New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday asked what did the writers now protesting against intolerance do during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The Bharatiya Janata Party leader also said…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) India’s pending application for entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) should come up for consideration at its plenary in June 2016. Indian diplomats have been in discussion with NSG…
Chegondi Venkata Harirama Jogaiah, ex-minister and senior politician from AP accused Andhra Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, saying the murder of Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga was masterminded by Chandrababu Naidu. Jogaiah’s autobiographical book named “My 60 Years…
Purniya, Nov 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday recalled the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, and said the Congress has no right to talk about tolerance. “Today on November 2, Sikhs were massacred… Sikhs were…
Beijing, Nov 1 (IANS) The sexual assault on men is now a crime after China effected an amendment to the criminal law. Indecent or sexual assault on others, men or women, now carries a minimum…
Kolkata, Nov 1 (IANS) A day after he was granted bail in the multi-crore rupee Saradha chit fund scam, West Bengal Transport and Sports Minister Madan Mitra on Sunday walked out of the state-run SSKM…
Kolkata, Nov 1 (IANS) A fatwa has been reportedly issued in Pakistan against Indian model Arshi Khan for posting on social networking site Twitter that she had a physical relationship with Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi….
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) India has moved up one position to become the world’s seventh most-valued “nation brand”, with an increase of 32 percent in its brand value to $2.1 billion – the highest…
Mumbai, Nov 1 (IANS) Veteran actress Shabana Azmi says the decision of several artistes and filmmakers to return their awards in protest against “a culture of intolerance” is a “symbolic gesture” of bigger things to…
Washington, Nov 1 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry has extended the “deepest condolences” to Russia over the crash of a Russian passenger plane in Egypt, which killed 224 people onboard. Kerry spoke to…
Gundu Sudha Rani MP, who hails from Warangal district, had met TRS President and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao in New Delhi during the latter’s official visit recently. Sudharani has joined the TRS…
Cairo, Nov 1 (IANS) The black box of the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt’s Sinai earlier on Saturday has been found and 129 bodies have been recovered, Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said at…
Cairo, Nov 1 (IANS) The Islamic State terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the crash of a Russian plane on Saturday in Egypt’s Sinai, which killed over 200 people on board, in a statement posted…
Cairo/Moscow, Oct 31 (IANS) A Russian airliner crashed in central Sinai in Egypt on Saturday with 224 people on board, all of whom are presumed dead, media reports said. Kolavia flight 7K9268, an Airbus A321,…
Hyderabad, Oct 31 (IANS) The Congress on Saturday named former MP Siricilla Rajaiah as its candidate for the by-election to Telangana’s Warangal Lok Sabha constituency, scheduled for November 21. Rajaiah was elected from the same…
YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and Hindupur MLA Bala Krishna met at YSRCP leader Bhumana Karunakar Reddy son’s wedding held at JRC Convention Center in Hyderabad on Thursday. On seeing Bala Krishna, YS Jagan…
Washington, Oct 31 (IANS) Leading Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has asked Disney to hire back everyone of those workers they replaced with cheaper foreign IT workers on H-1 B visas largely from India. “If…
United Nations, Oct 31 (IANS) Taking aim at double standards on human rights, India has criticised its selective invocation as a political tool to go after certain countries. Human rights must “not be used as…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said that history had not done justice to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and if he had been the first prime minister, the country’s…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) At a time when writers, filmmakers and historians have revolted against a rising culture of intolerance towards freedom of speech, Indian cinematic icon Amitabh Bachchan, a widely followed celebrity on…