The good news is that parliament is once again engaged in its business of debate and discussion even if haltingly because of the occasional demonstrations in the well of the house and walkouts. Even then,…
Chennai, Dec 5 (IANS) An intermittent light drizzle since the morning on Saturday has added to the worries of Chennai residents who are battling the worst floods in a century amid the shortage of drinking…
Jammu/New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The busting of Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI’s module in India saw the nabbing of a school teacher from Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district while more arrests are likely to take place,…
Washington, Dec 5 (IANS) The FBI is investigating the California massacre as “an act of terrorism,” after a revelation that the Pakistani-American female shooter posted a pledge of allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi…
Hyderabad, Dec 4 (IANS) Amid mounting tension on Osmania University campus over proposed beef festival by some students’ groups and a counter pork festival and ‘Gau Maata’ puja by their rivals, Hyderabad police on Friday…
Chennai, Dec 4 (IANS) Heavy rains battered Chennai again on Friday evening just as life began to limp to normalcy amid persisting power cuts and food shortages here and three other Tamil Nadu districts where…
Kabul, Dec 4 (IANS) Conflicting reports have emerged over Afghanistan Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour’s death as the government attempts to establish that the leader is dead, but the hardliner group has denied the reports…
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…