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21 CBI personnel awarded President's Medals on Independence Day

India, Aug. 14 -- Twenty-one CBI personnel have been awarded the coveted President's Medal for Distinguished Service and Medal for Meritorious Service on the occasion of Independence Day. Assistant S... Read More


Modi remembers Partition victims ahead Independence Day

India, Aug. 14 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered the victims of the 1947 Partition on Friday, the eve of Independence Day. The Modi government has been observing August 14 as the 'Partition ... Read More


19-year-old IIT Kharagpur student dies after fall from third floor

India, Aug. 14 -- A 19-year-old student of the IIT Kharagpur died after he allegedly fell from the third floor of a building on the institute campus, police said on Friday. The incident occurred on T... Read More


Ex-Nepal PM Deuba returns after treatment

India, Aug. 14 -- Former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba returned to Nepal on Thursday after spending more than five months abroad for medical treatment following injuries sustained during the Gen Z... Read More


Taliban detaines six staff of human right group

India, Aug. 14 -- Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have "forcibly disappeared" six staff members of a local organisation working on women's and children's rights, a US-based advocacy group said, foll... Read More


BNP nominates Mirza Fakhrul Islam as Bangladesh President

India, Aug. 14 -- The ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Thursday nominated its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as its candidate for the country's presidency, setting the stage... Read More


Sensex, Nifty open lower as U.S.-Iran standoff weighs on sentiment

India, Aug. 14 -- Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Friday, 14 Aug as the prolonged U.S.-Iran impasse weighed heavily on investor sentiment. The 30-share BSE Sensex... Read More


India, US continuing trade talks: Commerce Secretary

India, Aug. 14 -- India is in 'regular contact' with the US for negotiating the proposed bilateral trade agreement (BTA), Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agarwal said on Thursday. He said that both sides a... Read More


Sensex up nearly 114 pts, Nifty ends below 24,400

India, Aug. 14 -- Benchmark indices ended mixed on Thursday, with the Sensex rising nearly 114 points and the Nifty sliding over 40 points, as elevated crude prices and geopolitical uncertainty made i... Read More


L&T bags mega order for India's largest AI facility

India, Aug. 14 -- Infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Thursday said it has secured an order ranging between Rs 10,000 and Rs 15,000 crore to build the country's largest single-cluster Artifi... Read More