Shillong, May 13 (IANS) Twenty-four more rebels of the outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) on Friday surrendered in the wake of a crackdown against the outfit in the western part of Meghalaya. The “Operation…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, May 13 (IANS) After their six-month-long agitation in the Terai over Nepal’s new Constitution during which 59 people were killed, all eyes are now on an indefinite stir by Madhesi parties…
Milan, May 13 (IANS/AKI) An Italian priest accused of abusing dozens of children over a decade has agreed to pay 125,000 euros compensation to families of some of his alleged victims ahead of a criminal…
Patna, May 13 (IANS) A senior journalist of Hindi daily Hindustan was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Bihar’s Siwan district on Friday night, police said. Rajdeo Ranjan, bureau chief of the Hindi daily, which…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Bidding farewell to retiring members from the Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday rued the fact that the bill to implement…
Islamabad, May 13 (IANS) Kabul envoy to Islamabad Omer Zakhilwal met Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Raheel Sharif on Friday and agreed to resolve the border issue and resume the routine cross-border traffic, a military spokesman…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) India has unveiled a new National Intellectual Property Rights Policy to safeguard commercial interests arising from creativity — like music, books, industrial drawings, software and even drugs and pharmaceuticals. IT…
Rome, May 13 (IANS/AKI) The oldest person alive is now believed to be a 116-year-old woman from northern Italy, Emma Morano, following the death of a black American woman in the US, media reports said…
BRASILIA, May 13, 2016 (Xinhua) — Brazil’s acting President Michel Temer takes part in the inauguration ceremony of the new ministers of his government, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 12, 2016….
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) on Friday said that a Nifty50 based leveraged ETF (exchange traded fund) has been launched in South Korea. “Mirae Asset Global Investments has launched…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the constitutional validity of India’s criminal defamation law that was contested by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and BJP…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Friday alleged that the “dirty tricks department” of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was “selectively leaking confidential documents to certain news channels” to target…
Sao Paolo, May 13 (IANS) Brazil’s new interim president, Michel Temer, was an embassy informant for US intelligence, WikiLeaks on Friday revealed. A cable published by the whistleblowing website shows a document sent from Sao…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh asserted on Friday that holding a trial between Sushil Kumar and Narsingh Yadav to decide India’s representative in the 74kg…
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) In a complete about turn, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday gave a clean chit to Malegaon blast key accused Sadhvi Pragnya Singh Thakur and five others, paving the way…
Panaji, May 13 (IANS) After much delay, a legal agency appointed by a consortium of lender banks on Friday took over possession of former liqour baron Vijay Mallya’s iconic Kingfisher villa in Goa’s tony Candolim…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 (IANS) The heat is on in Kerala and the political parties are adding to it. With the assembly election slated for May 16 (Monday) in the state, parties are sparing no effort…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The government on Friday expressed hope that the GST bill will be passed in the next session of parliament, and said it will hold fresh consultations over the key bill….
Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur. (File Photo: IANS) Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday gave a clean chit to Malegaon blast key accused Sadhvi Pragnya Singh Thakur and five others, dropping…
Chennai/Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) It was bloodbath on the stock market on Friday the 13th for several government-owned banks as they posted huge losses or lower profits and ballooning bad loans. The bad or insipid…