Colombo: The High Court in the Sri Lankan capital today rejected a petition which sought to oust President Maithripala Sirisena from the Freedom Party leadership, in a setback to his rival and predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Two Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) activists loyal to the former president Rajapaksa had fi

Jaipur: Six people have been arrested after a Delhi-based woman alleged she was raped by 23 men on the outskirts of Bikaner, the police said today.

According to the officers at the Jain Narayan Vyas Police Station, the 28-year-old woman lodged a complaint on September 27 alleging that she was raped by 23 men after

New Delhi: Indian football team today qualified for the AFC U-16 Championship to be held next year in Malaysia after finishing second in their group qualifying round played in Kathmandu.

India qualified as one of the six best second-placed teams from the group matches of qualifying round. All the matches of each o

New Delhi: BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha today accused Arun Jaitley of making “cheap” remarks and said the finance minister’s criticism of his work amounted to criticism of then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who had entrusted him with key ministries.

In a dig at Jaitley over his “job app

Washington: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will address students of the prestigious Harvard University on a visit to the US next month, the varsity said today.

Jaitley is scheduled to travel to the US in October to attend the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington.

New Delhi: Highway projects of NHAI will help in creating employment of estimated 50 crore man-days in the next four years, the road and highways ministry said today.

“The ongoing and targeted projects of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) would generate estimated employment of approximately 50 cror

Mumbai: Music maestro A R Rahman is all set to embark on a multi-city tour to commemorate 25 years in music that began with his debut with Mani Ratnam’s 1992 film “Roja”.

The tour, A R Rahman ENCORE- The Concert, will travel to Hyderabad (November 26), Ahmedabad (December 3), Mumbai (December 17)

Mumbai: Once called ‘Giran-gaon’ or the city of (textile) mills, the area around Elphinstone Road and Parel stations in central Mumbai now has a skyline filled with glass-and-concrete towers, housing swanky offices.

But for thousands of office-goers who alight at these two stations after travelling by

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has received replies from actor Amitabh Bachchan and his family members to notices issued to them in connection with its probe in the Panama Papers case and they could be summoned soon, officials said.

Officials in the anti-money laundering agency said they had issued notices

Washington: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has ruled out any new window of opportunity for NRIs or people of Indian-origin to deposit their high-value Indian currency which was declared illegal after the demonetisation policy, a statement said on Wednesday.

Swaraj made these remarks during her intera