WASHINGTON D.C., U.S. President Barack Obama. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu/IANS) Washington, June 13 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Monday called the Florida shooting that claimed 50 lives, including that of the shooter, as “home-grown extremism” that…
Mumbai, June 13 (IANS) Honouring the LGBTI community, ‘Pride Month’ and remembering the victims of the Sunday shooting in Orlando, the United States Consulate here on Monday lit up its building’s facade in the rainbow…
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued notice to the Rajasthan government on the plight of women branded as witches in the state’s Bhilwara district. Taking sou motu…
Islamabad, June 13 (IANS) The transgender community in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province took to the streets on Monday to protest a murder attempt on a community member who was shot multiple times for refusing the…
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) A fire broke out in a thinner factory on Monday evening in west Delhi’s Matiala area, fire officials said. “A call about a fire in the two-storey thinner factory was…
Orlando, June 13 (IANS) Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen was not the first employee of British security giant G4S to go on a rampage. Sunday morning’s attack in Florida has raised questions over the quality…
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Two persons were killed and one seriously injured when they were knocked down by a Honda City car driven by a drunken youth here on Monday, police said. The incident…
Mathura, June 13 (IANS) A day after the BJP raked up the Mathura violence to flay his government, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said the opposition party was homing in on such…
Gurgaon, June 13 (IANS) The body of gangster Sandeep Gadoli has been in Mumbai’s J.J. Hospital’s mortuary for over four months as his family refuses to accept the body until the Gurgaon Police officials involved…
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday demanded registration of a case against his predecessor Sheila Dikshit and jailing her for what he said was the ‘water tanker scam’ unearthed…
Mathura, June 13 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday admitted there had been lapses in evicting squatters from the Jawaharbagh here. He said there was some delay in police action as the…
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Of all the aircraft crashes suffered by the Indian Air Force (IAF) since 2012, half involved MiG fighters, data compiled by the defence ministry shows. Since April 2012, there have…
New Delhi/Bhopal, June 13 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday filed two separate chargesheets in Indore and Bhopal courts against 10 people in two cases related to Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh,…
Patna, June 13 (IANS) Usha Sinha, a former ruling Janata Dal-United legislator and the wife of Bihar School Examination Board’s former chairman Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh, who is now on the run, also is in trouble…
Ahmedabad, June 13 (IANS) A special sessions court here fixed June 17 for pronouncement of quantum of punishment to the 24 convicts of the Gulberg Society massacre in which 69 people, including former Congress MP…
Imphal, June 13 (IANS) A potential 48-hour general strike in Manipur was averted following the unconditional release of five students on Monday, officials said. The students, demanding action against adulteration, were arrested in a questionable…
Washington, June 13 (IANS) The father of the homophobic Orlando gunman, Omar Mateen who massacred at least 50 people at an LGBT nightclub, has condemned the atrocity committed by his son but said he believes…
Panaji, June 13 (IANS) The opposition in Goa on Monday flayed the BJP-led coalition government over what they said is a “systematic campaign” to get Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar’s brother-in-law Dilip Malvankar off the hook…
Chennai: Congress vice President Rahul Gandhi addresses during an election campaign rally in Chennai on May 7, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Jalandhar/New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday flayed the ruling…
WASHINGTON D.C., June 13, 2016 (Xinhua) — The U.S. national flag flies at half-mast at the White House to mourn the victims of the mass shooting at a gay night club in Orlando, in Washington…