Beijing, Sep 8 (IANS) China is amending a religious affairs regulation to ban personal profiteering from religions. Religious groups, institutes of education and sites are all non-profit, and no individuals or organisations should divide up,…
Moscow, Sep 8 (IANS) Russia criticised for the first time the Turkish military operation in Syria, joined by militias opposing the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement…
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. (File Photo: IANS) Washington, Sep 8 (IANS) US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed “completely” eliminating the defence budget cutbacks adopted to reduce the US deficit and said…
Washington, Sep 8 (IANS) US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leads his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by 19 points — 55 per cent to 36 per cent — among military and veteran voters, according to…
San Francisco, Sep 8 (IANS) Ending round-the-clock rumours that had sent the world of technology into a tizzy for quite some time now, Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday unveiled stunning iPhone 7 and iPhone…
San Francisco, Sep 8 (IANS) Ending round-the-clock rumours that had sent the world of technology into a tizzy for quite some time now, Apple on Wednesday unveiled its stunning iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus…
Washington/Vientiane, Sep 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama will hold a bilateral meeting on Thursday in Vientiane, Laos, in perhaps one of their last such meetings before Obama demits office…
Ankara, Sep 7 (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday suggested Turkey and the US are ready to drive the Islamic State from its Syrian stronghold of al-Raqqa. Erdogan said his US counterpart Barack…
Washington, Sep 7 (IANS) Two single-engine small planes collided in mid-air on Wednesday in western Georgia city of the US, killing three people on board, said US federal officials. “Two single aircraft, a Diamond Aircraft…
Vientiane (Laos), Sep 7 (IANS) Prime Ministers Narendra Modi of India and Shinzo Abe of Japan on Wednesday reviewed progress in the India-Japan Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement and the high-speed rail project. Officials said Modi…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) To expand the Indo-US cooperation in clean energy, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced on Wednesday four new partnerships with the Indian government. First among these new partnerships,…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) As the world’s largest technology merger between EMC and Dell formally came into being on Wednesday, the driving force behind the $67 billion marriage, Michael Dell, said that this was…
Chennai, Sep 7 (IANS) Vikram starrer Telugu action-thriller “Inkokkadu”, which features the actor in dual roles, is releasing in the US on Wednesday amid high anticipation. While the film releases in India on Friday, it…
Munich, Sep 7 (IANS) Projecting West Bengal as a preferred destination for investment, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday urged German investors to put their trust in her state. Addressing an interactive session attended by…
Ankara, Sep 7 (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed that his country was ready to cooperate with the US to liberate the city of al-Raqqa, the main stronghold of the Islamic State (IS)…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Pakistan High Commissioner’s office here on Wednesday “rejected” the Indian External Affairs Ministry’s complaint of “discourtesy” shown to the Indian envoy in Islamabad. A press official in the Pakistan…
Kathmandu, Sep 7 (IANS) A UK-based Nepal army officer accused of torturing suspected Maoist detainees was on Wednesday acquitted by a British Court, media reports said. Lt Col Kumar Lama, 49, from St Leonards, London,…
Dhaka, Sep 7 (IANS) Bangladesh police have detained two couples belonging to the terror outfit Neo-Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on suspicion they were planning to flee to Pakistan. Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said on Wednesday that…
Damascus, Sep 7 (IANS) At least 14 persons were killed on Wednesday in bombing of the Syrian town of Tadaf, controlled by the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, in Aleppo province, according to the Syrian…
Vientiane (Laos), Sep 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in his first bilateral meeting here on the sidelines of the 14th India-Asean Summit and the 11th East…