Shillong, Nov 9 (IANS) Two people were arrested on Friday in connection with the murder attempt on a women’s rights activist and two other persons in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district, police said. The suspects,…
Palghar (Maharashtra), Nov 9 (IANS) The Western Railway’s (WR) long distance services on the Ahmedabad and New Delhi sectors were severely disrupted after two wagons of a goods train caught fire, with services resuming after…
San Francisco, Nov 9 (IANS) After a global walkout by over 20,000 employees last week, Google has apologised for the past handling of sexual harassment cases while promising to bring changes to make the company…
Hyderabad, Nov 9 (IANS) Industrialist and former parliamentarian L. Rajagopal has tried to stop police from searching the residence of his friend, an official said. Late on Thursday, Rajagopal rushed to businessman G.P. Reddy’s house…
Washington, Nov 9 (IANS) At least 171 children from separated families still remain in US custody more than four months after a judge ordered the American government to reunite the undocumented immigrant families it had…
Chennai, Nov 9 (IANS) Nearly a year after the demise of 44-year-old anti-freebie crusader-advocate S. Subramaniam Balaji, Tamil movie “Sarkar” has stirred a controversy over the freebie schemes of the state government. Protesters outside theatres…
Washington, Nov 9 (IANS) In her memoir, former US First Lady Michelle Obama has ripped President Trump’s spreading of the “birther” conspiracy theory against her husband Barack Obama. In excerpts from her memoir “Becoming”, Michelle…
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the nation on the occasion of Bhai Dooj, a festival that celebrates the special bond between a brother and sister. “Greetings to you all on…
Srinagar, Nov 9 (IANS) Eight days after the Leh-Srinagar highway was closed following heavy snowfall in the Zojila Pass area, one-way traffic towards Srinagar was opened on Friday, official said. The stranded traffic between Kargil…
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted the people of Uttarakhand on their Statehood Day. “Greetings and best wishes to the people of Uttarakhand on…
Srinagar, Nov 9 (IANS) Ahead of the fresh spell of rain and snow forecast next week, minimum temperatures across Jammu and Kashmir improved on Friday. Srinagar and Jammu recorded 1.0 and 12.5 degrees Celsius as…
Mumbai, Nov 9 (IANS) The 30-scrip S&P BSE Sensex on Friday opened in green over mixed global cues and a recovering rupee. However, the Sensex lost over 170 points minutes into the trading. Healthy buying…
San Francisco, Nov 9 (IANS) Facebook has removed more than 14 million “pieces of terrorist content” on its platform till September this year that was related to the Islamic State (IS), Al Qaeda and their…
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) It was a foggy morning in the national capital on Friday as the air quality remained at “severe” levels with the minimum temperature recorded at 11 degrees Celsius. “The sky…
Washington, Nov 9 (IANS) Reporters from many news organisations have expressed support to senior CNN correspondent Jim Acosta after the White House revoked his press pass “until further notice” because of the journalist’s combative exchange…
Washington, Nov 9 (IANS) Thousands of demonstrators across the US have called on President Donald Trump’s administration to maintain the investigation into the alleged Russian 2016 presidential election meddling, led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller….
Melbourne, Nov 9 (IANS) Surgeons in Australia on Friday began a complex operation to separate 15-month-old Bhutanese conjoined twins Nima and Dawa Pelden. The girls are joined at the torso and share a liver and…
Yangon, Nov 9 (IANS) Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will pay a visit to Singapore soon and attend the 33rd Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and its related summits,…
London, Nov 9 (IANS) Big Ben, one of the world’s most famous bells, is to ring out on Sunday to mark the end of the centenary of World War One. The UK Parliament authorities said…
San Francisco, Nov 9 (IANS) Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said the company has worked out a new comprehensive policy to address diversity and sexual harassment that became a great concern of Google employees. In…