Srinagar, Sep 9 (IANS) The authorities on Friday foiled a scheduled press conference here by senior hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani, officials said. Geelani had called a press conference at his uptown Hyderpora residence…
Hyderabad, Sep 9 (IANS) There was utter bedlam in the Andhra Pradesh assembly on Friday as opposition legislators jostled with marshals near the speaker’s podium and uprooted the mike. One of the television cameras near…
Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) NASA on Thursday launched its first mission to bring back samples from a potentially dangerous asteroid that could collide with Earth. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft…
Panaji, Sep 9 (IANS) The importance of coastal security became evident after the terror attacks in Mumbai in 2008, Home minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday. Singh was speaking on the sidelines of an Indian…
Bengaluru, Sep 9 (IANS) A daylong shutdown on Friday to protest release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu has disrupted normal life across Karnataka. With buses, taxis and autos staying off roads, movement of people…
Chandigarh, Sep 9 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal’s car was involved in a minor accident on Friday near Jalandhar on the second day of his Punjab tour, police said. The Toyota…
Seoul, Sep 9 (IANS) North Korea on Friday said it “successfully” conducted a nuclear test, its fifth and the “most powerful” test so far, Yonhap news agency reported. The North Korean Central TV Broadcasting Station…
Singapore, Sep 9 (IANS) Indian Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan arrived here on Friday on the first leg of his six-day, two-nation visit to lead the country’s road shows to attract foreign investors in exploiting its…
Seoul, Sep 9 (IANS) South Korea’s military said North Korea may have conducted the “most powerful” nuclear test so far on Friday after an artificial earthquake was detected at a site where its fourth nuclear…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Polling began on Friday morning in the two politically active varsities — University of Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) — for the post of President, Vice-President, Secretary and Joint…
Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has reiterated that she will not put US ground troops into Iraq and Syria in the military campaign against the Islamic State (IS) militant group. “I’ve…
Srinagar, Sep 9 (IANS) Authorities imposed curfew-like restrictions in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir Valley to prevent post Friday prayer protests as normal life remains affected for the 63rd consecutive day, officials said. According…
Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) Key Indian equity market indices opened in the red on Friday following weak Asian markets and European Central Bank keeping interest rates unchanged. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) was trading 17.62…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Polling began on Friday morning in the University of Delhi for the post of President, Vice-President, Secretary and Joint Secretary. The voting started at 8.30 a.m. across 117 booths set…
Damascus, Sep 9 (IANS) Syria’s Jaish al-Fateh rebel coalition has announced the death of its general commander in an airstrike in Aleppo city. Abu Omar Saraqeb, the group’s commander in Aleppo, was killed among other…
Brasilia, Sep 9 (IANS) Brazil’s Supreme Court has denied requests filed by impeached President Dilma Rousseff asking for the impeachment vote against her to be suspended and for President Michel Temer to remain in an…
Bengaluru, Sep 9 (IANS) Karnataka is protesting the state government’s release of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, based on a Supreme Court directive, with a shut down on Friday. The day-long protest is being…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan begins a six-day visit to Singapore and the UK on Friday to lead India’s road shows to attract foreign investors for its discovered small oil and…
Seoul, Sep 9 (IANS) A magnitude 5.0 earthquake was detected near North Korea’s nuclear site in its northeastern region on Friday, the South Korean military said, raising speculation that the North conducted a nuclear test….
Paris, Sep 9 (IANS) Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving key suspect of Paris attacks of last November, remained silent on Thursday during a questioning over France’s worst terror assaults, his defence lawyer Franck Breton said….