New york, Feb 22 (IANS) Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of President Donald Trump’s Democratic rival Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, attended with her two-year-old daughter Charlotte an anti-Trump rally here to show solidarity…
Washington, Feb 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has denounced anti-Semitism after facing criticism for not coming out strongly enough against recent threats directed at US Jewish centres, the media reported. “The anti-Semitic threats targeting…
Chennai, Feb 22 (IANS) The DMK party under the leadership of Working President M. K. Stalin is on Wednesday holding a day long hunger strike against the events inside Tamil Nadu assembly on February 18….
Washington, Feb 22 (IANS) Mass deportation is not the goal of the Trump administration, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has said after new memos on Tuesday outlined a plan to detain and deport certain…
Hyderabad, Feb 22 (IANS) Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) convenor M. Kodandaram was here on Wednesday detained ahead of its rally of unemployed youth, police said. Kodandaram was arrested from his residence in Secunderabad and…
Sydney, Feb 22 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived here on Wednesday amid controversy over his policies towards Palestine. The four-day official visit to Australia is the first by a sitting Prime Minister of…
Beijing, Feb 22 (IANS) Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi urged China and the United States to strengthen pragmatic cooperation in a bid to push forward bilateral relations. Yang on Tuesday made the remarks during a…
Baghdad, Feb 22 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and 12 wounded on Tuesday in a car bomb explosion at a crowded street in Iraqi capital Baghdad, a police source said. The attack occurred…
Geneva, Feb 22 (IANS) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday that up to a quarter of a million people could flee western Mosul, as the Iraqi army carries out its…
Istanbul, Feb 22 (IANS) At least 44 members of the Islamic State terror organisation and a Turkish soldier were killed on Tuesday in clashes in northern Syria, according to a Turkish army statement. The statement,…
Gandhinagar, Feb 21 (IANS) The Vijay Rupani government’s maiden as well as the last budget before the December 2017 elections, presented by Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on Tuesday in the state assembly, promises freebies…
Washington, Feb 21 (IANS) US Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday officially laid out the Trump administration’s plans for enforcement of immigration laws. The department released guidance memos signed by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly…
Chandigarh, Feb 21 (IANS) Talks between the state government and Jat leaders hit a roadblock on Tuesday as the Haryana government made it clear that it has no jurisdiction to withdraw cases being investigated by…
Shillong, Feb 21 (IANS) Chairman of the outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Champion R. Sangma was released on bail from Shillong district jail on Wednesday. “The Court of District and Sessions Judge, Shillong granted…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the idea of mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) spend, though initially resisted, has taken off well and it will contribute to doubling…
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) West Bengal’s Cabinet Committee on Industry on Tuesday gave green signal to a joint venture between state-owned Greater Calcutta Gas Supply Corporation (GCGSC) and GAIL (India) to supply piped natural gas…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) India and Bangladesh have decided to implement the Coordinated Border Management Plan in “letter and spirit” to curb the menace of trans-border crime, including smuggling of arms, drugs, and fake…
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) The West Bengal government will recognise Kurukh and Rajbongshi/Kamtapuri languages, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Tuesday on the occasion of International Mother Language Day. “On the occasion of International Mother…
Mumbai, Feb 21 (IANS) Millions of voters exercised their franchise on Tuesday in Maharashtra to elect members of 10 major civic bodies, including India’s largest and richest civic body BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) where many…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Nobel laureate and renowned economist Amartya Sen said on Tuesday that if the government wants to set up world-class universities it should not try to “execute autocratic power on the…