+New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Vacuum cleaning and greening of roads began in the national capital on Thursday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal informed. “Congrats Delhi. Vacuum cleaning and greening of Public Works Department (PWD) roads…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Suspended Gurdaspur Superintendent of Police Salwinder Singh and his cook were on Thursday brought to the NIA headquarters for questioning even as the joint investigation team from Pakistan is here…
Nay Pyi Taw, March 31 (IANS) Myanmar’s new government has appointed 29 regional ministers for ethnic affairs for 13 regions and states, an order of the President’s Office issued on Thursday said. The regional ministries…
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 31 (IANS) As leaders from 50 nations began arriving for the Nuclear Security Summit here, the US said “India has a very important role to play with respect to responsible…
Hanoi, March 31 (IANS) Vietnam’s National Assembly (NA) on Thursday elected Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan as the country’s first female house speaker. Ngan has been elected and sworn in as the NA Chairperson with 472…
Washington, March 31 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington for the fourth Nuclear Security Summit (NSS), the media reported on Thursday. Xi, who arrived here on Wednesday, is scheduled to address the opening…
Washington, March 31 (IANS/EFE) The fear that nuclear materials may fall into the hands of Islamic State or other terrorist groups will be a major issue at this week’s Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, involving…
Baghdad, March 31 (IANS) A total of 34 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in air strikes and bomb attacks in Iraq’s western province of Anbar on Wednesday, a provincial security source said. In one…
Jerusalem, March 31 (IANS) Israel’s attorney general confirmed on Wednesday that a probe is underway against opposition leader Isaac Herzog for alleged corruption charges. The police probe against Herzog, head of the centre-left Zionist Union…
Abuja, March 31 (IANS) The Nigerian government on Wednesday denied an online media report credited to a top office that Boko Haram insurgents still controlled two local government areas in the restive northeast region. Minister…
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), March 30 (IANS) Seven CRPF troopers were killed on Wednesday when Maoists used hidden explosives to destroy their truck in a remote part of Chhattisgarh, police said. The impact of the improvised explosive…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee releases party’s manifesto for upcoming state legislative assembly polls in Kolkata, on March 11, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Taldangra (West Bengal), March 30 (IANS) Raising…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) An agreement to market the compost produced in Delhi was on Wednesday inked between the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFS) and National Fertilisers…
Srinagar, March 30 (IANS) Separatist guerrillas on Wednesday fired at a woman in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. She was taken to hospital where she died of her injuries, police said. Militants entered a house…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The government on Wednesday gave the nod for the issuance of an ordinance that seeks to authorise government expenditure in Uttarakhand from April 1 in view of President’s Rule in…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The Delhi government on Wednesday rolled back the proposed Value Added Tax hike on textiles and footwear costing below Rs.500. “We are not kings that it would hurt our ego…
Brussels: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets the Belgium Prime Minister Charles Michel at the Egmont Palace, in Brussels, Belgium on March 30, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Brussels, March 30 (IANS) India and Belgium on Wednesday resolved…
Hyderabad, March 30 (IANS) The students’ union of the University of Hyderabad has urged President Pranab Mukherjee to sack Vice Chancellor P. Appa Rao to restore peace in the university. In a letter to the…
Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) CPI-M leaders will be sharing the stage with Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi who would address three rallies in poll-bound West Bengal on Saturday. The Congress, which has entered into a…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi expressed his condolences to the families of the CRPF troopers who died in an attack in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday. “My heartfelt condolences to the families…