Colombo, May 2 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday appointed new ministers, a day after he reshuffled his cabinet. Eighteen ministers — 10 deputy, eight state — took oath before Sirisena, reports Xinhua…
Patna, May 2 (IANS) The Bihar government on Wednesday cancelled the deputation to the CBI of a senior police officer after a video showed him engaging in celebratory firing at a party. Additional Director General…
Sydney, May 2 (IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said that France is willing to seek a broader nuclear pact with Iran even if the US withdraws from the deal that Tehran signed with…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) A Special court here on Wednesday further extended till July 10 the interim protection against arrest granted to senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis case….
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Experienced defender Sunita Lakra will lead the 18-member Indian women’s squad at the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament to be held in Donghae in South Korea from May 13. Sunita…
Islamabad, May 2 (IANS) Pakistan’s former Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday challenged in the Supreme Court a judgment by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) disqualifying him from Parliament for life for holding a work…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Press freedom in India has deteriorated in 2018 and three journalists have been killed in the first four months, media watchdog The Hoot said, stating that “journalists continue to be…
Mumbai, May 2 (IANS) A Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) Court on Wednesday found mafia don Rajendra S. Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan and eight others guilty in the murder of journalist J….
Mumbai, May 2 (IANS) Healthy quarterly earnings and robust automobile sales pushed the key Indian equity indices to trade higher during Wednesday’s mid-afternoon session. According to market observers, healthy buying was witnessed in the banking,…
Aluva (Kerala), May 2 (IANS) The Kerala cabinet on Wednesday decided to give compensation of Rs 10 lakh and a government job to the wife of 26-year-old Sreejith, who died in police custody in March….
Dubai, May 2 (IANS) England leapfrogged India to gain the No.1 spot in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) One-Day International (ODI) rankings after the annual update which saw the men-in-blue losing a point to be…
Ranchi, May 2 (IANS) Maoists have beheaded a man on the outskirts of Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi after accusing him of being a police spy. According to the police, the guerrillas chopped off Abraham Tigga’s head….
Patna, May 2 (IANS) Senior ruling JD-U leader Uday Narain Choudhary, a former Speaker of the Bihar Assembly, on Wednesday said he was quitting the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) to denounce the state government’s anti-Dalit…
Jammu, May 2 (IANS) A student stabbed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district succumbed to his injuries in a hospital here on Wednesday, police said. Liyaqat Ali was stabbed outside the Billawar Degree College on…
Bengaluru, May 2 (IANS) Making smart use of his NaMo mobile app once again, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday wooed Karnataka farmers to vote for the BJP in the May 12 state Assembly elections….
San Francisco, May 2 (IANS) As Apple posted a healthy revenue of $61.1 billion and net quarterly profit of $13.8 billion globally for its second quarter for fiscal 2018, defying global reports of a weakened…
Mumbai, May 2 (IANS) Actor-comedian Kapil Sharma on Wednesday sent a legal notice to SpotboyE and journalist Vickey Lalwani for “defamatory articles” and “character assassination”. IANS has a copy of the notice in which Kapil…
By Sourabh Kulesh Las Vegas, May 2 (IANS) As enterprises the world over invest big into disruptive technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), Dell Technologies has announced 14th generation Dell EMC PowerEdge…
Islamabad, May 2 (IANS) The leaders of Pakistan’s Shia Hazara community on Wednesday agreed to call off their protest over a recent spate of targeted killings in Quetta city following a meeting with Chief of…