Baby Productions and Farhan Akhtar and Sidhwani’s Excel Entertainment. Zoya Akhtar’s upcoming directorial venture Gully Boy, starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt, will delight...

Feb 10 · >

Rules on Cryptocurrencies Should be Out Soon: SEBI Chief

SEBI Chairman Ajay Tyagi, who is part of the committee formed by the government to examine the pros and cons of virtual currencies (VCs), including launching an own cryptocurrency, said that a policy in this regard should come out first and then only the role of SEBI can be...

Feb 10 · >

AIB’s Tanmay Bhat Takes A Dig At Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi wasn’t the only politician’s name that Tanmay mentioned in his chat. IANS Updated:February 10, 2018, 3:06 PM IST File photo of comedian Tanmay Bhat. (Photo: Facebook/Tanmay Bhat) Comedian Tanmay Bhat has taken a dig at Congress President Rahul Gandhi, saying if he gets access to the politician’s...

Feb 10 · >

Stock Market Bubble Won’t Lead to Major Problem: RBI Governor Urjit Patel

New Delhi: RBI Governor Urjit Patel on Saturday said the monetary policy decisions need to be “forward-looking” and cannot be taken on the basis of day-to-day inflation rates. Stating that it is difficult to predict global oil prices, Patel said the global charts have shown two-way movement in the...

Feb 10 · >

Israeli Jet Shot Down After ‘Iranian Targets’ Attacked in Syria

“The Israeli enemy entity at dawn today conducted a new aggression against one of the military bases in the central region. Our air defences confronted it and hit more than one plane,” the unidentified military source said. Reuters Updated:February 10, 2018, 1:02 PM IST File photo of Israeli air...

Feb 10 · >

Caught, IAF officer who was porn to spy

Aditya Aamir After the spy was snared, the first thing to do was to google ‘Kiran Randhawa’ and ‘Mahima Patel’. Two Facebook accounts of two ‘honeys’ used by Pakistan’s notorious spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to ‘entice’ Indian Air Force Officer Arun Marwaha to pass on classified documents to...

Feb 10 · >

Russian Offering Info on Trump Bilked US Spies Out of Money, Report

Washington: A Russian who offered stolen National Security Agency cyberweapons and compromising information on President Donald Trump bilked US spies out of $100,000 last year, The New York Times reported on Friday, citing US and European security officials. The money was delivered to a Berlin hotel room in September...

Feb 10 · >

Fortis Healthcare Promoters Malvinder, Shivinder Singh Resign From Board

New Delhi: Fortis Healthcare promoters Malvinder Mohan Singh and Shivinder Mohan Singh have resigned as directors from the company’s board following the Delhi High Court order upholding the Rs 35-billion arbitral award in favour of Daiichi Sankyo. The Singh brothers have jointly tendered their resignation to the Board of...

Feb 10 · >

AAP to Organise

Party functionaries, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ministers, and its lawmakers will take part in the ‘yatra’ to popularise government’s work, a move that comes at a time when the party is facing possible bypolls following the disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs. PTI Updated:February 10, 2018, 10:32 AM IST Delhi...

Feb 10 · >
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