New Delhi: Union MoS Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju at the Parliament on Day-1 of the budget session in New Delhi, on Feb 23, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The government on Wednesday…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The CPI-M on Wednesday dubbed the government move to allow 100 percent FDI in e-commerce retail “an outright surrender to the big foreign e-commerce retail firms” and demanded its scrapping….
Colombo, March 30 (IANS) Sri Lanka on Wednesday said there was no threat to the country’s security though a suicide jacket and explosives were found from a house in north where the Tamil Tigers once…
Patna, March 30 (IANS) The Bihar government on Wednesday announced reservation in jobs to the third gender and set up a welfare board for them. “The third gender will be provided reservation in government jobs…
Abu Dhabi, March 30 (IANS/WAM) The UAE will participate in the 16th Joint Gulf Expo to be held in Riyadh under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz…
By Kavita Bajeli-Datt New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Eight days after a horrific terror attack in Belgium left 34 people dead, an Indian working at the Brussels airport says the country is yet to recover…
Wellington, March 30 (IANS) The British Union Jack retained its place in New Zealand’s national flag on Wednesday as the official result of a referendum on changing the design was released. The official result from…
Beijing, March 30 (IANS) US presidential candidate and Republican front-runner Donald Trump is more popular in China than his rival and Democrat Party front-runner Hillary Clinton, according to a survey on Sunday. Trump, who has…
Alappuzha (Kerala), March 30 (IANS) The wife of a CRPF trooper from Kerala who drowned in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday hit out at CRPF officials, accusing them of showing disrespect to her husband’s body. “My husband…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday acquitted Irom Sharmila, who has been on a 15-year-long hunger strike to press for the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, from charges…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party legislator from Palam Bhavna Gaur on Wednesday said that extremism is taught in school textbooks and the Delhi government must work to stop it. “This is a…
By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal, March 30 (IANS) Despite an assurance by Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh that a chairman for the Manipur Human Rights Commission (MHRC) would be appointed soon, no such step has been…
By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal, March 30 (IANS) Despite an assurance by Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh that a chairman for the Manipur Human Rights Commission (MHRC) would be appointed soon, no such step has been…
Brussels, March 30 (IANS) An Indian man was among 15 foreigners killed in the terror attack in Brussels that also claimed the lives of 17 Belgians. All the victims of the March 22 terror attacks…
Colombo, March 30 (IANS) Security forces on Wednesday found a suicide jacket and explosives from a house in Sri Lanka’s north where the Tamil Tigers once held sway. The discovery was made at a house…
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, March 30 (IANS) The Congress party’s selection of candidates to contest the upcoming Kerala assembly polls on Wednesday ran into an unexpected hurdle as Chief Minister Oommen Chandy desired to withdraw from the…
Nay Pyi Taw, March 30 (IANS) Myanmar’s new President U Htin Kyaw pledged on Wednesday to implement four goals based on the policies of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San…
Colombo, March 30 (IANS) Sri Lanka on Wednesday recovered a suicide jacket and explosives from a house in Chavakachcheri in the north of the country. Chavakachcheri was a battle site when Sri Lanka fought Tamil…
Nay Pyi Taw, March 30 (IANS) U Htin Kyaw of the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, was sworn in on Wednesday as Myanmar’s new president….
Nay Pyi Taw, March 30 (IANS) The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged Myanmar to put an end to “abusive restrictions” on the ethnic Rohingya Muslim minority in the western Rakhine state. The statement…