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New Delhi: Digital payments firm Paytm on Monday said it enabled seven crore UPI-based merchant transactions out of the total 12 crore transactions in the country in May 2019. The firm has also enabled its 1.2 crore partner merchants so far to accept payments through Paytm BHIM UPI. “The platform clocked over 70 million (seven […]

New Delhi: Aiming to enhance indoor network experience for Airtel 4G smartphone customers, telecom major Bharti Airtel on Monday announced it has upgraded its mobile network in Delhi-NCR with the deployment of LTE 900 technology on the 900 Mhz spectrum. “As we introduce LTE-900, we will further step up our indoor network coverage. It will […]

Kabul: At least 12 commanders of Haqqani network were killed in an operation by Afghan forces in the country’s Khost province, officials said on Monday. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) — Afghanistan’s intelligence agency — said in a statement that the commanders were involved in destructive and terrorist activities in the province, TOLO News […]

Mumbai: The BSE benchmark Sensex Monday rose 169 points, led by gains in IT stocks amid positive global cues. The NSE barometer Nifty gained 52 points to reclaim the 11,900 level. Top gainers in the Sensex pack were TCS, Bharti Airtel, Infosys, Axis Bank, L&T, ITC, PowerGrid, HCL Tech and Tata Steel, ending up to […]

Hazaribagh (Jharkhand): Eleven persons, including three women and a child, were killed and 22 others injured Monday when a Patna-bound bus hit an iron-laden stationary trailer-truck on NH-2 in Hazaribagh district, police said. The accident took place at dawn near Danua-Bhanua area under Chouparan Police Station limits, when the bus crashed into the trailer-truck from […]

Dehradun: In less than a month, BJP leader Uma Bharti has returned to the sylvan surroundings of Uttarakashi district in Uttarakhand in search of peace and started meditation at Nachiketa Tal. Superintendent of Police (SP) Uttarkashi Pankaj Bhatt confirmed that Bharti was in Nachiketa Tal since Sunday. “We have provided security as per the norms,” […]

Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said the heinous crimes taking place in different parts of the country should not be linked to religion and the guilty, irrespective of their community, should be punished. The Hyderabad MP decried attempts by a section of media to give wide coverage to incidents where the accused belonged […]

Agartala: MLA Dhananjoy Tripura of Tripura’s ruling party IPFT has married a woman who had accused him of raping and deceiving her. “Yes, I have married the woman at Chaturdas Devata temple in Agartala,” Tripura told reporters here Monday. The Indigenous People’s Front of Triupura MLA’s counsel Amit Debbarma said the legislator married the woman […]

Pathankot: Three main accused in the gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old nomad girl from Kathua were on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here, lawyers said. Sanji Ram, the caretaker of the temple where the crime took place, Special Police Officer Deepak Khajuria and Parvesh Kumar, a civilian, have been convicted under […]

London: As many as 11 Tory leaders have thrown their hats in the ring to become the leader of the Conservative Party and, therefore Prime Minister, following the resignation of Theresa May. The Tory candidates were supposed to submit their names between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Monday and must count on the support […]

Guna (Madhya Pradesh): Former Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia may have lost the parliamentary elections but there is no shortage of enthusiasm among his fans. In a bizarre incident, a fan not only got the Congress leader’s image tattooed on his chest but has also stopped wearing a shirt or footwear. On Sunday, Scindia was addressing […]

Islamabad: Former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari was on Monday arrested by the country’s anti-corruption body in a fake bank accounts case. A 15-member team of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officials, accompanied by police personnel, arrested the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-Chairman from his residence in Islamabad, Geo News reported. All roads leading to Zardari’s […]

Bhubaneswar: OYO Hotels and Homes, the world’s sixth largest and fastest-growing chain of leased and franchised hotels, has set a target to ramp up its presence and take the count of rooms to over 10,500 by the end of 2019 in Odisha. “We are planning to double our presence in Odisha. The hotel chain that […]

Bamako: An armed attack on a village in central Mali left 100 people dead on Monday, officials said. Over 90 bodies have been found and more than 30 people are still missing, Efe news reported, citing authorities. Local and regional government officials said a group of armed men arrived at Sona Koubou in the morning, […]

Mumbai: Unlike many, Yuvraj Singh won’t be a part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) post his retirement from all forms of the game, saying he is now open to playing outside the country, in other T20 leagues. Bucking the international trend of continuing IPL stints after international retirements, Yuvraj, 37, said at this stage […]