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Domestic stock markets began this week’s trade flat, dancing between marginal gains and losses. S&P BSE Sensex opened in the green but soon slipped into the red, hovering around 52,900. NSE Nifty 50 index was still above 15,700.....

At least nine people, including school children, were killed and 20 injured on Monday when a private bus rolled into a 200-feet deep gorge in the interiors of Kullu district in Himachal Pradesh, police said. ....

Rishi Sunak, of East African Indian origin, was on Monday being touted as the bookmakers' favourite in the British Conservative party's leadership contest. The winner will automatically become the UK's Prime Minister.....

A court in Punjab's Patiala on Thursday dismissed the plea of leading bhangra-pop singer Daler Mehndi against his two-year jail in a 19-year-old human trafficking case. He was subsequently arrested and sent to a local jail.....

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Tuesday said that India is among the top five countries that have invested in the African continent.....

One of the biggest hydro-power plants in Pakistan which was constructed by a Chinese firm on river Neelam has come to a grinding halt due to geological failure deep inside the tunnel which diverts water from the river to the power plant. ....

Indian weightlifter Harjinder Kaur claimed a bronze medal in the women's 71 kg competition at the Commonwealth Games here despite not lifting her best in an event in which England's Sarah Davies broke a plethora of records to storm to the gold medal. ....

Heavy rain continued in Kerala on the fourth day also, though the intensity appeared to have lessened. The death toll has reached 13, and red alert has been sounded in three out of the 14 districts of the state. ....

Following a meeting with JD(U) MPs and MLAs today, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has decided to break off the alliance with the BJP, sources said. He has now sought an appointment with Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan at 4 pm today. ....

Veteran investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala passed away on Sunday morning. The investor with a Midas touch had been dubbed “India’s Warren Buffet."....