United Nations, Sep 7 (IANS) The UN Security Council on Tuesday condemned the recent ballistic missile launches conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). On Monday, DPRK fired three ballistic missiles into eastern…
Ankara, Sep 7 (IANS) Two Turkish soldiers were killed and five others were injured on Tuesday when their tanks came under Islamic State (IS) attack in Syria, the Turkish military said. The attack occurred south…
Warsaw, Sep 7 (IANS) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said here on Tuesday he would not meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Moscow on September 9 as had initially been planned, the Polish Press…
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. (File Photo: IANS) Washington, Sep 7 (IANS) As many as 88 retired US military generals and officials on Tuesday issued an open letter to bolster Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump,…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) “Very little” has been done to settle riot-affected people of Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts of Uttar Pradesh, who continue to live in inhuman conditions even after three years of the…
Bengaluru, Sep 6 (IANS) The Karnataka government on Tuesday agreed to release 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu daily for 10 days from Wednesday as directed by the Supreme Court. “Despite severe hardship…
Panaji, Sep 6 (IANS) The manner in which AAPs’ Delhi government tackled the case of its now former minister Sandeep Kumar, who has since been arrested for rape, only goes to show that the party…
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 6 (IANS) The crisis in Jammu and Kashmir is deep-rooted and the only way out is a political solution, said a MP who was part of the all-party delegation to the state led…
Chennai, Sep 6 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday effected a major reshuffle of administration, transferring over 20 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers. According to the orders issued by the government, in addition to…
Vientiane, Sep 6 (IANS) Barack Obama, who became the first sitting US President to visit Laos, arrived here on Monday to attend a series of Asian summit meetings this week. The landlocked country of 6.8…
Damascus, Sep 6 (IANS) A British monitoring group denounced a chemical attack perpetrated by the Syrian Army on Tuesday. According to EFE news, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said forces loyal to President Bashar…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) In view of sharp decline in prices of moong dal, the central government on Tuesday announced to procure the commodity at minimum support price and asked the states to also…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Ranjan Banerjee, eminent writer who has been staying at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here as writer-in-residence from September 1 to 7, called on President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday. Banerjee is a…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday urged social activist Anna Hazare to once again “rise” for the nation and speak to the people from the Jantar Mantar here on the “mess” created…
Colombo, Sep 6 (IANS) Health Minister J.P. Nadda will lead the yoga session at the 69th session of the WHO Regional Committee of the Southeast Asia region here on Wednesday, a statement said. Carrying forward…
Washington, Sep 6 (IANS) Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said if she wins on November 8, her husband, former President Bill Clinton, should not have to resign from the Clinton Foundation, an organisation…
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), Sep 6 (IANS) Veteran anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Tuesday said he was “very anguished and hurt” by the antics of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s cabinet ministers. He said while some of…
Dharamsala, Sep 6 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday left Dharamsala for an 18-day visit to Belgium, France and Poland. The visit includes public talks on ethics beyond religion, teachings and visit…
Deoria (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 6 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday began a 2,500-km ‘Kisan Yatra’, accusing the Narendra Modi government of ignoring the plight of farmers. Addressing a huge gathering at Rudrapur…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The central government has decided to take a hardline posture vis-a-vis separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir and may soon order scaling down of their official security as well as…