Sumitra Mahajan Likely To Be Next Lok Sabha Speaker, Parliament To Be Adjou...
New Delhi: Sumitra Mahajan, an eight-time BJP member of Parliament from Indore, is set to take over as the next Speaker of the Lok Sabha, BJP sources confirmed today. The new Speaker will be elected on Friday. Ms Mahajan will be only the second woman Speaker ever; Meira Kumar, who presided over... read more »
Underwater sound examined for links to missing jet
A team of Australian researchers looking into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 released data on Wednesday about an unusual underwater sound recorded around the time the plane vanished, though the lead scientist acknowledged the chances it is linked to the jet are slim. The... read more »
AIADMK not to join NDA
While ruling out the entry of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam into the National Democratic Alliance, party chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday kept the door open for support to the Narendra Modi government in the Rajya Sabha, where the alliance does not have the... read more »
Gopinath Munde’s body flown to Latur
The body of Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde’s, who died in a road accident in New Delhi on Tuesday, is being flown to his native place in Beed district of Marathwada for cremation later on Wednesday after being kept at the BJP office here overnight. Munde’s body which was flown... read more »
Hero MotoCorp rides higher on 14.4% sales growth in April
NEW DELHI: Hero MotoCorp LtdBSE 0.57 % rallied as much as 1.28 per cent in morning trade on Friday, after India’s largest two-wheeled vehicle maker, said that its April sales rose 1.4... read more »
Rupee hits three-week high
The rupee rises to 60.12/13 from 60.31/32 on Wednesday, after earlier rising as high as 60.09, a level last seen on April 10. USD/INR was under pressure as month-end dollar buying by oil... read more »
ICC rejects MB call to probe Egypt military crimes
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected a bid by Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood to probe the military’s alleged crimes against humanity. The court said it dismissed the... read more »
Car Bomb in Nigeria Capital Kills 15
A car bomb killed at least 15 people late Thursday at a bus terminal on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital, Abuja. The blast in the town of Nyanya was near the site of an April 14... read more »
Red herring in hunt for MH370 highlights air traffic flaws
Fresh questions have been raised over air traffic co-ordination after a preliminary report on the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared almost two months ago revealed 90 minutes of wasted effort... read more »
