Vatican City, Nov 21 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis on Monday granted all Catholic priests the permanent power to forgive abortion, which he called “a grave sin”. In his ‘apostolic letter’ Francis handed priests the power previously…
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The incoming Trump administration in the United States “will have different priorities”, there may be a “degree of decoupling” with Europe and fluidity at the great-power level may translate into…
Tirupati, Nov 21 (IANS) Telugu Desam Party MP N. Sivaprasad staged a novel protest in this temple town on Monday over the difficulties faced by people due to demonetisation of high value currency notes. The…
Visakhapatnam, Nov 21 (IANS) India rode on a superb bowling performance to beat England by 246 runs in the second cricket Test at the ACA-VDCA Stadium here on Monday, to lead the five-match series 1-0….
Kanpur, Nov 21 (IANS) The death toll in one of the worst rail accidents in the country that took place on Sunday when the Indore-Patna Express rolled off the tracks near Kanpur, rose to 142…
Mumbai, Nov 20 (IANS) Superstar Rajinikanth believes his upcoming Tamil science-fiction actioner “2.o” is not a prestigious film just for its makers but for the entire Indian cinema. “I enjoyed working on this film. This…
Kanpur, Nov 20 (IANS) In one of the worst rail disasters in the country, 104 persons were killed and some 150 injured when 14 coaches of the Indore-Patna Express derailed near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh…
Fuzhou (China), Nov 20 (IANS) Olympic silver medallist P.V. Sindhu battled past Chinese Sun Yu to win her first BWF Superseries Premier title at the China Open badminton tournament here on Sunday. The Indian seventh…
Vijayawada, Nov 20 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday expressed his unhappiness over the difficulties people continue to face even 12 days after demonetisation of high value currency notes. He said…
New York, Nov 20 (IANS) President-elect Donald Trump met his most prominent Republican critic Mitt Romney on Saturday in a highly anticipated get-together, a media report said. The meeting between the two was concluded at…
Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) A research published this week showed that the Democratic party has lost nearly 1,000 seats in state legislatures across the country over the past eight years under President Barack Obama. After…
Kolkata, Nov 19 (IANS) Continuing her confrontation with the Centre over demonetisation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday threatened a protest movement from Monday if the decision was not withdrawn within the three-day…
Fuzhou (China), Nov 19 (IANS) Olympic silver medallist P.V. Sindhu edged past Sung ji Hyun of South Korea to advance to the final of the China Superseries Premier badminton tournament here on Saturday. The Indian…
By Amulya Ganguli There is an element of spasmodic jerkiness about some of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies. In foreign affairs, this unevenness was seen in his interactions with Pakistan, which swung from warm friendliness…
New York, Nov 19 (IANS) A park in New York’s Brooklyn borough was defaced with ‘swastika’ signs and the words “Go Trump”, police said. The children’s playground inside the Brooklyn Heights park was marred with…
New York, Nov 19 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump has agreed to pay $25 million to settle several lawsuits against now-defunct Trump University, New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said. “I am pleased that…
Kolkata, Nov 18 (IANS) The daily sales of hawkers has come down by 70-80 per cent after demonetisation of high-value currency notes, their union said on Friday. “There are about 4 to 4.5 crore hawkers…
New York, Nov 18 (IANS) The demonetisation of high value Indian currency that has caused chaos “was poorly thought out and executed”, the New York Times said on Friday. Saying the decision to scrap the…
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday demanded an apology from the Bharatiya Janata Party for deaths of people standing in queues outside banks and ATMs after the November…
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay, for now, the petitions against demonetisation pending before different High Courts and subordinate courts. “It indicates the magnitude of the problem is…