Islamabad, April 26 (IANS) Pakistani police have arrested six men allegedly paid to kill a prominent Sikh politician in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the media reported on Tuesday. According to police, the assassination of Minority Affairs…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Two specific files, including one from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose are missing, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said in the Lok…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The government on Tuesday asserted in the Lok Sabha that deployment of central forces at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Srinagar would not result in alienation of Kashmiri…
Islamabad, April 26 (IANS) Pakistan on Tuesday said it was making efforts to promote peace in Afghanistan and denied providing shelter to Taliban members as claimed by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. “Pakistan has made sincere…
Nay Pyi Taw, April 26 (IANS) The son of Mann Win Khaing Than, the Myanmarese parliament’s new speaker, has resigned as his father’s personal assistant and has been replaced by the deputy director in the…
Islamabad, April 26 (IANS) Pakistan was making serious efforts for peace in Afghanistan but the country was not solely responsible for bringing the Afghan Taliban on negotiation table for dialogue, foreign office said on Tuesday….
Srinagar, April 26 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) founder Amanullah Khan died on Tuesday in Pakistan following a chronic lung disease, his son-in-law Sajjad Lone said. Khan was 82. Lone told IANS: “He…
By Sanu George Paravur (Kerala), April 26 (IANS) The daughter of one of Kerala’s most respected former chief ministers has taken on veteran Congress legislator in assembly polls here in what is widely seen as…
Washington, April 26 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry hopes to visit Nepal by the end of 2016. He stated this to visiting Nepali Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa on Monday, Xinhua news agency…
Brasilia, April 26 (IANS) At least 62 percent of the Brazilian population wants both President Dilma Rousseff and Vice President Michel Temer to “leave the government”, a latest poll has showed. The Brazilian Institute of…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was on Tuesday again disrupted over the Uttarakhand issue. The Congress, supported by other parties including the Left, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party, demanded an immediate…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The opposition in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday condemned the rustication of three students from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) the action. Raising the issue, CPI-M member Tapan Kumar Sen…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met with some students of the NIT Srinagar and assured them that the party will raise their concerns over campus safety with the…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Nominated members including Subramanian Swamy and Mary Kom, took their oath to Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Kom, Swamy, journalist Swapan Dasgupta and former planning commission member Narendra Jadhav were among…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The condition of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Monday night with fever and chest congestion, was…
Kabul, April 26 (IANS) Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has asked Pakistan to take military action against the Taliban militant group. Ghani on Monday threatened diplomatic reprisals against Pakistan if it does not take an action…
By Amitava Mukherjee There is now a distinct possibility that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) may be engulfed by an internecine struggle as Mamata Banerjee, the party supremo, has been trying to distance herself from the…
Kathmandu, April 26 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry has expressed hope that he could visit Nepal by the end of 2016. During a meeting with visiting Nepali Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa on…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar will meet his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry here on Tuesday morning in the first formal talks between the two nations after the January 2 attack…
Brasilia, April 26 (IANS) The Brazilian senate has elected a special impeachment commission, which will analyse the case against President Dilma Rousseff starting from Tuesday, the commission said. The first mission of the commission will…