New Delhi, Aug 2 (PTI) The Union Cabinet today cleared a proposal to extend proxy voting to overseas Indians by amending electoral laws, a senior government functionary said. For overseas Indians, the Representation of the…
Mumbai, Aug 2 (IANS) Legendary actor Dilip Kumar was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here on Wednesday evening after he suffered dehydration, hospital sources said. “He was admitted with dehydration. He is stable,” Ravishankar, CEO…
Bengaluru/New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Income Tax Department officials on Wednesday raided Karnataka Power Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s residences and a private resort outside Bengaluru where 44 Gujarat Congress legislators are housed and said Rs 10…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Though the Reserve Bank of India’s decision to slash key lending rates was on expected lines, it could not lift the sentiments of the business fraternity as it felt a…
Washington, Aug 2 (IANS) The US on Wednesday successfully launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from a military base in California to a Pacific atoll, the US Air Force Global Strike Command said in…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Cisco Executive Chairman John Chambers says it was wrong to replace American workers by bring in software professionals from abroad, cautioning “we have to be careful not to misstep” when…
Washington, Aug 2 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has called the White House a “real dump”, and said that he prefers staying at his own properties rather than at the executive mansion, a media report…
Washington, Aug 2 (IANS) US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that Washington does not seek to topple the Kim Jong-un regime in Pyongyang and is willing to sit down for talks with the…
New York, Aug 2 (IANS) Apple has announced its financial results for the third quarter of the fiscal year 2017, with profit rising to $8.7 billion, nearly 12 per cent higher than in the same…
Washington, Aug 2 (IANS) The US Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Christopher A. Wray as the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Wray, with a 92-5 vote, replaces James Comey who…
Washington, Aug 2 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said he will not quit using social media, as he claimed to have relied on it to get unfiltered messages out to his supporters. “Only the Fake…
Hyderabad, Aug 1 (IANS) It was believed to be a murder attempt but turned out to be a self-inflicted injury. Police here on Tuesday solved the mystery behind the firing on former Andhra Pradesh minister…
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Arvind Panagariya, an academic on leave from Columbia University, on Tuesday resigned as the NITI Aayog Vice Chairman, a sudden development that set off speculation about his successor. Panagariya, appointed…
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would look into a petition seeking cancellation of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s membership of the state Legislative Council for allegedly concealing a…
Damascus, Aug 1 (IANS) At least 60 civilians were killed in US-led airstrikes in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Tuesday, the media reported. The US-led “aggression” on several villages and towns in Deir…
Denver (US), Aug 1 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the 2024 Games to Paris while Los Angeles will host the next edition in 2028. Los Angeles and Paris were originally competing to…
Guwahati, Aug 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced Rs 2,000 crore for northeastern states to deal with the damage caused by recent floods that killed 76 persons in Assam and affected millions….
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Aug 1 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said China cannot let a single piece of its territory split and won’t allow anyone to damage its sovereignty. Speaking at the…
New York, Aug 1 (IANS) Global temperature is likely to rise more than 2 degrees Celsius by 2100, two different studies have revealed. This rise in temperature is the ominous conclusion reached by the studies…
Washington, Aug 1 (IANS) US President Donald Trump was joking at an event last week when he told police officers to be “rough” with suspects, according to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. “I…