Washington, Jan 19 (IANS) Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office has disputed a BuzzFeed News story as “not accurate”, after the outlet reported that President Donald Trump had directed his former personal attorney Michael Cohen to…
Washington, Jan 19 (IANS) Facebook is facing a “record-setting” fine from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its handling of user data and privacy violations. According to a report in The New York Times…
Srinagar, Jan 19 (IANS) Heavy snowfall occurred in the Kashmir Valley on Saturday, with the weather office forecasting more in store for the next three days. “A western disturbance (WD) is presently active over the…
Washington, Jan 19 (IANS) US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence surprised thousands of protesters demonstrating against abortion in a march here by making unannounced speeches. Pence and his wife, Karen Pence, strode…
Washington, Jan 19 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said that he will make a “major” announcement on Saturday about the border and the ongoing partial government shutdown. “I will be making a major announcement…
United Nations, Jan 19 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for serious talks between the US and North Korea, and for a clear roadmap of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. “We believe it’s high…
United Nations, Jan 19 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said there is no timeframe to launch the constitutional committee in Syria, but the work needs to be done as quickly as possible. The UN…
Stockholm, Jan 19 (IANS) Senior representatives from Washington and Pyongyang have met here to prepare for a second summit meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean top leader Kim Jong-un, Swedish newspaper Dagens…
Washington, Jan 19 (IANS) US President Donald Trump is to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for a second summit by the end of February, the White House has said. The announcement came after Trump…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Sri Lanka wants to take back all Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who are now in India, country’s High Commissioner to India Austin Fernando said on Friday. “With around 5,000 of…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Enhancing representation of women in armed forces, Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday said the government has taken a “historic” decision to induct women in the military police. “To improve representation…
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) The stage is set for a mega anti-BJP rally at the historic Brigade Parade ground here on Saturday, that would virtually kick-start the opposition’s campaign and is likely to provide the…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Centre is unlikely to meet its disinvestment target of Rs 80,000 crore this year, resulting in overshooting the fiscal deficit target, Care Ratings said on Friday. A report by…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Total liabilities of the government has increased 49 per cent to Rs 82 lakh crore in the last four-and-half years during the Narendra Modi government, as per the 8th Edition…
Gandhinagar, Jan 18 (IANS) Giving an indication of his likely approach ahead of the RBI’s final monetary policy review of the fiscal next month, new central bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said the RBI…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) A day after the government curtailed his tenure in the CBI as Special Director, Rakesh Asthana, who had a bitter fight with ousted agency chief Alok Verma, was on Friday…
Thrissur (Kerala), Jan 18 (IANS) The St Mary’s Church at Mannamangalam near here was on Friday evening put under lock and key by the District Collector following clashes between the Orthodox and Jacobite factions. Trouble…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday approved the acquisition of India’s fourth largest supermarket chain — Aditya Birla Retail Ltd (ABRL) — by Witzig Advisory Services Private Ltd…
Paris, Jan 18 (IANS) The wife of Meng Hongwei, the former Interpol chief held in China since September, has sought asylum in France for herself and her twin children. Grace Meng and the seven-year-olds live…
Mumbai, Jan 18 (IANS) Heavy sell-off in the healthcare stocks led by Sun Pharmaceuticals kept the key equity indices subdued for most part of the Friday’s trading session, before positive global markets helped them recover…