Srinagar, Jan 17 (IANS) Panic and fear gripped the Kashmir Valley on Sunday after rumours spread that some children had died after being given polio drops in Anantnag district. Jammu and Kashmir health department officials…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) India should allow the rupee to depreciate to help exports remain competitive, while the RBI should use its ample forex reserves to defend the currency only in a rout situation,…
Peshawar, Jan 17 (IANS) The birthplace of Bollywood legend Raj Kapoor has been partially demolished by its owner here in Pakistan, the Dawn newspaper reported on Sunday. Officials of the archaeology directorate said they made…
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 17 (IANS) Leaders of the BJP and newly formed Bharath Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS) of Vellapalli Natesan held talks in New Delhi on Sunday on their possible alliance in Kerala. State Bharatiya…
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav. (File Photo: IANS) Patna, Jan 17 (IANS) Lalu Prasad was on Sunday formally elected the Rashtriya Janata Dal national president for the ninth consecutive term. The re-election of the former…
Hyderabad, Jan 17 (PTI) YSRC Party MP P Mithun Reddy from Andhra Pradesh was arrested in the wee hours today along with another party leader for assaulting an Air India official late last year, police…
(AP Photo/Channi Anand) New Delhi, Jan 17 (PTI) More than 40 vulnerable unfenced stretches along the India-Pakistan border will be covered by laser walls soon with the Home Ministry giving it a top priority to…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (PTI) The World Bank usually tames wild economies and helps countries stabilise their fluctuating finances, but in a global first, the banker for the world has gone to a zoo that…
Panaji, Jan 17 (IANS) A post-mortem conducted late on Saturday, on the remains of a 30-year-old US national, who controversially died after choking on mud in a paddy field on January 12, has attributed the…
Damascus, Jan 17 (IANS) The Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group killed as many as 280 people when its militants stormed a town in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Saturday. “A horrific massacre” was…
Taipei, Jan 17 (IANS) Tsai Ing-wen, candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), won Taiwan’s leadership election on Saturday, according to the final result of ballot counting released by the island’s election commission. In a…
Washington, Jan 17 (AFP) The United States has implemented its side of the Iran nuclear deal, lifting a raft of sanctions imposed on Tehran to rein in its weapons program, Secretary of State John Kerry…
Washington, Jan 16 (AFP) Iran’s surprise release of four Americans put US Republicans critical of President Barack Obama’s engagement with Tehran on the back foot today. Republican White House hopefuls who have lambasted Obama for…
Jind, Jan 16 (PTI) Two personnel of Hyderabad Police were today allegedly beaten up by a group of traders at a market in Safidon here, who mistook the cops for kidnappers, local police said. The…
Montreal, Jan 16 (AFP) Days after her husband and manager died of cancer, Canadian singer Celine Dion has lost a brother also to cancer, a family spokesman said today. Daniel Dion was 59. He was…
Beijing, Jan 17 (IANS) Baidu, China’s top search engine, is facing punishment over forums containing pornography, libelous posts, and adverts for unlicensed hospitals. The State Internet Information Office summoned Baidu executives for a grilling on…
Visakhapatnam, Jan 16 (PTI) An outing in a lake turned tragic as a 65-year-old gold trader and his wife drowned when their boat capsized during a joy ride here, police said today. B V S…
New Delhi: People’s Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti at Agenda 15 organised by Aaj Tak in New Delhi, on Dec 12, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Srinagar/Jammu, Jan 16 (PTI) After a nine-day impasse, the first signs…
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Three days after he mowed down an India Air Force officer with his speeding vehicle, Sambia Sohrab was arrested by the city police late Saturday. Breaking police barricades, Sambia in his…