New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Focusing his attention on students appearing in their final examinations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked them to consider exams as a festival and to refrain from taking short…
Washington, Jan 29 (IANS) Several Muslim majority nations where the Trump Organisation is active and which in some cases have faced troublesome issues with terrorism, do not figure in the list of the countries whose…
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Indian Coast Guard on completing 40 years of its formation and said the country was proud of it being among the world’s four…
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to soldiers who died in an avalanche in Jammu and Kashmir. “When we were happily celebrating Republic Day, soldiers were killed in…
New York, Jan 29 (IANS) Aravinda Pillalamarri, the inspiration for “Swades”, says she was stopped by police during her morning stroll in her hometown and questioned about her immigration status making her feel unequal because…
New York, Jan 29 (IANS) A court in the US has issued an emergency stay halting deportation under President Donald Trump’s executive order that bans citizens from seven Muslim majority countries from entering the US….
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 29 (IANS) A boat carrying 31 persons aboard has lost contact with the authorities in Malaysia, an official said on Sunday. It sailed from Kota Kinabalu in Sabah state on Saturday, and…
Moscow, Jan 29 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump agreed to work together to fight the Islamic State (IS) and other terrorist groups in Syria, as well as normalize bilateral…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Delhi Police on Saturday recovered a corroded mortar shell from a park here, leading to immediate evacuation of the area. A National Security Guard team later defused the shell, a…
Amritsar, Jan 28 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday seized three China-made and two countrymade pistols apart from ammunition near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Amritsar sector. The seizure included three 7.63 mm…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The United States has for long feared that Pakistan, its cold war ally, will breach the trust and pass on its defence technology and weapons to China, a declassified CIA…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The Arunachal Pradesh tableau was adjudged the best tableau in this year’s Republic Day parade while Madras Engineer Group and the CISF won the first prize as top marching contingent,…
Panaji, Jan 28 (IANS) While praising BJP leader Manohar Parrikar for being a strong Defence Minister, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday avoided commenting on his possible return to state politics. Parrikar, the former Goa…
Beijing, Jan 28 (IANS) A Chinese military official has said that war with the US is a practical reality, signalling Beijing’s preparedness for a possible military conflict with Washington. In a commentary on the official…
Srinagar, Jan 28 (IANS) Five Indian Army soldiers trapped under snow were rescued on Saturday near the Line of Control (LoC) in Machil sector of Jammu and Kashmir. Earlier, three soldiers were pulled out in…
Ankara, Jan 28 (IANS) Around 40 Turkish soldiers stationed in NATO military bases have sought political asylum in Germany, according to media reports on Saturday. Some of these Turkish armed forces members are officers, which…
Jammu, Jan 28 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir police used batons and tear smoke shells on Saturday to disperse people agitating for reservations. The scheduled caste and scheduled tribe communities took out a protest march in…
Washington, Jan 28 (IANS) New commercial satellite imagery has indicated that operations at a plutonium production reactor located in North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Centre has likely resumed, according to a US think tank….
Islamabad, Jan 28 (IANS) Prominent Pakistani academic and human rights activist Salman Haider, who went missing earlier this month from Islamabad, is “fine and safe” and has returned home, his brother Zeeshan Haider confirmed to…
Islamabad, Jan 28 (IANS) Missing Pakistani blogger Salman Haider has been found, Geo News reported, quoting police sources. Haider, a poet and academic who has been a vocal opponent of religious extremism and the Pakistani…