Islamabad, Feb 10 (IANS) Pakistan is notorious for increasing incidents of killings of journalists and is considered one of the most dangerous places for media persons in the world, said a Pakistani daily on Wednesday….
Manchester, Feb 10 (AP) Bernie Sanders has defeated Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire primary, and Donald Trump also scored his first victory in a triumph of two candidates who have seized on Americans’ anger…
Washington, Feb 10 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Tuesday laid out his final budget proposal, seeking $4.1 trillion of the spending plan for the fiscal year 2017. The budget proposal highlights Obama’s priorities for…
Islamabad, Feb 10 (IANS) Workers of the Pakistan’s state-owned airlines announced that they have called off strike against a government privatisation plan after they were invited for talks to listen to their demands. The nearly…
 U.S. President Barack Obama (Xinhua/Bao Dandan/IANS) Washington, Feb 10 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Tuesday rolled out a national action plan aimed at taking near-term actions and putting in place a long-term strategy to strengthen…
Guwahati: Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan addresses during programme organised to release the Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for north-east India in Guwahati on Feb 9, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Guwahati, Feb 9…
Kolkata: West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra and Vodafone India Chief Operating officer Naveen Chopra at the launch of Vodafone 4G services in Kolkata on Jan 25, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Kolkata, Feb 9 (IANS) West…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) National Institute for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog member Bibek Debroy on Tuesday called for coordinated efforts of the central and state governments to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). “States and…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address an All India Conference of School Principals here on February 12 organised by Vidya Bharti, an organisation…
 Union Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari  (Photo: IANS) Lucknow, Feb 9 (IANS) The future of the BJP was bright in Uttar Pradesh, union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday. In…
Lucknow, Feb 9 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh minister Kailash Yadav passed away on Tuesday at Medanta hospital in Gurgaon after suffering a massive cardiac arrest, the state government said. The minister of state for panchayati raj,…
French President Francois Hollande (Xinhua/Marc El Chombier) Paris, Feb 9 (IANS) France’s National Assembly, the lower house of the country’s parliament, has approved the government’s constitutional reform aimed at giving the green light to a…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) In a bid to tackle the issue of call drops, the telecom watchdog will hold a survey again in April in a couple of more cities, while also mulling over…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Lauding the telecom watchdog’s decision on discriminatory pricing, Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said internet is one of the finest creations of the human mind and it should…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Congress party on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Delhi’s Food and Supplies Minister Imran Hussain, alleging that his staffer had been caught on camera demanding bribe on his behalf….
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Narendra Modi government is now looking at the private sector to aide its Swachh Bharat Mission and provide financial assistance for building toilets for poor families, union Rural Development…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 9 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that the leftist ideology was obsolete and Kerala’s development was not possible with an ideology that…
Panaji, Feb 9 (IANS) The criticism of the decision of the BJP-led government in Goa to de-recognise the coconut palm as a tree was a result of a campaign by “vested interests”, state BJP president…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday termed as “fabricated” a video clip the Congress produced to allege that Delhi’s Food and Supplies Minister Imran Hussain is involved in demanding…
(Photo: IANS) By Arun Kumar Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) As half a million voters in snowy New Hampshire set out to pick up their presidential nominees Tuesday, polls suggested two outsiders, Republican Donald Trump and…