Islamabad, July 15 (IANS) Pakistan’s Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Thursday confirmed the death sentence of another 12 “hardcore terrorists”, who were involved in heinous offences, the military said. An army statement said the…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday announced two new Kendriya Vidyalayas will come up including in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli district, which comprises Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s…
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) City based TE-A-ME Teas on Thursday said it delivered a four years’ supply of green tea to US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, requesting him to drink the beverage to become…
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) Condemning the killings in the violence-hit Kashmir Valley, students and right activists on Thursday took out a protests march demanding demilitarisation in Kashmir. Shouting slogans and carrying placards denouncing the “state…
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) Amid repeated calls by his own party to quit the post, senior Congress leader Manas Bhunia on Thursday urged his party leadership to allow him function as the West Bengal assembly’s…
Damascus, July 14 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) group downed a Syrian war jet in the country’s Deir al-Zour province on Thursday, capturing and crucifying the pilot, a monitor group reported. The terror group shot…
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) The beleaguered Islamic Research Foundation announced a fresh venue – the fourth in a week – to conduct a media interaction with its founder chief, televangelist Zakir Naik on Friday morning,…
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) University of Calcutta’s interim Vice Chancellor Sugata Marjit on Thursday asked students to refrain from politics and called for a ban on student agitations including strikes and ‘gherao’ (confinement) of teachers….
Moscow, July 14 (IANS) The South China Sea dispute should be settled through consultations, Russia said on Thursday. “We believe that the involved parties must hold relevant consultations and negotiations in the format determined by…
Srinagar, July 14 (IANS) Normal life across the Kashmir Valley remained crippled for the sixth day on Thursday due to strict curfew and a separatist-called shutdown amid calm on the streets rocked by days of…
Bengaluru: Congress leader Sheila Dikshit addresses a press conference in Bengaluru on Dec 14, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday declared former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit as its…
By Sarwar Kashani Srinagar, July 14 (IANS) Muzaffar Hussain Beigh, a senior PDP leader and MP, on Thursday alleged that security forces did not give Hizbul commander Burhan Wani and his two aides a chance…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The government on Thursday reached out to the opposition Congress in a bid to pass the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill in the coming Monsoon Session of Parliament. Minister…
Moscow, July 14 (IANS) Russia hopes the new British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will open a new chapter in relations between Russia and Britain, an official said on Thursday. Foreign Affairs Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zajarova…
Nanded (Maharashtra), July 14 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday accused the Narendra Modi-lead central government of “disrespecting public mandate” and overthrowing duly elected governments in Congress-ruled states in its greed for power. Addressing…
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) With several of the militants involved in the deadly Dhaka terror strikes turning out to be educated youth who have been missing for months, the Bangladesh government has initiated a nationwide…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) New Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Thursday that the issue to uplift the welfare of minorities in the country should be taken up as a “duty”…
Beirut, July 14 (IANS) At least 13 people were killed on Thursday in bombings and shelling in the Syrian city of Aleppo and the town of Manbech, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights….
Panaji, July 14 (IANS) Goa RSS chief Subhash Velingkar on Thursday said that a pro-regional languages group he is part of is actively working on a political strategy to defeat the ruling BJP in poll-bound…
Ahmedabad, July 14 (IANS) Massive welcome celebrations await Patidar reservation spearhead Hardik Patel, who is expected to return on Friday after over nine months in jail, even as posters screaming, ‘Gabbar is Back’ have come…