Patna, Jan 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday praised Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for organising a mega “Prakash Utsav” here, marking the 350th birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh. He also hailed…
Islamabad, Jan 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said the world needs to tell India “enough is enough” vis-a-vis its policy towards Jammu and Kashmir. Sharif was addressing an International Parliamentary Seminar on…
Kharagpur (West Bengal) Jan 5 (IANS) Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Thursday expressed confidence that big global software companies will start emerging from India in the next five to 10 years. “In five- to 10-year…
Washington, Jan 5 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump has quoted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to voice new doubt about the findings by US intelligence agencies that Russia has intervened in the 2016 presidential election. “Julian…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Mahendra Singh Dhoni has stepped down as skipper of India’s limited overs sides, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Wednesday. Dhoni, however, will be available…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur will be held between February 4 and March 8, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi announced on Wednesday. The results from…
Washington, Jan 4 (IANS) Democratic leader in the Senate Chuck Schumer has slammed President-elect Donald Trump for his twitter habit, claiming the US cannot afford “Twitter presidency” on the first day of the 115th session…
New York, Jan 4 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump has said that he will hold a press conference here on January 11, the first since winning the November 8 election. Trump made the announcement on…
Washington, Jan 4 (IANS) House Republicans on Tuesday shelved their plan to weaken the independent ethics entity — known as the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) — that investigates accusations of inappropriate conduct by congressmen…
Bishkek, Jan 3 (IANS/AKI) A Kyrgyz citizen named by Turkish state broadcaster TRT as the suspected gunman in the deadly New Year Eve attack on an Istanbul nightclub pleaded his innocence on Tuesday after he…
Visakhapatnam, Jan 3 (IANS) Popular Telugu actor and Jana Sena party chief Pawan Kalyan on Tuesday asked the Andhra Pradesh government to address the high prevalence of kidney-related diseases in Uddanam region of Srikakulam district…
Washington, Jan 3 (IANS) The team of US President-elect Donald Trump has said there was no evidence to suggest that Russian hacking had influenced the 2016 US election. “The way the mainstream media is playing…
Brasilia, Jan 3 (IANS) A 17-hour uprising at a prison in Brazil claimed the lives of at least 56 prisoners over the weekend, authorities said. Authorities initially reported 60 fatalities, but Amazonas state authorities reported…
Hong Kong, Jan 3 (IANS) Former Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen appeared in the court on Tuesday for the start of his trial on corruption charges. Tsang was seen emerging from a minivan…
By Sachi Satapathy US President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial tweet on the 193-member UN comes at a time when former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres has assumed office as its ninth Secretary General. Trump questioned the…
Jerusalem, Jan 3 (IANS) Israeli police have interrogated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over corruption allegations, a statement said. Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit said the interrogation ended at around 23.00 (local time) on Monday, Xinhua news…
Washington, Jan 3 (IANS) As Donald Trump prepares to take oath as US President on January 20, over half of Americans are sceptical about his ability to handle an international crisis, to use military force…
Ankara/Rome, Jan 2 (IANS/AKI) The Islamic State jihadist group has taken credit for the gun attack at a popular nightclub in Istanbul which killed 39 people on New Year’s Eve, mostly foreigners, and injured 70….
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Cracking the whip on a defiant BCCI for refusing to implement the R.M. Lodha Committee reforms, the Supreme Court on Monday sacked its President Anurag Thakur and Secretary Ajay Shirke….
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Cracking the whip on a defiant BCCI for not complying with its orders to implement the R.M. Lodha Committee reforms, the Supreme Court on Monday sacked its President Anurag Thakur…