Islamabad: Pakistan's all-weather ally China has approved a loan of USD 700 million and the funds will be transferred to the central bank this week, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced on Wednesday as the cash-strapped country tried to avert a financial crisis.
Bengaluru: In what probably is his "farewell speech" in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of which he was a member for decades, state BJP strongman and former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday said, till the last breath of his life he will honestly strive towards building the party and bring it to power.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to stay the Election Commission order recognising the Eknath Shinde-led bloc as the real Shiv Sena and issued a notice to the group headed by the Maharashtra chief minister on the plea of the rival Uddhav Thackeray camp challenging the poll panel's decision.
Vitla: In a case of burglary in Kuddupadavu here recently, gold jewelry and cash worth Rs 1.1 lakh were stolen from a house.
Kalaburagi: In a horrific road accident in Saudi Arabia, six people, including four members of a single family from Raichur, died as the bus they were travelling in collided with a truck on Wednesday morning.
Neha Singh Rathore, a Bhojpuri singer, has been served notice for questioning through her music the Uttar Pradesh state government eviction drive that recently resulted in the death of a mother-daughter duo.
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday directed clock manufacturing firm Oreva Group, the company that maintained the Morbi suspension bridge which collapsed killing 135 people in October last year, to pay Rs 10 lakh as "interim" compensation to the kin of each deceased and Rs 2 lakh to each injured within four weeks.
The Manipal police in Udupi district have arrested a person for selling ganja and drugs in a two-wheeler near the regional transport office.
Light tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region) on Wednesday afternoon, as an earthquake of a magnitude of 4.4 on the Richter scale hit Nepal.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that the BJP was like a "class bully" that respects no one as it thinks that it knows everything.