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New Delhi, Jul 9: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to allow Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal to go abroad and sought response of the Centre on his plea challenging a look out circular (LOC) issued against him. Justice Suresh Kait said no interim relief can be granted at this stage and added that he may deposit ₹18,000 crore guarantee if he wants to travel to a foreign country now. The court

New Delhi, Jul 9: The NIA has recovered five hand grenades and materials for making improvised explosive devices (IEDs) while probing the 2014 bomb blast in Burdwan in West Bengal that left two persons dead, an official said on Tuesday. The findings followed disclosures by arrested Jamat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorist Habibur Rahman Sheikh. A senior NIA official said: "We have recovered

Jeddah, Jul 9: Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, Princess Reema bint Bandar, has met with President Donald Trump and presented her credentials as the Kingdom's top diplomat in Washington. "HRH Ambassador @rbalsaud met with @POTUS Donald J. Trump at the White House today to present her credentials as the new Ambassador of the Kingdom of #SaudiArabia to the United States," the Saudi

New Delhi, Jul 9: Air India on Tuesday stated that pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia after Haj will be allowed to carry holy water from the Zamzam well within the permissible baggage allowance. The well of Zamzam is located in Mecca in Saudi Arabia and many Haj pilgrims bring the holy water from the well for family and friends. On July 4, the sales team of Air India's Jeddah office reportedly

New Delhi, Jul 9: In a country-wide operation, the CBI carried out searches at 110 locations in 19 states in connection with fresh cases related to alleged corruption, arms smuggling and criminal misconduct, officials said Tuesday. The CBI has registered 30 fresh cases, they said. More details are awaited as the search operation is underway and may be expanded during the day, they said. This is

Mumbai, Jul 9: The infighting in Mumbai Congress took a new turn with a letter of actress and party member Urmila Matondkar, making scathing comments against aides of her senior colleague Sanjay Nirupam, surfacing on Monday. Matondkar, who lost the Lok Sabha elections from Mumbai North, wrote to the party leadership, criticising the conduct of Sandesh Kondvilkar and Bhushan Patil, close associates

Kuwait City, Jul 8: People in Kuwait felt earthquake tremors for few seconds around 10.02 am Monday morning, according to reports. The tremors felt right from Kuwait City to Salmiya area. Many people around Kuwait reported that they felt quake tremors. This was due to earthquake which hit Masjed Soleymān, Khuzestan, Iran area measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale This was confirmed by KUNA that a

London, Jul 8: US President Donald Trump hit back on Sunday and the UK launched an inquiry after leaked memos revealed Britain's ambassador in the US had described the president and his White House as "inept" and "uniquely dysfunctional". Trump said Ambassador Kim Darroch had "not served the UK well" and that he and his administration were "not big fans" of the envoy. Darroch had said Trump's

New Delhi, Jul 8: United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived in New Delhi on July 7 night and will hold talks with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar to boost cooperation in key sectors such as trade and energy. The UAE minister will also call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and participate in a business roundtable on July 8. The visit would provide the two

Agra, Jul 8: At least 29 people were killed on Monday when a passenger bus fell into a gorge on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway. The bus, after hitting the divider, fell into the 40-feet-deep gap between two flyovers on the Yamuna Expressway near Milestone 161 (Jharna nallah) under Etmadpur police jurisdiction of Agra district at around 4.15 a.m. The double-decker bus with about 50 passengers on board