New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir has experienced 27 internet shutdowns since 2012, highest for any other Indian state, with nine such incidents reported in 2016, data by legal service organisation SFLC revealed….
Chennai, Feb 9 (IANS) Tamil Nadu’s caretaker Chief Minister O.Panneerselvam’s writing to the banks to not allow transactions without his authorisation may not have any practical impact on the AIADMK, said a senior party leader…
Chandigarh, Feb 9 (IANS) Voting in 48 polling stations in five districts in Punjab began on Thursday morning following re-polling announced by the Election Commission (EC). Voters started turning out to cast their votes in…
Srinagar, Feb 9 (IANS) Heavy deployment of security forces was made here on Thursday as Kashmir observed the fourth death anniversary of parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, a police official said. Markets, public transport, coaching…
Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) US First Lady Melania Trump has announced the appointment of Anna Cristina Niceta Lloyd as the White House Social Secretary, an official statement said. Niceta Lloyd, also known as Rickie, along…
Phnom Penh, Feb 9 (IANS) A guilty verdict against Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy was upheld on Thursday for accusing a senior official of seeking to boost Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook popularity by buying…
Lucknow, Feb 9 (IANS) Campaigning for the crucial first phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh for 73 seats will end on Thursday evening, an election official said. The seats are spread across 15 districts in…
Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) Intel CEO Brian Krzanich after a meeting with US President Donald Trump, announced that the tech giantt will invest $7 billion in a new factory employing up to 3,000 people, the…
Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) US Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch said that President Donald Trump’s tweets about the judiciary were “demoralising” and “disheartening”, the media reported. In a meeting with Connecticut Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal…
Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) The US Senate confirmed Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama as the new attorney general, the media reported on Thursday. Sessions — one of Trump’s closest advisers and his earliest supporter in…
Washongton, Feb 9 (IANS) The House Republican border adjustment proposal to tax imports is “insane,” media mogul Steve Forbes said on Wednesday. “The Republicans are proposing this crazy tax. They’re going to punish American consumers…
London, Feb 9 (IANS) The parliamentary bill empowering the British government to begin the formal process of leaving the European Union completed its passage on Wednesday night in the House of Commons. Prime Minister Theresa…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks on former PM Manmohan Singh, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday said Modi had no answers to opposition’s questions…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks on former PM Manmohan Singh, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the Modi demeaned his position and…
Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at the appeals court judges weighing his travel ban and told crowd of law enforcement officials that some of the deliberations he had…
Rome, Feb 9 (IANS/AKI) Italy is set to expel Libyan researcher Khadiga Shabbi after a court in Palermo sentenced her to a year and eight months in prison for inciting terrorism. The public prosecutor’s office…
Kolkata, Feb 9 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that the agitation in West Bengal’s Bhangar was based on “a false campaign” and denied that two villagers who died during the…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The Union Cabinet was on Wednesday apprised of the agreement between India and Vietnam on the usage of outer space for peaceful purposes, said an official. The meeting was chaired…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said over 700 Maoists surrendered after the November 8 demonetisation and that it was the biggest such decision taken anywhere in the world. He…
Vijayawada, Feb 8 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday decided to float Rs 1,000 crore bonds for development of state capital Amaravati. The Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) led by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu…