London, Dec 4 (IANS) Islamic State (IS) fanatics have identified Britain as their next target, a security expert has warned. British-born jihadis who have travelled to Syria to join the extremist group have been tasked…
Chennai, Dec 4 (IANS) After one-and-a-half days, rains started to lash Chennai again on Friday evening, causing more worry to residents already suffering from torrential rains and floods. Rains abated on Thursday and the early…
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) In a bid to curb rising pollution, the Delhi government on Friday decided that odd and even number vehicles will ply on alternate days in the capital from January 1,…
(AP Photo/Saurabh Das) New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) A court here on Friday refused to accept the closure report and directed the CBI to conduct further investigation into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against Congress…
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Passing a money bill affecting 400 percent increase in the legislators’ salary without the approval of the President was an “illegality” besides being a VVIP treatment that the AAP government…
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) An alliance with the Congress is possible in the next Lok Sabha polls if Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh is declared the prime ministerial candidate and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi…
Kabul, Dec 4 (IANS) Afghan Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour has died of injuries, a senior official said. Sultan Faizy, the spokesman for Afghanistan first Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum, tweeted: “Taliban leader…
Chennai: People move out from water logged areas after fresh rain lashes Chennai on Dec 2, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, Dec 4 (IANS) Life is limping back to normalcy in a few parts of Chennai…
Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) Investigators on Thursday hunted for motives why a heavily armed US-born county health worker and his Pakistan-born wife killed 14 people and injured 17 others during a holiday party in California….
Sonipat (Haryana), Dec 3 (IANS) With 16 institutes among the top 200 places for higher education, India is placed third on the latest list of Times Higher Education BRICS and Emerging Economies Rankings, after China…
Chennai: Relief personnel rescue people from water logged areas after fresh rain lashes Chennai on Dec 2, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, Dec 3 (IANS) Medicines, food and potable water were majorly in short supply as…
Pretoria, Dec 3 (IANS) A South African court on Thursday overturned Paralympian Oscar Pistorius’s culpable homicide conviction and essentially charged him with murder for killing his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. In a brief judgment by…
Chennai: People move out from water logged areas after fresh rain lashes Chennai on Dec 2, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, Dec 3 (IANS) Normal life has been severely impacted in the flood-hit Chennai, but residents…
Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) Defying pundits and pollsters, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has maintained his lead over party rivals even as Democrat Hillary Clinton has widened hers over key challenger Bernie Sanders. Retired neurosurgeon…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 3 (IANS) “Pained” at charges that he sought sexual favours in the Rs.6 crore solar panel scam, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Thursday said his “conscience is clear”. Biju Radhakrishnan, prime accused…
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The heaviest rains in Tamil Nadu in over a century and floods have claimed 269 lives, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, describing the situation as “alarming”. Chennai: People…
Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) President Barack Obama repeated a call for gun controls reforms as another deadly mass shooting in Southern California left as many as 14 people dead and another 14 injured. Hours after…
Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) White House heaped high praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he has a clear understanding of the India-US relationship and a clear vision for where he wants to take his…
London, Dec 3 (IANS) Royal Air Force Tornado jets on Thursday carried out their first air strikes against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria, hours after MPs voted in favour of British air strikes in…
New Delhi/Chennai, Dec 2 (IANS) All international and domestic flights to and from Chennai have been cancelled and the Chennai International Airport at Meenambakkam has been shut till 12 noon on December 6, the civil…