New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Keeping with New Delhi’s growing links with the Gulf, India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday held their second Strategic Dialogue in Abu Dhabi with Minister of State…
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry will start its measles rubella vaccination campaign in Uttarakhand from Monday, hoping to target more than 28 lakh children across 13 districts of…
Singapore, Oct 29 (IANS) Romanian tennis player Simona Halep on Sunday earned the 2017 Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Year-End World No.1 singles ranking, becoming the 13th player to achieve that feat. Despite being ousted in…
Getafe (Spain), Oct 29 (IANS) Getafe came from behind to secure a late 2-1 victory over Real Sociedad on Sunday in the 10th round of the La Liga football league. Real Sociedad went ahead after…
Bengaluru, Oct 29 (IANS) Expressing confidence over his BJP winning the Karnataka assembly elections in 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the state would be on the “path of development” after the polls,…
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni arrived here on Sunday on a two-day state visit to India, the first such visit in a decade, in a bid to boost ties between…
Srinagar, Oct 29 (IANS) Senior BJP leader Jitendra Singh on Sunday said that Kashmir problem is a result of historical blunders made by former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Singh, the Union Minister of State…
Ramallha, Oct 29 (IANS) Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah on Sunday called on Britain to apologize for the Balfour declaration that has aided the establishment of Israel on the lands of Palestine, instead of celebrating…
Mumbai, Oct 29 (IANS) Filmmaker Vikas Bahl, who is making a biopic on Patna based mathematician Anand Kumar, met Canada-based psychiatrist Biju Mathew — writer of “Super 30” — here and took inputs for his…
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) A multi-religious conference organised by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (JUH) here on Sunday vowed to establish peace and communal harmony in the country and adopted a declaration underlining that any kind…
Islamabad, Oct 29 (IANS) Pakistan released 68 Indian fishermen on Sunday as a goodwill gesture, officials said. The Indian fishermen had been arrested for intrusion into Pakistani waters for illegal fishing and were freed from…
Kolkata, Oct 29 (IANS) In a bid to pay homage to the killed Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, the outfit’s South Bengal Frontier on Sunday organised a half marathon in the city. The race, which…
Kolkata, Oct 29 (IANS) Not getting carried away with their maiden FIFA U-17 World Cup triumph, England coach Steve Cooper on Sunday said they had muted celebrations at the team hotel on Saturday night with…
Singapore, Oct 29 (IANS) Czech tennis player Andrea Hlavackova and Hungarian Timea Babos on Sunday won the doubles title at the WTA Finals Singapore, beating Dutch player Kiki Bertens and Swede Johanna Larsson. Third-seeded Babos…
Ankara, Oct 29 (IANS) The Turkish police arrested 61 terror suspects linked with the Islamic State in eastern Erzurum and northwestern Bursa provinces on Sunday, state-run Anadolu Agency reported. A total of 22 suspects, including…
Srinagar, Oct 29 (IANS) National Conference’s Working President Omar Abdullah on Sunday said that the Central government must respect and restore the conditions on which the accession of Jammu and Kashmir to India is based….
Tehran, Oct 29 (IANS) The Iranian authorities on Sunday said that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has not requested fresh inspections to verify Tehran’s compliance with its international nuclear agreement and asked the organisation…
Barcelona, Oct 29 (IANS) Over one million demonstrators packed the streets of central Barcelona on Sunday in defence of Spanish unity and peaceful coexistence in Catalonia just days after the Catalan Parliament voted in favour…
Kolkata, Oct 29 (IANS) The success of FIFA Under-17 World Cup will motivate India’s upcoming footballers to improve their game, Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said on Sunday, adding he hoped they will be able…
Baghdad, Oct 29 (IANS) The Iraqi Oil Ministry on Sunday announced it has increased the capacity to export oil from the southern port of Basra to 4.6 million barrels per day (bpd) after building a…