Amritsar: Canadian politician and the Premier of Ontario Kathleen Wynne being felicitated at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, on Jan 31, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Amritsar, Jan 31 (IANS) Kathleen Wynne, the premier of Canada’s Ontario…
New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia addresses a press conference in New Delhi, on Dec 15, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including Delhi’s Deputy Chief…
By Bhaswati Mukherjee As a young Director in UN Division of India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in 1990, when the world was not networked as it is today, I have vivid recollections of following…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Khadi can provide employment to crores of people in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday in his first “Mann Ki…
India’s Permanent Representative Asoke Kumar Mukerji with United Nations General Assembly President Sam Kahamba Kutes in New York. United Nations, Jan 31 (IANS) When serious negotiations on Security Council reforms finally begin this week based…
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…
London, Jan 31 (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday announced that a new government law will require universities to publish statistical data on admissions by gender, class and ethnic backgrounds. The move comes…
New Delhi: Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan addresses a press conference in New Delhi, on Nov 23, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) Calling for a mass movement to ensure democratic and electoral reforms, Swaraj Abhiyan…
Hyderabad, Jan 31 (IANS) Campaigning came to an end on Sunday evening for February 2 elections to Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. Leaders of major political parties including central and state ministers criss-crossed the city on…
Gurgaon, Jan 31 (IANS) Brij Bedi, the husband of Kiran Bedi, India’s first woman IPS officer, died at a hospital here on Sunday after a brief illness, doctors said. Brij Bedi was admitted at Medanta…
Chandigarh, Jan 31 (IANS) The controversy over the exclusion of the Sikh Regiment from the Republic Day parade in Delhi refuses to settle down, with Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday describing the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Condemning the BJP’s “insensitivity” over the death of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula, the Congress on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was…
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…
US President Barack Obama. (File Photo: Xinhua/Bao Dandan/IANS) New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) He has less than a year left as the US president, but Barack Obama knows one job that he’d really want to…
(150702) — WASHINGTON, July 2, 2015 (Xinhua) — Photo was taken on July 2, 2015, shows a cordon line outside the White House in Washington, a capital of the United States. The Pentagon on Wednesday…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday came out in support of employees of the city’s main civic body who are on…
(Photo: IANS) Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) The final poll ahead of the first nominating contests in the US presidential race Monday gave Donald Trump a 5 point lead over Ted Cruz while Hillary Clinton and…
Berlin, Jan 31 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel said war refugees from Syria and Iraq usually only enjoy temporary protection in Germany and most of them must go home once the conflicts there come to…
Pune, Jan 30 (PTI) The Congress and other Opposition parties were politicising the suicide of Rohith Vemula for their own gains, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot today said and assured…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Over 150 eminent personalities on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, seeking arrest of Rajasthan BJP legislator Kanwarlal Meena, accused of leading an…