Puducherry, Feb 16 (IANS) Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy’s protest outside Lt. Governor Kiran Bedi’s official residence entered the fourth day on Saturday. The 71-one-year old and his ministerial colleagues have been sleeping on the…
By Amulya Ganguli One of the most disturbing aspects of the February 14 terror attack in Pulwama was that the suicide bomber was a local, Adil Ahmad Dar, who lived in a village near the…
Yavatmal (Maharashtra), Feb 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday here said terror groups who perpetrated the Pulwama attack that left 49 CRPF troopers dead, cannot hide and “will be punished” as the security…
Islamabad, Feb 16 (IANS) Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman’s visit to Pakistan that was scheduled to start on Saturday, has been cut short by a day rescheduled for Sunday-Monday, the Pakistan Foreign Office has…
Patna, Feb 16 (IANS) Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday announced Rs 11 lakh each for the families of two Bihar troopers who were killed in the Pulwama attack on a Central Reserve Police Force…
Washington, Feb 16 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has defended his move to impose a national emergency in the country, saying that “we have an invasion of drugs, gangs, people, and it’s unacceptable”. He also…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) US National Security Advisor Ambassador John Bolton, in a telephonic conversation with his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval, has extended support for India’s bid to designate Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar…
Jammu, Feb 16 (IANS) Curfew imposed here in Jammu and Kashmir was not relaxed on Saturday two days after 49 CRPF troopers were blown up in a suicide attack on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Pulwama…
Abuja, Feb 16 (IANS) In the wake of a massacre that claimed 66 lives on the eve of the country’s presidential election on Saturday, the national polling body announced the poll have been postponed until…
London, Feb 16 (IANS) British Prime Minister Theresa May is to return to Brussels within days to meet European Union (EU) officials in a bid to rescue her Brexit deal. Andrea Leadsom, Leader of the…
Brussels, Feb 16 (IANS/AKI) Italy will spiral into a deep social and economic crisis like Venezuela’s if it leaves the single currency, European Parliament President Antonio Tajani has warned. “Whoever from the ruling majority imagines…
Los Angeles, Feb 16 (IANS) California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced plans to sue the Donald Trump administration over the President’s declaration of a national emergency to access funds for building a wall on the…
Rome, Feb 16 (IANS/AKI) The European Parliament elections in May will “change” the European Union, Italy’s Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has said. “When elected politicians use terms like puppets, slaves, clowns…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) India has rejected Pakistan Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua’s claims denying her country’s links to the Pulwama terror attack, saying that JeM, which claimed responsibility for the attack on Thursday, is…
Islamabad, Feb 16 (IANS) Pakistan Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua has met the envoys of P-5 nations and rejected India’s allegations of Islamabad’s involvement in the terror attack on a paramilitary convoy in Jammu and Kashmir….
Mumbai, Feb 16 (IANS) Noted actor Manoj Bajpayee has condemned Thursday’s terror attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Jammu and Kashmir, and said the Central government is capable enough to tackle…
Gangtok, Feb 16 (IANS) After achieving significant success in sensitising the school children regarding the danger of drug and alcohol abuse through its SAATHI (Sikkim Against Addiction Towards Healthy India) programme, the Sikkim government is…
Bengaluru, Feb 15 (IANS) Condemning the deadly terror attack on CRPF troopers in Kashmir, Karnataka BJP’s Rajya Sabha member Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday protested China’s backing to dreaded Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) head Masood Azar. “Though the…
Dehradun, Feb 15 (IANS) Police was put on alert in Dehradun after dozens of rightwing activists on Friday stormed several educational institutes here and sought “ouster” of Kashmiri students in the wake of the deadly…