By Anurag Dey Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Simply defined, ‘syndicate’ means a group of individuals combining to promote a common interest; but in West Bengal, ‘syndicate’ not only dominates the economic aspect but is becoming…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Around 150 youths from various parts of the country on Saturday began a protest march “ChaloNIT” from Delhi Srinagar to support the non-Kashmiri students in the valley and hand them…
Manila, April 9 (IANS) A former Italian priest-turned-businessman, held hostage for six months by the Abu Sayyaf militant group on the southern Philippine island of Sulu, has been released. Rolando Del Torchio, 53, was kidnapped…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said the central government was misleading the youth and they played no role in the country’s freedom struggle. Speaking in a seminar…
Guwahati, April 9 (IANS) As Assam readies for the second phase of polls on Monday, covering 61 constituencies, political parties in the state have been busy in last ditch efforts to woo the electorate in…
Lucknow, April 9 (IANS) Five days after the killing of NIA officer Tanzil Ahmad, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused Uttar Pradesh Police of talking in “too many voices” on the incident and not…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) The poll outcome in as many as 70 “high impact” assembly segments out of 294 constituencies in West Bengal will likely be influenced by social media users, a report said on…
New York, April 9 (IANS) Social media giant Facebook and mobile message service WhatsApp are increasingly being used to sell weapons like AK-47s and truck-mounted machine guns in war-ravaged Libya, a media report said on…
IOWA, Feb. 1, 2016 (Xinhua) — Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz speaks at a campaign rally in Des Moines, Iowa, the United States, on Jan. 31, 2016. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)(zhf/IANS) Washington, April 9 (IANS) US presidential…
New York: Former US president Bill Clinton addresses after accepting the Maestro Cares Award 2016 in New York, US on Feb 16, 2016. (Photo: Mohammed Jaffer/IANS) Washington, April 9 (IANS) Former US president Bill Clinton…
Nay Pyi Taw, April 9 (IANS) Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi underwent eye operation here on Saturday, said U Win Htein, member of the central executive committee of the National League for Democracy….
Brussels, April 9 (IANS) Investigators have arrested Paris attacks suspect Mohamed Abrini in a police operation in the Anderlecht district of Brussels. Abrini has been linked to the terror attacks in Paris on November 13…
By Amulya Ganguli It hasn’t taken long for the ill-effects of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) aggressive espousal of the nationalist cause to be felt outside its areas of influence. India is too vast and…
Srinagar, April 9 (IANS) Talks between the government and the non-local students of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) here have failed to end the deadlock as the boys and girls stuck to their demands,…
Washington, April 9 (IANS) With Senator Bernie Sanders turning up the heat on her in the Democratic Party nomination race, Hillary Clinton, the front-runner, will have to step up her game to meet Sanders’ challenge,…
Washington, April 9 (IANS) Despite the verbal jabs between US Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and feisty challenger Bernie Sanders, Democrats, in general, are more upbeat about both of their candidates than Republicans, according to a…
Rio de Janeiro, April 9 (IANS) Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff inaugurated an Olympic aquatics stadium here, insisting her country would not have any difficulties hosting the event. “Today, Brazil is facing a climate of bad…
Geneva, April 9 (IANS/WAM) The vast majority of victims of violent extremism worldwide are Muslims and the objective of extremists “is for us to turn on each other [and] our unity is the ultimate rebuke…
Copenhagen, April 9 (IANS) The Danish government said on Friday it hopes to revise the country’s anti-terrorism laws to toughen punishment on those joining terrorist groups and stop its citizens from travelling to areas abroad…
Damascus, April 9 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) claimed on Friday to have released 300 workers abducted from a cement factory after earlier TV reports said 175 workers had been executed. In a statement carried…