Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) Texas Governor Greg Abbott said that recovery from the catastrophic hurricane Harvey will be “long and slow” since it was “one of the largest disasters America has ever faced”, the media…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Aug 29 (IANS) China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has asked India to draw lessons from the Doklam stand-off, which was diffused after both sides decided to retreat from a prolonged face-off…
By Gurmukh Singh Toronto, Aug 29 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined over 200,000 people here at the biggest Tamil diaspora festival that showcased Tamil culture, heritage and cuisine. Toronto’s Markham Road turned into…
By Amit Kapoor Self-proclaimed godmen and a coterie of sycophants to back them and validate their claims have always been ubiquitous in India. This phenomenon is not problematic in itself until the sycophancy is followed…
Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to roll back limits on the flow of surplus military gear, including high-caliber weapons and grenade launchers, to local police departments….
San Francisco, Aug 28 (IANS) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday announced that his wife Priscilla Chan has given birth to their second daughter and posted a photo of his family saying that he and…
Rohtak (Haryana), Aug 28 (IANS) Rapist Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh may have tried his teary antics in the court on Monday, pleading for mercy, but the court was in no such…
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Around 200 Indian students of the University of Houston marooned in flood waters in the wake of tropical storm Harvey that caused heavy rains and flooding in America’s fourth largest…
Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) The authorities across the US state of Texas continued on Monday to rescue people stranded by devastating, historic flooding left in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, even as forecasters warned of…
By Jaideep Sarin Rohtak (Haryana), Aug 28 (IANS) Eighteen years after he raped two of his female disciples, Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was on Monday sentenced to 20 years jail for…
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Ruling parties on Monday won the assembly bypolls with the BJP retaining both seats in Goa while AAP retained the Bawana seat in Delhi by defeating the BJP by a…
Nandyal, Aug 28 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh’s ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) won the Nandyal assembly seat with a huge majority, dealing a big blow to the YSR Congress party, which had bagged the seat in…
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday won the Bawana assembly bypoll here by a margin of over 24,000 votes, defeating former party legislator Ved Prakash who had defected to…
Chandigarh, Aug 28 (IANS) Authorities in Haryana on Monday issued shoot at sight orders in and around the District Jail near Rohtak ahead of rape convict Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s sentencing….
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Aug 28 (IANS) China on Monday said that India has withdrawn its troops from Doklam but Chinese troops will “remain in the region” and exercise their “sovereignty over the region”. The…
Mumbai, Aug 28 (IANS) Bollywood celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini and Anupam Kher called ace Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu a “winner” for making India proud at the World Badminton Championships in Glasgow. Sindhu won…
By Sanu George Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 28 (IANS) A former CBI officer who nailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh said on Monday that two senior officials a decade back handed him the case…
Panaji, Aug 28 (IANS) The BJP on Monday won both the Panaji and Valpoi assembly seats in Goa in the latest round of by-polls. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar won from here with a margin of…
Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his country needs a border wall because of Mexico’s crime rate. “With Mexico being one of the highest crime nations in the world,…
San Antonio, Aug 28 (IANS) Hurricane Harvey, now weakened to a tropical storm, left at least five people dead and dozens injured as it swept through Houston, Texas, the National Weather Service (NWS) said on…