Damascus, Nov 18 (IANS) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has ruled out collaborating with France and said his country is ready to share intelligence with it only if Paris changed its policy toward Syria. “We are…
Kolkata, Nov 18 (IANS) The Centre’s act of declassifying secret files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose may not help in unravelling the mystery surrounding his disappearance, noted journalist and author Kingshuk Nag has said. “Prime…
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the cabinet on Wednesday cleared a proposal worth Rs.2,000 crore for rehabilitating Kashmiri migrants. It also approved a proposal to provide relief to the…
Islamabad, Nov 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif wants cricket between Pakistan and India despite prevailing tensions between the two neighbours, a close aide of the prime minister has said. Sharif is an ardent fan…
Mumbai, Nov 18 (IANS) In a significant development, a Mumbai Sessions Court has allowed the prosecution to include Pakistani-American terror suspect David Coleman Headley as an accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, Special Public…
Washington, Nov 18 (IANS) Joining a growing list of Republican governors saying no to Syrian refugees after the deadly Paris terrorist attacks, Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan plans to introduce legislation this week to suspend…
Washington, Nov 18 (IANS) Saying “This is not my time,” Louisiana’s Indian-American Republican Governor Bobby Jindaal has abruptly dropped out of the 2016 US presidential race. Announcing his decision on Fox News Tuesday evening, Louisiana-born…
Colombo, Nov 18 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to abolish the executive presidency and transfer most of its power to parliament. President Maithripala Sirisena submitted a cabinet paper seeking to abolish…
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said his government has taken “significant steps to check corruption and the menace of black money in a short span of time”. Prime Minister…
Berlin, Nov 18 (IANS) No explosives were found in Hanover after the football match between Germany and the Netherlands was cancelled due to threat of attacks involving explosives on Tuesday evening, Interior Minister of German…
Berlin, Nov 18 (IANS) A football match between Germany and the Netherlands to be held in the German city of Hanover on Tuesday evening has been cancelled due to the threat of attacks, German media…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday said Subramanian Swamy has fallen prey to Bharatiya Janata Party’s “jumlas and false promises”. On Swamy questioning Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s nationality, party spokesperson Tom…
Mumbai, Nov 17 (IANS) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray on Tuesday publicly opposed the idea of using the mayor’s bungalow for housing a memorial to his uncle and Shiv Sena founder-patriarch late Bal Thackeray….
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Condemning the Paris attack by terror group Islamic State, Jamiat Ulema-I-Hind leader Maulana Mahmood Madani said on Tuesday that killing of innocents could never be regarded as an act of…
New Delhi: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar at the Parliament premises in New Delhi, on Dec 17, 2014. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Raking up a new controversy, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar…
Hyderabad, Nov 17 (IANS) Chittoor Mayor Katari Anuradha was brutally murdered and her husband Katari Mohan was critically injured in an attack on Tuesday by three men allegedly wearing burqas, police said. The three men…
Washington, Nov 17 (IANS) US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said the capability of action of the IS in the US “is not what it is in Europe” while warning of the challenges of dealing with the…
Itanagar, Nov 17 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh assembly Speaker Nabam Rebia has been booked on the charge of physically and mentally assaulting his live-in partner of four years. The complaint in the form of a first…
Moscow, Nov 17 (IANS) Russia’s security chief confirmed on Tuesday that a “terror act” downed the Russian A321 airliner in Egypt last month, killing all 224 people on board. “Traces of foreign explosives” were found…
Paris, Nov 17 (IANS) “The terrorists will never destroy the republic because the republic will destroy them,” French President Francois Hollande said in a speech addressed to the two chambers of parliament. “The acts committed on…