New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) An estimated 47 lakh serving central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners, including defence personnel, on Thursday had reason to cheer with the 7th Pay Commission recommending a 16-percent salary…
Paris, Nov 19 (IANS) Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected ringleader of the bloody Paris terror attacks, was killed in a police raid a day earlier, the prosecutor’s office said on Thursday. Papillary prints — which include…
Hyderabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Maoists in Telangana’s Khammam district have abducted six leaders of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). The local leaders were kidnapped by the cadre of the Communist Party of India-Maoist in…
Hyderabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Campaigning came to an end on Thursday for the November 21 by-election for the Warangal Lok Sabha seat from Telangana. The Election Commission has asked all politicians, who don’t have voting…
Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) A Chola era bronze sculpture of Shiva and Parvati stolen from Tamil Nadu and smuggled into the US at the behest of New York’s infamous Indian art dealer Subhash Kapoor is…
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls. (File Photo: Xinhua/Chen Xiaowei/IANS) Paris, Nov 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Thursday warned that France could face chemical or biological attack from terrorist groups. Valls made the announcement…
SAINT-DENIS, Nov. 18, 2015 (Xinhua) — French policemen block roads near the area of an anti-terrorist police assault in northern Paris suburbs Saint-Denis, France, on Nov. 18, 2015. An anti-terrorist police assault was underway in…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday dared the government to jail him if he had done any wrong, saying the RSS and BJP had been throwing muck at his…
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Under attack for delaying the tabling of the Jan Lokpal bill in the Delhi legislative assembly, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday cleared the anti-graft legislation — an issue…
Cairo, Nov 19 (IANS) The Islamic State terrorist group on Wednesday released a photo of an improvised bomb that was allegedly used to down a Russian airliner last month. The photo, which was released in…
Deputy chief minister K E Krishnamurthy said that the bauxite GO 97 was put on hold as it was issued without knowledge of the Minister concerned. He said that the order was issued by the…
According to the rumors on Twitter, the story of Kumari 21 is, Hebah Patel, a happy-go-lucky girl falls in love with Raj Tharun, who always wanted to be the first and only love of his girl,…
Mumbai, Nov 18 (IANS) Actor Prabhas is on cloud nine with the stupendous success of S.S. Rajamouli’s “Baahubali” and now words of appreciation by filmmaker Karan Johar has amplified his jubilation. The actor is overwhelmed…
Paris, Nov 18 (IANS) A woman suicide bomber blew herself up and another terrorist was fatally shot by a sniper as police raided an apartment in a suburb here to catch the mastermind of the…
Kochi, Nov 18 (IANS) Superstar Salman Khan’s blockbuster “Bajrangi Bhaijaan”, which raked in over Rs.300 crore at the Indian box office, has been watched by a mere two percent of approximately 130 crores Indian population…
Kolkata, Nov 18 (IANS) The Centre’s act of declassifying secret files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose may not help in unravelling the mystery surrounding his disappearance, noted journalist and author Kingshuk Nag has said. “Prime…
Islamabad, Nov 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif wants cricket between Pakistan and India despite prevailing tensions between the two neighbours, a close aide of the prime minister has said. Sharif is an ardent fan…
Mumbai, Nov 18 (IANS) In a significant development, a Mumbai Sessions Court has allowed the prosecution to include Pakistani-American terror suspect David Coleman Headley as an accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, Special Public…
Washington, Nov 18 (IANS) Joining a growing list of Republican governors saying no to Syrian refugees after the deadly Paris terrorist attacks, Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan plans to introduce legislation this week to suspend…
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said his government has taken “significant steps to check corruption and the menace of black money in a short span of time”. Prime Minister…