Membership of NPT is not a requirement for joining the NSG, but adherence to its rules is a factor, a US think-tank expert has said, weeks after the 48-nation grouping could not decide on India’s membership bid due to opposition from China. “Part of the problem is that unlike all current Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) members, India is not a Read More

Hurriyat (G) Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani was on Wednesday arrested by J-K police after he tried to visit the martyrs’ graveyard in Srinagar’s old city on the occasion of 86th Kashmir Martyrs day. Police, however, said he was released and has been now placed under house arrest. Police officials said the Geelani was arrested by the police after he Read More

Textiles Minister Smriti Irani has sought suggestions from the Wool and Woollen Export Promotion Council (WWEPC) with a view to boosting exports and creating employment in the sector, the council said on Tuesday. Representatives of the council met the minister on Monday and apprised her about the problems and steps that need to be taken for the industry. “The minister Read More

A new book from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is stoking the intrigue over the widely chronicled murder that his cousin, Michael Skakel, has been accused of carrying out with a golf club in 1975. Kennedy argues Skakel is innocent, and his book points a finger at other people he says could have bludgeoned the girl to death. Prosecutors and the Read More

British Twitter users appear to be confusing the new incoming prime minister Theresa May with a porn star. Congratulatory tweets mentioning @RealTeresaMay have been doing rounds ever since the Conservative Party announced that May will be elected unopposed as the party chief. The Twitter handle, however, belongs to Teresa May, an adult film star and model. Teresa, who has over Read More

A day after a Pakistani national was arrested from near Vighakot border in Kutch, Border Security Force (BSF) seized two Pakistani fishing boats from Harami Nala off Kutch coast but fishermen on board managed to run away. At about 10:50 PM on Tuesday, a special party of water wing of BSF on board speed boats spotted two Pakistani fishermen aboard Read More

Telugu Titans made short work of Bengaluru Bulls as they notched up a 32-24 victory to go fourth in the league table of Pro Kabaddi Season 4. Rahul Chaudhry scored nine raid points and Sandeep Narwal scored five tackle points to lay the foundations for Titans’ win. Titans had lost the first leg to Bulls in front of their home Read More

A District Mining Officer has lodged a written complaint with the district magistrate against BJP MLA Vijay Khemka for allegedly threatening him for taking action against those doing illegal mining of sand and stone chips. “I have lodged a written complaint with District Magistrate Pankaj Kumar Pal yesterday against BJP MLA Vijay Khemka who threatened me for taking action against those carrying business of sand and stone Read More

Brazilian playmaker Willian has agreed a new four-year contract with Chelsea, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. The 27-year-old, voted the London club’s Player of the Year last season by fans and team mates, said it was “a dream to continue”. “Over the next four years I will try to help the team win more trophies,” he added. Willian Read More

For the second time in a year, a NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured a ‘lunar photobomb’ – a stunning view the Moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth, crossing over the Indian and Pacific oceans. “The project recorded this event on July 5 with the same cadence and spatial Read More