Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 12 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy was first invited to and then asked to stay away from a function at Kollam on Tuesday being attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, prompting an…
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Amidst the clamour over the rising intolerance in the country, famous Pakistani singer Adnan Sami, who requested to stay in India on humanitarian grounds earlier this year, says that he…
Washington, Dec 12 (IANS) Adding teeth to its growing internet and social media presence, the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group has reportedly launched an app that features news and videos showing executions and battlefield victories…
Tripoli, Dec 12 (IANS) Late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son Hannibal has been freed after being briefly kidnapped by an armed group in Lebanon, security sources said on Saturday. In a video shown on Lebanese…
Guwahati, Dec 12 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi will be Congress’ chief ministerial candidate in the 2016 Assam state assembly elections, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said here on Saturday. Gandhi, who arrived in…
New York, Dec 12 (IANS) After Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has come out in support of Muslims, saying that we must support Muslim and other minority communities in the US and…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) Washington, Dec 12 (IANS) A US federal judge has ordered the State Department to produce all documents by February 2016 related to Obama administration’s decision to lift a…
Washington, Dec 12 (IANS) Reiterating that it wants the perpetrators of the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack brought to justice, the US has offered to do anything it can to support Indian authorities in that…
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) India on Saturday signed landmark agreements on civil nuclear energy and bullet train technology with Japan, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi described visit of his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe “truly…
Agra, Dec 12 (IANS) An FIR has been registered against the Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Nirmal Khatri for allegedly morphing a photo showing an RSS activist disturbing relief operations in flood affected Chennai, police said….
Havana, Dec 12 (IANS) Cuba and the US have agreed to resume direct mail services between the two countries after an interruption of over 50 years. Friday’s decision was taken during a recent round of…
Vijayawada, Dec 11 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh on Friday sought Rs.5,760 crore assistance from the central government to tackle drought and also for relief and rehabilitation in districts affected by heavy rains. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (PTI) Sharad Pawar, who had opposed Sonia Gandhi’s foreign origins in 1997 but patched up with her later, has now come out with details of how she had preferred P V…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday said fringe elements were the core of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. “Fringe elements are the core of…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Member of Pakistan’s parliament and former cricketer Imran Khan called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Friday. âAt his request, Pakistan MP & Chairman of Tehreek-e-Insaf Party Imran Khan…
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari addresses during the special session on ‘Enhancing Connectivity Across Eastern India – Key to Economic Growth’, organised by MCC Chamber of Commerce and Industry,…
Guwahati: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi addresses during a party programme in Guwahati on Dec 11, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Guwahati, Dec 11 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the Prime Minister’s Office…
Bhubaneswar, Dec 11 (IANS) The Odisha assembly on Friday witnessed pandemonium as ruling BJD legislators stalled proceedings over the Polavaram dam project and later submitted a memorandum to Governor S.C. Jamir addressed to President Pranab…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The government on Friday told parliament that 207 districts in nine states have been affected by drought and that all farmers in the country would be given soil health cards by…
Islamabad, Dec 11 (IANS) Pakistan on Friday conducted a successful test launch of medium-range Shaheen-III surface-to-surface ballistic missile, a statement from Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. The missile is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional…