Suzuki Motorcycle India had sold 70,067 units in the corresponding month a year ago. Image for Representation Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd (SMIPL) on Monday reported a 2.2 per cent increase in total sales to 71,631 units in August. The company had sold 70,067 units in the corresponding month a year ago. Domestic sales last month grew marginally to 62,752 units as compared with 62,446 units in August 2018, SMIPL said in a statement. SMIPL Vice-President... 

The lander ‘Vikram’ on Tuesday inched closer to the moon after a manoeuvre that lasted four seconds to lower its orbit further. Chennai: India’s first moon lander, Vikram, on Tuesday got nearer to the moon with the Indian space agency successfully completing the first of the two de-orbital operations. According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the de-orbital operation began at 8.50 am, as planned. Using the onboard... 

The decision, reportedly taken after a review, comes as part of an annual exercise to review the SPG cover that only a select few in the country are entitled to. file photo of Sonia Gandhi and former PM Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has withdrawn the Special Protection Group (SPG) from former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s security cover. A statement from the ministry of home affairs said that Singh will now... 

Jaitley had the competence to handle finance ministry on the one hand and defence ministry on the other with ease, Ram Madhav Said. File photo of former Union finance minister Arun Jaitley. Hyderabad: Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Arun Jaitley, who passed away on Saturday, was a one-stop reference for the party on matters relating to law, Constitution and others, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav said. Jaitley had the competence to handle... 

The senior Congress leader was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on August 21, pursuant to an arrest warrant issued against him by the trial court on the same day in the case. CBI officials with Congress leader P Chidambaram after arresting him on Wednesday night. (PTI) New Delhi: Former Union finance minister P Chidambaram filed a fresh plea in the Supreme Court on Friday, challenging the arrest warrant issued against him and... 

On the one hand, US wants to exert pressure on Pakistan to stop it from any cross-border infiltration or provide support to terrorist activities in India, on the other, it looks to push India to bring normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir. File photo of US President Donald Trump. Washington: The US is working on a two-pronged strategy to defuse fresh tensions between India and Pakistan after New Delhi revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, senior... 

The memorial at Nid d’Aigle, at the foot of Mount Blanc, was dedicated to Bhabha and several other Indians who were among the passengers and crew of the two Air India planes that crashed in 1950 and 1966. French President Emmanuel Macro and PM Narendra Modi gesture before a meeting at the Chateau of Chantilly in Paris, France. (Image: AP) “In times of sorrow also India and France stand with each other. In the two air crashes, we lost many... 

Russia’s nuclear agency Rosatom wants to sell such reactors abroad, according to a report (Bloomberg file) Russia, it is suspected, lacks the wherewithal for a nuclear clean-up in case something untoward happens, and it’s not clear if other Arctic region countries would be in any position to help in such an event. Despite the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the recent explosion at a military testing site, Russia seems keen to tempt fate again.... 

Washington: US President Donald Trump has assured his Ukrainian counterpart to work with all parties to end bloodshed and restore peace along volatile Russia-Ukraine border, amid escalation in violence in the region. File image of US president Donald Trump. “We will work with Ukraine, Russia, and all other parties involved to help them restore peace along the border,” Trump said in his phone call with the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko,... 

Donald Trump has confirmed he will hold his first meeting Theresa May this year. WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: US President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed he will hold his first meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May  this year, saying he was “very much” looking forward to it. “I look very much forward to meeting Prime Minister Theresa May in Washington in the Spring. Britain, a longtime US ally, is very special,”...