Nairobi, May 7 (IANS) Kenya will close all refugee camps, a move that would displace more than 600,000 people living there, the government announced. The decision taken on Friday includes Dadaab, the largest such camp…
New York, May 7 (IANS) A San Francisco federal judge on Friday ruled against a request by Facebook to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the social networking giant’s photo tagging system violates user privacy. The…
Chennai, May 7 (IANS) India’s foreign exchange reserves increased by $1.52 billion to $363.12 billion as on April 29, 2016, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said. According to the RBI’s forex data, the…
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended his greetings to the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) personnel on their foundation day and appreciated their “impeccable service” to the nation. “Saluting all…
New York, May 7 (IANS) Women in the age group 30-60 worldwide are sleeping more than men — about 30 minutes more on average — while middle-aged men are getting the least sleep, often getting…
Washington, May 7 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Friday called on Congress to pass legislation that would help law enforcement crack down on tax evasion. “I am calling on Congress to pass new legislation…
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid homage to Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore on his 155th birth anniversary. “I bow to Gurudev Tagore on his birth anniversary. He was…
Lucknow, May 7 (IANS) Over a dozen prisoners were injured in violence at the Muzaffarnagar jail late Friday night, police said. Three prison inmates were critically injured and are undergoing treatment. While the situation was…
London, May 7 (IANS) Choosing ‘hope over fear’, Londoners elected their first Muslim mayor on Thursday as Labour’s Sadiq Khan comfortably romped home despite a xenophobic and Islamophobic campaign run by his Conservative opponent that…
London, May 7 (IANS) Sadiq Khan has been elected the new Mayor of London – boosting Labour after it slumped in Scotland’s elections. Khan was the city’s first Muslim mayor, after beating Tory Zac Goldsmith…
Pentagon, May 7 (IANS) In addition to helping the Saudi-led coalition invading Yemen, the US has deployed a small number of troops on the ground to battle Al Qaeda militants around a key port city,…
Washington, May 7 (IANS) A patient undergoing heart surgery at a US hospital was put at risk when the computer software being used to help carry out the procedure crashed due to an untimely anti-virus…
Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) The Jadavpur University authorities on Friday filed a police complaint against four outsiders – three of them ABVP activists – for allegedly molesting female students of the varsity during a commotion…
Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad players celebrate fall of a wicket during an IPL match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Lions at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on May 6, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, May 7…
(Photo: IANS) WASHINGTON D.C., U.S. President Barack Obama. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu/IANS) Washington, May 7 (IANS) In his first remarks about Donald Trump’s presumptive Republican presidential nominee status, US President Barack Obama on Friday urged media to…
(A File Photo) India has terminated the Rs. 3,600 crore deal for VIP choppers with AgustaWestland after bribery allegations tainted the deal, on Jan.1, 2014. (Photo: IANS) By Nirendra Dev New Delhi, May 6 (IANS)…
Mumbai: JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar addresses a students rally in Tilak Nagar in Mumbai on April 23, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) JNU Student Union president Kanhaiya Kumar on Friday called off…
Guwahati, May 6 (IANS) After a gap of over two years, poachers have managed to kill an one-horned rhino in Assam’s Manas national park, officials said on Friday. “The forest guards here spotted a rhino…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the central and Assam governments on a PIL by a former operative of military intelligence seeking a CBI probe into…
Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The fast-paced political developments in Nepal where Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s seven-month-old government was teetering on the brink of collapse till a day…