New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Four national-level weightlifters were killed and two others, including a world champion, were seriously injured when the car in which they were travelling met with an accident here in dense…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) A moderate quake measuring 6 on the Richter Scale jolted regions around the India-Myanmar border on Sunday afternoon, with tremors felt in Manipur, officials said. According to the Indian Meteorological…
Cape Town, Jan 7 (IANS) The third’s play of the first cricket Test between South Africa and India has been delayed by persistent rain here on Sunday. The ground is almost covered due to the…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The recent Chinese intrusion into Arunachal Pradesh was an “inadvertent border crosswalk” by some labourers and did not involve Chinese troops, according to a report by the National Security Council,…
Srinagar, Jan 7 (IANS) An Army soldier posted with the counter-insurgency Rashtriya Rifles on Sunday shot himself dead in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri border town. Police said Subbha Roy posted in Baramulla district shot and…
Shimla, Jan 7 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur asked party workers and visitors to shun the practice of touching his feet and offering garlands to him. On Saturday, Thakur told the party…
Shimla, Jan 7 (IANS) An intense cold wave saw most parts of Himachal Pradesh shivering on Sunday with Shimla at a biting 1.3 degrees Celsius while nearby Kufri recorded 1.8 degrees below the freezing point….
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday attacked the Modi government’s Kashmir policy, saying its “hard, muscular, militaristic” approach had failed to end militancy in the troubled state. “It was claimed…
Beijing, Jan 7 (IANS) Chinese authorities will move millions of people from their homes across the country as part of President Xi Jinpings goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2020, a media report said on…
Beijing, Jan 7 (IANS) Thirty-two crewmembers were reported missing after two vessels collided off in waters off China’s east coast, a Transport Ministry official said on Sunday. The collision, between a Panama-registered oil tanker and…
Islamabad, Jan 7 (IANS) Pakistan Foreign Se-cre-tary Tehmina Janjua has said that the country will continue to have engagement, as far as possible, with the US because America is not only a global power but…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) While 2017 witnessed debates around disruptive technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT), 2018 will see these conversations materialise into concrete steps and existing technologies experience a…
London, Jan 7 (IANS) British Prime Minister Theresa May will reshuffle her cabinet on Monday, with junior ministerial jobs being reassigned on Tuesday, a media report said. The reshuffle comes after two resignations and one…
Jammu/Srinagar, Jan 7 (IANS) The cities of Srinagar and Jammu on Sunday recorded the season’s lowest minimum temperature at minus 6 and 4 degrees as an intense cold wave has tightened its grip on the…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) It was a foggy morning here on Sunday with the minimum temperature recorded at 6.4 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average, the weather office said. Visibility at 8.30…
Washington, Jan 7 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said that he was willing to speak to North Korean’ Kim Jong-un. Asked at a news conference on Saturday at Camp David (Trump’s country retreat in…
Chandigarh, Jan 7 (IANS) Four national-level weight-lifters were killed and two others, including a world champion, were seriously injured when the car that they were travelling met with an accident near the Delhi-Haryana border on…
Kathmandu, Jan 7 (IANS) At least nine people were killed due to an intense cold wave in Nepal’s Terai region, authorities said. Six people died of freezing cold in Saptari district and three in Rautahat…
Havana, Jan 7 (IANS) US tourism to Cuba grew nearly threefold in 2017 over the previous year, mainly due to relaxation of travel ban. Cuba registered a total of 1,173,428 US arrivals last year, a…
London, Jan 7 (IANS) Liverpool confirmed on Saturday that it had agreed a $192.5 million deal to sell Brazilian international Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona. In a statement issued from Anfield Stadium, Liverpool confirmed that Coutinho…