New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The heaviest rains in Tamil Nadu in over a century and floods have claimed 269 lives, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, describing the situation as “alarming”. Chennai: People…
Chennai: Rains lash Chennai on Dec 1, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, Dec 2 (IANS) Steady and continuous rains throughout the night kept people in Tamil Nadu’s capital Chennai awake due to concerns over the rising…
Washington, Dec 1 (IANS) The Texas state in the US will sue agencies that fail to follow an order issued by Governor Greg Abbott to not accept more Syrian refugees, the media reported on Tuesday….
Paris : Prime Minister Narendra Modi being received by the France President Francois Hollande on his arrival for the UNFCCC Climate Conference, in Paris, France on Nov 30, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Paris, Nov 30 (IANS)…
Paris, Nov 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif as world leaders converged here for the inauguration of the Conference of Parties (CoP) 21 climate summit. “PM @narendramodi…
Washington, Nov 29 (IANS) The US National Security Agency (NSA) on Sunday ended its mass phone surveillance programme and replaced it with a focused and targeted domestic surveillance programme. Under the new programme, the NSA…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lavished praise on Jawaharlal Nehru and hailed all previous governments as he struck a conciliatory note after…
In a new development in the cash-for-vote case, the state forensic science lab confirmed on Thursday that the voices of the three accused recorded by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) matched with samples collected from…
Bengaluru, Nov 26 (IANS) Girls of a convent college here embarrassed Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday by endorsing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet initiatives Clean India (Swacchha Bharat) and Make in India. When Gandhi…
Washington, Nov 25 (IANS) President Barack Obama’s home town of Chicago broke into protests as police released a chilling dash-cam video showing a white police officer shooting a 17-year-old black teenager 16 times last year….
New Delhi: Aamir Khan addresses at the Ramnath Goenka Excellence awards ceremony in New Delhi on Nov 23,2015.(Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) New Delhi/Mumbai/Panaji, Nov 24 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan on Tuesday found himself in the…
New Delhi, Nov 23 (PTI) Indian Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan on Monday joined the chorus of intelligentsia against growing intolerance, saying he has been “alarmed” by a number of incidences and his wife Kiran Rao…
Chennai, Nov 23 (IANS) Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Monday told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Tamil Nadu will need Rs.8,481 crore towards flood relief and an immediate release of Rs.2,000 crore. According to her,…
Mumbai: Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali during the trailer launch of film Bajirao Mastani in Mumbai, on November 20, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Nov 22 (IANS) Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali says people thought he’ll never be…
Dhaka, Nov 22 (IANS) Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid were hanged on Sunday for the crimes against humanity they committed in 1971 to thwart…
Washington, Nov 21 (IANS) Anita Ashok Datar, an Indian-American woman who lived in the Washington DC area, was one of the victims killed in Friday’s terror attack at a hotel in Mali, according to a…
Bamako (Mali), Nov 20 (IANS) At least three people were killed on Friday as gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako and took hostage some 170 people including 20 Indians. All the Indians…
Bamako (Mali), Nov 20 (IANS) At least three people were killed on Friday as gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako and took hostage some 170 people including 20 Indians, media reports said….
Patna: Nitish Kumar takes oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar in Patna, on Nov 20, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Patna, Nov 20 (IANS) Cheered by one lakh supporters and watched by leaders of a dozen…
Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) US House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would block Syrian and Iraqi refugees from entering the US unless they pass strict background checks. (151029) — WASHINGTON D.C.,…