New York/Washington: India will lower tariffs on a "vast array" of American industrial and agricultural goods, such as "fruits" and "vegetables", to zero per cent under the trade deal announced by President Donald Trump, a top US official has said. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer described the deal as a "big win" while noting that India will...

Harare: Faisal Shinozada and Uzairullah Niazai led the way with magnificent hundreds as Afghanistan posted a challenging 310 for four against fancied India in the semifinal of the U-19 World Cup Wednesday. Faisal top-scored with 110 off 93 balls, while Niazai sparkled with an unbeaten 101-run knock off 86 deliveries as the Indian bowlers struggled to pick...

Mumbai: RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra-headed six-member rate-setting panel Wednesday started deliberations on the next set of bi-monthly interest rate in the backdrop of growth-focused Union Budget and announcement of India-US trade deal, which lifted market sentiments. The decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will be announced by Malhotra Friday morning. Experts are of the view that...

New Delhi: Hours after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hurled a "traitor" barb at Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu, the BJP Wednesday kicked up a firestorm over the remark, calling it a "slur on every Sikh", and demanded the Lok Sabha speaker take action against the Leader of Opposition. Reacting to the remark made when Bittu crossed Gandhi's...

New Delhi: IndiGo will adjust its long-haul flights operated with leased Dreamliners, including suspending services to Copenhagen from February 17, as the airline seeks to tackle external operational constraints. As part of the adjustments, necessiated by Iranian airspace uncertainties and congestion at airports, the carrier Wednesday said it will also reduce flights on Delhi–London Heathrow and Delhi–Manchester...

New Delhi: Olympian Esha Singh carried her excellent form from last year into the new season, clinching the women's individual 10m air pistol gold and helping the home team to another top-podium finish, even as world champion Samrat Rana settled for bronze on the opening day of the Asian Championship (pistol-rifle)  Wednesday. Esha, 21, came from behind...

Gajapati: Eight people were arrested after a drunken brawl snowballed into a communal clash in Odisha's Gajapati district, leaving 10 injured, police said Wednesday. The incident happened in Chandipur village in the Mohana police station area Monday evening, they said. In the violence, the house of a local BP leader was attacked, they added. "We have arrested...

New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday vehemently urged the Supreme Court to intervene in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to "save democracy", alleging the state is being targeted and its people are being bulldozed. The top court took note of Banerjee's petition and rare arguments ever advanced by a serving...

Malkangiri: Odisha's Malkangiri, once considered a Maoist hotbed, was declared a "Naxal-free" district Wednesday after red rebel Sukhram Markam, who was carrying a bounty of Rs 21 lakh on his head, surrendered before the police, a senior officer said. The announcement comes days after Nabrangpur district was declared Maoist-free after nine red rebels surrendered in neighbouring Chhattisgarh....

Imphal: NDA legislature party leader Y Khemchand Singh on Wednesday staked a claim to form a government in Manipur, state BJP chief A Sharda Devi said. Restive Manipur has been under the President's rule since February last year. An NDA team led by Singh met Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at the Lok Bhavan here and staked the...