Caracas, Feb 21 (IANS) Self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido on Wednesday said his supporters will mount peaceful demonstrations at military bases across Venezuela to demand that the armed forces allow the entry of aid stockpiled…
Washington, Feb 21 (IANS) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday announced that Hoda Muthana, an Alabama native who joined the Islamic State (IS) in 2014, is not a US citizen and will not…
Baghdad, Feb 21 (IANS) Iraqi security forces on Wednesday killed five suicide bomber from the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, the Iraqi military said. A joint force from Iraqi army…
Washington, Feb 21 (IANS) Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, on Wednesday was granted a two-month delay to surrender himself to federal prison. Federal Judge William Pauley has approved Cohen’s request to…
Hyderabad, Feb 21 (IANS) A man from Telangana was shot dead by unidentified persons in Florida State of the US. K. Goverdhan Reddy (50), who was hailing from Yadadri Bhongir district of Telangana, was killed…
Tehran, Feb 21 (IANS) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday said that the sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic by the US constitute an act of terrorism. Rouhani spoke following a Cabinet meeting in Tehran,…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Centre on Wednesday defended its amendments to the Prevention of Corruption Act mandating its prior nod before proceeding against a public servant, asserting that it was intended to “insulate…
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Wednesday said it would probe the heckling of Jadavpur University Vice Chancellor Suranjan Das by a section of students, following which the top official has been…
Bengaluru, Feb 21 (IANS) Congress legislator J.N. Ganesh has been arrested for allegedly assaulting fellow party MLA Anand Singh last month, Karnataka Home Minister M.B. Patil said on Wednesday. Arrested by Karnataka Police from Gujarat’s…
Lucknow, Feb 20 (IANS) A tragedy was averted on Wednesday when a low intensity blast took place in the toilet of a general coach of the Kanpur-Bhiwani Kalindi Express near Kanpur, the police said. No…
Gurugram, Feb 20 (IANS) Authorities have become more cautious about safety of students from Jammu and Kashmir in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF troopers lost their lives, Gurugram Police…
Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) Former Vice-Chancellor Dilip Kumar Sinha, ex-registrar Dilip Kumar Mukherjee and a one-time woman professor of the Visva Bharati University, set up by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, were pronounced guilty in a…
Islamabad, Feb 20 (IANS) Pakistan on Wednesday sought a response from Indian authorities over the killing of a Pakistani convict in the Jaipur jail. “Pakistan is gravely concerned at media reports regarding the brutal killing…
Kanpur, Feb 20 (IANS) A tragedy was averted on Wednesday when a low intensity blast took place in a toilet of a general coach of the Kanpur-Bhiwani Kalindi Express near Kanpur, officials said. No passenger…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday seized foreign currency worth Rs 6 lakh after it carried out searches at six places in different cities in connection with a case of money…
Jaipur, Feb 20 (IANS) A Pakistani prisoner in the Jaipur central jail was allegedly murdered by group of fellow prisoners on Wednesday after an argument over a TV programme, officials said. The incident comes in…
Shimla, Feb 20 (IANS) A snow avalanche killed a soldier while five other soldiers went missing near the Tibet border in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district on Wednesday, officials said. Five Indo-Tibetan Border Force (ITBP) troopers…
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 20 (IANS) A British national who served as a public relations aide to former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was charged with money laundering in absentia here on Wednesday. According to state…
Beijing, Feb 20 (IANS) A military court on Wednesday sentenced Fang Fenghui, former Chief of Staff of China’s Central Military Commission Joint Staff Department, to life imprisonment on charges of corruption. Fang was found guilty…
Cairo, Feb 20 (IANS) Egyptian authorities on Wednesday executed nine prisoners for their involvement in the killing of an Attorney-General four years ago, officials said. The execution by hanging took place early in the morning…