Hyderabad, Feb 26 (IANS) Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday asked US President and people to come out openly and condemn the killing of Indian techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla, saying such racist…
Shillong, Feb 26 (IANS) Meghalaya’s Special Force-10 (SF-10) commandos have shot dead a militant leader, wanted in killings of two Meghalaya jail officials and seven Assam tribesmen, a police official said on Sunday. Singbirth N….
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday heaped praise on Indian scientists for launching 104 satellites into space in one go and for carrying out test of Ballistic Interceptor Missile. In…
Vijayawada, Feb 26 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s son N. Lokesh appears set to be inducted in the state cabinet as the TDP politburo Sunday recommended his nomination to the state legislative…
London/New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said there is an “alliance of subversion” on certain Indian campuses and that the ultra-Left and separatists are speaking the same language. They must…
Kasaragod (Kerala), Feb 26 (IANS) Hafeesudin, one of the 21 Keralites reported to have joined the Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan, has been killed in a drone attack, his relative said on Sunday. Rehman told…
Kabul, Feb 26 (IANS) Forty-two Afghan civilians abducted by Islamic State (IS) militants in Nangarhar province have been released after mediation by local authorities and tribal elders, an official said on Sunday. The hostages, all…
Lucknow, Feb 26 (IANS) Over 1.84 crore voters will on Monday exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 617 candidates in 51 constituencies during the fifth phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. As…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 26 (IANS) The family members of the Malayalam actress who was kidnapped are under tremendous pressure from some quarters, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from Kerala said on Sunday. Talking to…
By Anurag Dey New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The violent clashes between the right-wing ABVP and the Left-leaning student groups at Delhi University’s Ramjas College are just a reminder of campuses turning into political battlegrounds,…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Every citizen is making efforts towards a clean India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. “The government, society, institutions, organisations, citizens and in fact everyone is making some or…
Paris, Feb 26 (IANS) Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has hit back at US President Donald Trump’s remarks about the French capital’s loss of appeal due to terror attacks, a media report said on Sunday. On…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday heaped praises on the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and said the country is proud of the space agency’s achievements. “India has created history…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) There is a need to give more importance to women with increased awareness and sensitivity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. In his radio address Mann Ki Baat, Modi…
Islamabad, Feb 26 (IANS) Pakistan and Afghanistan are negotiating a mechanism to address concerns over terrorism, a media report said on Sunday. Sartaz Aziz, Adviser on Foreign Affairs to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, disclosed this…
Islamabad, Feb 26 (IANS) The Pakistan Army on Sunday called upon the general public to report “suspicious” militant activity “regarding terrorists” on helplines which were set up in December 2014 following the Army Public School…
By Brajendra Nath Singh New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Who will be India’s next President? Initial discussions in the BJP have catapulted veteran party leader Murli Manohar Joshi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj as…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Actress Taapsee Pannu says watching her 2016 film “Pink” with President Pranab Mukherjee here was an experience that she will never forget, and it was “very rewarding”. Taapsee and her…
Washington, Feb 26 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has announced that he will not attend this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, a move that comes amid increasingly hostile relations between the media and his administration,…
Rohit Srivastava New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Indian Army has a major challenge in Jammu and Kashmir this year — to bring down its casualties which saw a steep rise last year compared to…