New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Storyteller to generations of Indians, Amar Chitra Katha will now publish and distribute a special edition of a comic book focusing on Swachh Bharat Mission. The Ministry of Urban Development…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on Wednesday said e-rickshaws and e-carts don’t need permits to ply on the roads. The ministry said in a gazette notification that the…
Ankara, Aug 31 (IANS) A Turkish judge has escaped to Greece on a migrant boat and sought political asylum, state-run Anadolu Agency reported. The 50-year-old judge on Tuesday embarked on a boat carrying six Syrian…
Nay Pyi Taw, Aug 31 (IANS) The Panglong Peace Conference, aimed at the unity of all ethnic nationalities and building a democratic federal union through dialogue, kicked off here on Wednesday. The four-day conference is…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Thanks to the government’s efforts, the prices of major pulses have come down, Union Minister for Urban Development M. Venkaiah Naidu said on Wednesday. “Thanks to the initiatives of the…
Seoul, Aug 31 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered the execution of Vice Premier Kim Yong-jin for being an “anti-revolutionary element”, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said on Wednesday. The 63-year-old politician was allegedly executed…
By Sheikh Qayoom The trail of death and destruction left behind by nearly four weeks of unrest in the Kashmir Valley has dealt a serious blow to the political base of the ruling Peoples Democratic…
Chandigarh, Aug 31 (IANS) The one-man Justice S.N. Dhingra Commission of Inquiry set up by the Haryana government to probe controversial land deals in Gurgaon, including those of Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra,…
Chandigarh, Aug 31 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, along with his ministerial colleagues and party legislators from the state, pedalled to the Haryana assembly on the last day of the monsoon session on…
Chennai, Aug 31 (IANS) People in Tamil Nadu woke up to full-page advertisements in newspapers about the achievements of Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK government during its first 100 days of rule. Writing off the outstanding…
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) Ahead of the US-India-Afghanistan trilateral talks scheduled at the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in September, Washington said it wanted New Delhi to continue its constructive role in Afghanistan….
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) China’s dissidents have urged US President Barack Obama to confront his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping over the latter’s worst human rights crisis since the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, during his visit to…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to holy places here has been postponed due to heavy rains, according to officials. Kerry was scheduled to visit Sisganj Gurudwara, Jama Masjid…
Panaji, Aug 31 (IANS) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Wednesday removed its Goa chief, Subhash Welingkar, for working against the Bharatiya Janata Party state government. “Subhash Welingkar has been removed from his post with…
Srinagar, Aug 31 (IANS) Authorities on Wednesday lifted curfew from Kashmir Valley, first time since the present unrest began, while clashes erupted at some places between stone pelters and security forces. “Curfew has been lifted…
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) With New Delhi signing a historic defence logistics agreement with Washington, the US has described India’s presence in the Asia-Pacific region as “important” in the backdrop of China’s disputes in the…
Mexican city, Aug 31 (IANS) Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will travel to Mexico city on Wednesday and meet President Enrique Pena Nieto, just hours before his speech in Arizona to clarify views on immigration…
Damascus, Aug 31 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) militant group’s chief spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani has been killed in the Syrian province of Aleppo, IS-affiliated media said. Adnani was one of the longest-serving and most…
Mogadishu, Aug 31 (IANS) A truck bomb exploded outside a hotel in Somali capital Mogadishu, killing 22 people in a heavily secured area close to the presidential palace. A security conference was under way at…
(160802) — PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2, 2016 (Xinhua) — U.S. Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton gestures to spectators on the last day of the 2016 U.S. Democratic National Convention at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the…