SpiceJet Surpasses Jet To Become Number Two
Riding on a slew of discount offers, low-cost carrier SpiceJet surpassed Jet Airways to become the second-largest domestic airline in July. Its market share in the month stood at 20.9% as compared to the Jet Airways-JetLite combine’s 19.6%.The market share of IndiGo declined marginally to... read more »
Israel PM slams beheading of US journo, says ISIS is like Hamas
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has likened the Hamas to the barbaric Sunni extremists from Iraq and Syria – the ISIS, calling them the branches of the same tree. In a statement issued yesterday evening, Netanyahu said that the entire world was shocked by t he beheading of a US journalist by the... read more »
Opposition, Pakistan govt deadlock continues
The US has said that it does not support any extra-constitutional changes in Pakistan, where deadlock continues between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and two key opposition figures seeking his resignation over allegations of corruption and election rigging. “We support the constitutional and... read more »
James Foley beheading: Hunt on for ‘British’ jihadist
UK police and security services are attempting to identify a suspected British jihadist who appeared in footage of the killing of a US journalist. Extremist group Islamic State (IS) published a video of the moments before and after James Foley was beheaded. Unconfirmed reports suggest the man in... read more »
Sensex, Nifty hit new record highs on FII inflows
The Sensex and the Nifty scaled new record highs of 26,330 and 7,858, respectively in the mid-session led by capital goods, banking and oil & gas stocks amid sustained capital inflows.... read more »
Pakistani troops violate ceasefire yet again, target 20 border posts
JAMMU: In a major ceasefire violation that lasted throughout the night, Pakistani troops resorted to heavy mortar shelling and fired with automatic weapons at 20 border out posts and... read more »
Honour killing: girl shot dead by father in UP
In a suspected case of honour killing, a girl was allegedly shot dead by her father in Baniyather area, police said on Monday. The 22-year-old girl was shot dead by her father Ram Chandra,... read more »
Rediscovering Janamashtami: Cong’s grand plan to counter Hindutva
A personal tragedy has pushed back the Congress from immediately implementing its politically significant decision of celebrating all important religious festivals at the party State... read more »
RK Puram landlord held for molesting Manipuri girls
In a shocking incident, two girls from Manipur were allegedly molested by their landlord in South Delhi’s R.K. Puram area on Sunday evening. On the basis of the girls’ complaint, the... read more »
