President Pranab Mukherjee. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will on Tuesday inaugurate the Counter-Terrorism Conference 2016 in Jaipur. The two-day event is being organised by India Foundation, led by…
Patna, Feb 1 (IANS) A large number of people, mostly from rural areas, turned up at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s ‘janata durbar’ here on Monday, officials said. After a long break, Nitish Kumar has…
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (File Photo: Xinhua/PID/IANS) Islamabad, Feb 1 (IANS) The possibility of Pakistan-India talks being held in the first week of February now seems to be mostly unrealistic, a leading daily said…
Pathankot: Soilders inside the Pathankot Air Force base that was attacked by militants; on Jan 5, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Lahore, Feb 1 (IANS) A Pakistani team investigating the terror attack on the Indian Air Force…
Kulgam: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed during a meeting with party workers in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on May 20, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Jammu, Feb 1 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra…
Sydney, Feb 1 (IANS) Nine schools in Australia’s (NSW) state were in lockdown on Monday for the second day following an anonymous bomb threat. The NSW department of education confirmed that the schools were taking…
East Godavari: Protestors belonging to Kapu caste set a train on fire and blocked rail and road traffic in East Godavari district, about 100 km from Visakhapatnam on Jan 31, 2016. The violence broke out…
Nay Pyi Taw, Feb 1 (IANS) The first session of Myanmar’s newly-elected parliament opened on Monday in capital Nay Pyi Taw, two days after the expiry of its previous term, media reports said. For the…
East Godavari: Protestors belonging to Kapu caste set a train on fire and blocked rail and road traffic in East Godavari district, about 100 km from Visakhapatnam on Jan 31, 2016. The violence broke out…
Visakhapatnam, Feb 1 (IANS) Kapu leader Mudragada Padmanabham on Monday said the Kapus’ agitation will continue till they are included in the list of backward classes and provided reservation. Padmanabham announced that he will go…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday accused the BJP of using Delhi Police as a “private army” — after a video showed policemen thrashing students protesting here two days…
East Godavari: Protestors belonging to Kapu caste set a train on fire and blocked rail and road traffic in East Godavari district, about 100 km from Visakhapatnam on Jan 31, 2016. The violence broke out…
Washington, Feb 1 (IANS) US presidential aspirants are making a final push before Monday’s first nominating contest in Iowa where Donald Trump leads the Republican side while Bernie Sanders poses a top challenge to Hillary…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) At least 50 percent of the country’s farmers should be included in the crop insurance scheme launched by the government over the next two…
Brussels/Istanbul, Jan 31 (IANS) NATO has called on Russia to act responsibly after Turkey summoned the Russian ambassador to protest what it claimed a violation of its airspace by a warplane. “A Russian combat aircraft…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the notion that start-ups are only related to IT has been broken by the Start-Up India programme. Delivering his “Mann Ki Baat”…
New York, Jan 31 (IANS) Common citizens and not politicians or celebrities were the ones who, using the micro-blogging site Twitter, shaped the national dialogue in the US following the fatal shooting of Michael Brown…
AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. (File Photo: IANS) Chennai, Jan 31 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has laid the foundation stone for a new 800 MW power project to…
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) Scientists are yet to solve a 30-year-old mystery of human foetuses’ remarkable ability to heal wounds without scars, and unlocking the secret through stem cell research would have a “huge impact”…
East Godavari: Protestors belonging to Kapu caste set a train on fire and blocked rail and road traffic in East Godavari district, about 100 km from Visakhapatnam on Jan 31, 2016. The violence broke out…