Peshawar, March 7 (IANS) At least 17 people were killed on Monday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vest in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. A Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) factional group Jamatul Ahrar, in…
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) Srinagar, March 7 (IANS) PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said Monday…
Beijing, March 7 (IANS) A senior official of the Tibet region on Monday expressed his firm opposition to Dalai Lama’s expected visit to Taiwan. “We strongly oppose anyone who is in power (in Taiwan) to…
AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. (File Photo: IANS) Chennai, March 7 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene personally and secure the…
By Mohit Dubey Lucknow, March 7 (IANS) On Sunday, as the results of the legislative council elections through local bodies were being announced, there was a mad scamper by the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) to…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 (IANS) Congress leader A.K. Antony and M.P. Veerendra Kumar of the JD(U) will file their nominations for the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, United Democratic Front (UDF) convener P.P. Thankachen said on Monday….
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the central government of muzzling the voice of the poor, tribals and the underprivileged. Tribals from Bastar and other areas of Chhattisgarh…
By Amitava Mukherjee Ahead of the elections to the Assam assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has strengthened its position by striking an alliance with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP). Although the Assam Pradesh Congress…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday met top officials to discuss important security matters. The meeting, termed as “routine” by a home ministry official, assumes importance as it was…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday met top officials to discuss important security matters. The meeting, termed as “routine” by a home ministry official, assumes importance as it was…
Patna, March 7 (IANS) Controversial Bihar leader Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on Monday said there was nothing wrong in burning of the Indian flag in Jammu and Kashmir nor was sloganeering against India anti-national….
Imphal, March 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is promising a corruption-free government in Manipur if it is voted to power after the February 2017 state assembly elections. To keep up the winning streak…
Islamabad, March 7 (IANS) At least eight people, including two police personnel, were killed and 16 injured on Monday in a suicide bombing in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police said. The bomber blew himself up as…
Islamabad, March 7 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and 14 injured on Monday in a suicide attack in the premises of a court in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. The attacker was…
Pune, March 7 (IANS) About 200 members of women’s organisation Bhumata Ranragini Brigade (BRB) here on Monday left for Nashik city and resolved to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the Trimbakeshwar Shiva temple, officials said….
Wellington, March 7 (IANS) New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCull will visit Singapore this week with trade and security issues as the main agenda. McCully’s trip to meet Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan would be…
Washington, March 7 (IANS) Former US president Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) has said that he no longer needs cancer treatment after undergoing six months of radiotherapy and experimental drugs to combat four brain tumours. Carter, 91,…
UNITED STATES – JANUARY 16: Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. holds a news conference on the budget on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) By Arun Kumar…
Washington, March 7 (IANS) Senator Bernie Sanders scored a win over the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in the Maine Democratic caucus where 30 delegates are at stake. With 86 percent of the vote…
Baghdad, March 7 (IANS) At least 51 people were killed and 70 injured in a suicide truck bomb attack on a security checkpoint in Iraq’s central Babil province, a security source has said. “Casualties from…