Copenhagen, Sep 16 (IANS) A Swedish appeals court on Friday decided to maintain the arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over a rape accusation. Swedish authorities began investigating Assange in 2010 on allegations of…
Lucknow, Sep 16 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday demanded the “power to distribute party tickets” in the forthcoming assembly elections. Replying to questions from India TV, Akhilesh Yadav said: “I am…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Friday referred the alleged dope case of grappler Narsingh Yadav to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a detailed probe. WFI President…
Mumbai, Sep 16 (IANS) Reduced chances of a US rate hike, coupled with foreign fund inflows and value buying, lifted the Indian equity markets on Friday. Besides, healthy macro-economic data on foreign trade and positive…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said it had no role in the dramatic political developments in Arunachal Pradesh where Chief Minister Pema Khandu and 42 Congress MLAs defected…
Mumbai, Sep 16 (IANS) The Gulf Aviation Academy on Friday said it has entered the Indian market through an agreement with domestic aviation training institute SpeedJet Aviation. The Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA) is part of…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Ozone Cell of the Environment Ministry here celebrated International Ozone Day on Friday by awarding young schoolchildren for participating and winning in painting, poster-making and slogan writing competitions organised…
Mumbai: Actors Randhir Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor participate in a procession for the immersion of R K Studios idol of Lord Ganesh on the final day of the Ganesh festival, in Mumbai, on Sept 15,…
New York, Sep 16 (IANS) A female sex hormone, found in most forms of hormone-based birth control pills, has the potential to ward off complications arising from influenza infection as well as help damaged lung…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal on Friday pulled out of Spain’s Davis Cup World Group Play-off opening singles match against India due to an upset stomach. “Change of nomination for the…
Lucknow, Sep 16 (IANS) Four persons were shot dead on Friday in Bijnore in Uttar Pradesh in communal clashes after some boys allegedly teased a group of school girls, police said. Some people opened fire…
Mumbai: Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu and director Shoojit Sircar during a video interation with over three lakh students from 100 different schools using telecom service Reliance Jio at Bachchan’s office in Mumbai on Sept…
New York, Sep 16 (IANS) In a first study of its magnitude, researchers in the US aim to infuse an antibody into human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative men and transgender individuals to determine whether it will…
Rome, Sep 16 (IANS/AKI) Former Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi has died in a clinic in Rome at the age of 95. Ciampi was the first head of state and Prime Minister who had not…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) A Bill amending the Citizenship Act has been sent to a joint parliamentary committee, an official statement said here on Friday. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, introduced in the Lok…
Kolkata, Sep 16 (IANS) A 20-year-old undergraduate at a city college died when the auto rickshaw she was travelling in crashed into a speeding bus at a busy Kolkata crossing on Friday, police said. The…
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Carrying the ‘asthi kalash’ — pots containing the ashes of the cremated — of 160 Pakistani Hindus, Ramnath Maharaj, a Karachi temple priest, is in India to…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Projects entailing an expenditure of around Rs 500 crore for the development of tourism in Jammu and Kashmir were approved on Friday under the Prime Minister Reconstruction Plan, an official…
Islamabad, Sep 16 (IANS) At least 16 persons were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque in Pakistan’s Mohmand Agency during Friday prayers. As many as 23 others were injured in…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Congress on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP of “foul play” and committing a “fraud on democracy” after Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu alongwith 42…