10 killed in Kabul explosion
Kabul, May 25 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and four others injured on Wednesday after a suicide bomber struck a bus carrying a local court employees in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul. “The attack occurred…
Kabul, May 25 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and four others injured on Wednesday after a suicide bomber struck a bus carrying a local court employees in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul. “The attack occurred…
Chennai, May 25 (IANS) AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa on Wednesday announced the party’s candidates for the June 11 Rajya Sabha polls. In a statement issued here, Jayalalithaa named R.Vaithialingam, A.Navaneethakrishnan,…
Kabul, May 25 (IANS) The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday named Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada as its new leader to replace former chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour who was killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan, an…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 25 (IANS) CPI-M leader and Kerala Chief Minister-designate Pinarayi Vijayan said on Wednesday the people have high hopes of the new government ahead of his swearing-in later in the day. “Yes, the people…
(Photo: IANS) Washington, May 25 (IANS) Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday night won the Washington state primary. According to projections by major US media, Trump won in the northwestern state of…
Kabul, May 25 (IANS) The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday announced a new leader to replace former chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour who was killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan. In an online statement, the…
Kabul, May 25 (IANS) Afghan Taliban has named Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada as its new leader following the death of former chief Mullah Mansour in a drone strike in Pakistan, BBC reported on Wednesday.
Washington, May 25 (IANS) Protesters lit fires, smashed a door and threw rocks outside a Donald Trump rally on Tuesday night in the state of New Mexico — the latest scuffle to follow the presumptive…
Caracas, May 25 (IANS) Venezuelan authorities on Tuesday reported irregularities in signatures handed over by the opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) in a petition to hold a referendum to oust President Nicolas Maduro. Of the…
Madurai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa addresses during an election rally in Madurai on April 15, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, May 25 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa urged the central…
Washington, May 25 (IANS) Donald Trump will move closer to clinching the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday with an expected win in the crucial Washington primary election, CNN reported. Trump became the party’s presumptive nominee…
UNITED STATES – JANUARY 16: Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. holds a news conference on the budget on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Washington, May 25…
Srinagar, May 25 (IANS) Separatist militants on Wednesday killed a civilian who was abducted late Tuesday night in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “Militants today (Wednesday) morning killed a civilian identified as Liyaqat Ali Chatwal…
Moscow, May 25 (IANS) The Russian Defence Ministry has denied reports that Islamic State militants destroyed four Russian helicopters at an air base in Syrias Homs province. All Russian combat helicopters currently stationed in the…
Moscow, May 25 (IANS) Since Moscow started its air operation in Syria on September 30 last year, the Russian Air Force has eliminated over a third of Islamic State fighters in the country, the…
Washington, May 25 (IANS) Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has declined an invitation to debate rival Bernie Sanders ahead of the California primary. The Clinton campaign said that it will not participate in a Fox…
Rome, May 25 (IANS/AKI) The chief imam of Cairo’s prestigious Al-Azhar mosque, Ahmad al-Tayyeb, has urged nations to join forces to end the scourge of terrorism and “rivers of blood”. “This is my appeal to…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday stuck to his earlier stance that the 2008 Batala House gunfight here was “fake” even as a video footage telecast on a TV…
Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) In a seemingly unprecedented move, all newly-elected Congress legislators in West Bengal have given a “written declaration” on stamp paper that they would not leave the party, a party leader said…
Bhubaneswar, May 24 (IANS) The Odisha legislative assembly secretariat on Tuesday announced elections will be held on June 11 to three Rajya Sabha seats from the state falling vacant from July 1. “Election is to…