Chandigarh, Jan 27 (IANS) A former Punjab Police officer was arrested on Sunday in connection with the 2015 Behbal Kalan police firing in Faridkot which claimed the lives of two people. Charanjit Singh Sharma was…
Washington, Jan 27 (IANS) At least five people were killed in in two shooting incidents in the US state of Louisiana, police said, adding a manhunt was underway to nab the suspect. Dakota Theriot, 21,…
Caracas, Jan 27 (IANS) A Venezuelan military officer publicly defected from the government of President Nicolas Maduro, provoking a swift response from defence leaders, amid an ongoing political turmoil in the South American country. Venezuela’s…
Kochi, Jan 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will arrive here later Sunday, is slated to dedicate the Rs 16,504 crore single largest investment in Kerala when he unveils an integrated Bharat Petroleum Corporation…
Srinagar, Jan 27 (IANS) Drass town in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ladakh region was coldest in the state on Sunday with a minimum temperature of minus 28.7 degrees Celsius, the weather office said. On Saturday, even…
Paris, Jan 27 (IANS) A mural painted by the British anonymous street artist Banksy on a fire door at the Bataclan theatre in Paris, has been stolen, the media reported. “It’s a deep sadness that…
Jammu, Jan 27 (IANS) The strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway will open for traffic on Sunday after it remained closed for six consecutive days, officials said. “All landslide debris on the highway in Ramban district was cleared…
Madrid, Jan 27 (IANS) The Prime Minister of Spain announced his government would officially recognize the legitimacy of the speaker of Venezuela’s National Assembly who recently proclaimed himself president of the South American nation unless…
(26 Jan 2019) Here’s the latest for Saturday, January 26th: Pompeo urged nations to support Venezuela’s people; Some national parks are open to visitors; Rep. King applauded by constituents at Iowa townhall; Two women in…
Houston, Jan 27 (IANS) A manhunt is underway in the southeastern US state of Louisiana for a 21-year-old man suspected of gunning down five people, local authorities said. Dakota Theriot, 21, is wanted in connection…
Brumadinho (Brazil), Jan 27 (IANS) The death toll in the collapse of a tailings dam of iron-ore giant Vale has risen to 34, firefighters reported as they continued the search for survivors under heavy rains….
Beirut, Jan 27 (IANS) Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has said that his party will not wage a war against Israel but it will certainly use all its power to respond if Israel wages a…
Ramallah, Jan 27 (IANS) A senior Palestinian official has announced that Russia will host and sponsor an internal Palestinian dialogue in Moscow on reconciliation and ending internal division in mid February. Palestinian ambassador to Russia…
Hyderabad, Jan 26 (IANS) Popular Telugu actor and politician Pawan Kalyan on Saturday met Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao and his son and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Working President K.T. Rama Rao. The Jana…
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) BJP’s ally Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Saturday expressed its opposition to the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016, and said a party delegation will visit Assam on January 28 and 29….
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested lawyer Gautam Khaitan, a co-accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case, in a fresh money laundering case, agency officials said on Saturday. He…
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) The operation to bring back “high-value” economic offenders from the West Indies is likely to be concluded by Tuesday (January 29), sources have confirmed. The mission involving a long-haul Air…
Melbourne, Jan 26 (IANS) Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic on Saturday saved three consecutive match points in the second set to make Naomi Osaka of Japan sweat a little more for a 7-6 (7-2),…
Panaji, Jan 26 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi have arrived in Goa on a three-day “private visit”, police sources said on Saturday. The Gandhis arrived in the state by a…
By Rohit Vaid and Rituraj Baruah Mumbai, Jan 26 (IANS) Disappointing quarterly results, combined with foreign fund outflows and negative global cues, pulled the Indian equity market lower during the week ended on Friday. Index-wise,…