The broader market outperformed with the S&P BSE Midcap down 0.3%, while the S&P BSE Smallcap was little changed.
Home ministry officials told the parliamentary panel that those detained under the PSA can challenge their detention in a designated tribunal.
Hundreds of dogs and their owners marched through central London in a mass "Wooferendum March" to call for a second vote on Brexit.
Pakistani Senators have questioned President Pervez Musharraf's fat hotel bill of Rs 63 lakh during his recent three-day visit to Britain, saying it caused a deep hole for the state exchequer.
'Ladakh is a tiny salami-slice issue.' 'The big one for China is Arunachal Pradesh, more than 83,000 sq km.' 'Do they imagine they can grab any of this by force?' 'In the 21st century, nursing those thoughts only means you need to get your heads examined.' 'It isn't going to happen,' declares Shekhar Gupta.
'There is more likelihood of dying from lightning than from vaccine induced blood clots.'
Athens has pushed two reform packages through parliament
There is also the question about whether doping should be made a specific criminal offence which I think is something we should be looking at and debating in this house
A second vote will be held on Wednesday, on measures including justice and banking reforms, when a similar outcome is expected.
Global cues lift Sensex 364 points; Nifty ends above 8,650.
Centuries old religious conflicts may be nearing an inevitable end with the addition of nuclear warheads to their arsenal, says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
The legislation passed with 230 votes in the 300-seat chamber.
Switzerland has been perceived for long as a safe haven for alleged illicit funds or black money
He rejected the arguments that the publication of cartoon reflects press freedom and said this is the misuse of freedom of expression.
Soccer fans mock as England dumped out of Europe twice in a week.
Apart from May, the four other contenders for the Conservative leadership and prime ministership are Stephen Crabb, Liam Fox, Michael Gove and Andrea Leadsom.
'None of his grandparents, and only one of his parents, was born in the US or spoke English as their mother tongue.' 'Of his three wives, one was born in Czechoslovakia and one in Slovenia.' 'Where would Trump have been if they, too, had 'rejected the ideology of globalism and embraced the doctrine of patriotism'?' asks Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
Trump said she probably found this advice "too tough".
European leaders are searching for solutions as conflicts in Syria and Iraq are sending thousands of refugees on dangerous voyages through the Balkans and across the Mediterranean to the 28-nation European Union. Here are the latest developments on the crisis.
The country witnessed over 100 incidents of racial abuse and hate crimes, including alleged racist graffiti and cards reading "no more Polish vermin" posted outside a school.
Johnson, the former foreign secretary, secured 92,153 votes against 46,656 of his rival Jeremy Hunt in the battle for 10 Downing Street.
After a busy day in Stockholm, Sweden, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the United Kingdom on Wednesday. PM Modi is in London to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The PM will also have a top-level meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May as well as a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at the Buckingham Palace. Here's a glimpse of NaMo's busy English day.
Ajit Balakrishnan decodes the angst-ridden discourse of the day.
'India placed the order, primarily due to the IAF's 'critical operational necessity'.' 'The complexity of the IAF's requirements delayed the process for months.' 'It is these requirements which cannot be made public.' 'Can you image Indian politicians publicly discussing the pros and the cons of such military equipment?' 'It would provide India's enemies with indications about the IAF's tactical plans in case of a conflict.' 'It is crucial that they should remain secret to protect India's defence preparedness,' explains Claude Arpi.
In Sialkot, people found five empty ballot boxes near Kashmir Park in the Cantonment area, the report said.
The S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices gained 0.3% and 0.5%, respectively
'India need to look beyond the economic prism.' 'China had no qualms in taking the Kashmir issue to the UN Security Council last year -- not once, but thrice -- thus violating Indian sensitivities,' observes China expert Srikanth Kondapalli.
Northern Ireland reached their first major tournament in 30 years and their neighbours south of the border beat world champions Germany to take a big step towards joining them at Euro 2016 in a memorable night for Irish football on Thursday.
Sensex was up 184 points at 25,580 and the Nifty added 71 points to end the day at 7,654
'It was a 20-minute boat ride journey of about 500 metres, but it must have been a giant leap together for the two staunchly secular leaders, Modi and Macron,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'I want France to remain itself. The barbarians who attack France would like to disfigure it. They will not make it change.'
Nifty is likely to remain under selling pressure unless and until it breach the 7,700-7,720 levels on closing basis.
'The feeling is growing that if India slips in the realms of liberal tenets, it will be a tragedy not only for the country, but also for the world because it will lose a remarkable role model,' notes Amulya Ganguli.
Nearly 10 months after it ended its decade-long boycott of Narendra Modi, UK said any engagement with the Gujarat chief minister was not an endorsement of him and expressed concern over human rights violations in the state.
The situation in Greece worsened with banks closed for a 2nd week.
Football fans in Goa are shaking off their sussegado and becoming an animated, raucous, even belligerent lot.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
Greek proposals hailed as "a positive step forward".
Almost echoing the results of analysis done by a Mysore institute, another government laboratory has said that most soft drink samples contained higher pesticides level than the European Union norms but well within the Indian safety standards.
BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap outperformed the frontline indices to gain 0.2% and 0.3%
