By Arul Louis New York, Jan 17 (IANS) Raising the stakes in the US government shutdown standoff, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has blocked President Donald Trump from delivering the highly symbolic annual State of the…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) At least five unidentified assailants barged into the Jammu-Delhi Duronto Express on Thursday when it stopped due to a signal problem, a passenger said, with the Railways saying they have…
Nairobi, Jan 17 (IANS) The death toll in Tuesday’s attack on a luxury hotel complex in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi has increased to 21, police have confirmed. “We wish to inform that six other…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out searches at seven places in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh in connection with its ongoing probe into a new Islamic State (IS)-inspired…
Shillong, Jan 17 (IANS) Indian Naval divers have captured pictures of a body inside a 370-feet flooded coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district, where 15 miners have remained trapped since December, an official…
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman to serve in the US Congress, is set to give her Democratic colleagues in the House of Representatives lessons on how to use Twitter in a…
Bengaluru, Jan 17 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch an imaging satellite Microsat-R along with a student payload ‘Kalamsat’ from its spaceport in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on January 24, it announced on…
Chandigarh, Jan 17 (IANS) Security was heightened in parts of Haryana and Punjab ahead of the sentencing of convicted Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and his three close aides by a…
Jammu, Jan 17 (IANS) Indian and Pakistani troops traded gunfire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday, defence sources said. Pakistan troopers used small arms and automatics to…
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) Taking a cue from global markets, the key Indian equity market indices on Thursday opened higher. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 36,321.29 points on Wednesday,…
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) Kim Yong-chol, North Korea’s lead negotiator in nuclear talks with the US, is expected to arrive in Washington on Thursday, according to informed sources. After his arrival on Thursday, Kim Yong-chol…
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump will visit the Pentagon on Thursday to unveil his administration’s long-awaited missile defence review, officials told CNN. The officials said on Wednesday that the review is expected…
Tegucigalpa, Jan 17 (IANS) The Honduran government has announced that they have detained 354 migrants who wanted to leave the country and travel to the US in a caravan. Honduran authorities have denied the departure…
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) A renowned Spanish chef’s humanitarian assistance organisation has distributed soup and sandwiches here to dozens of US federal employees affected by the partial government shutdown. Chef Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen,…
Beirut, Jan 17 (IANS) The Islamic State terror organisation on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a bomb attack in a Syrian city under US-backed Kurdish control that killed at least three American troops, according to US…
By Arul Louis New York, Jan 17 (IANS) Indian-American business leader Indra Nooyi, who headed the multinational PepsiCo, is under consideration for heading the World Bank, according to multiple media reports. If she is nominated…
London, Jan 17 (IANS) British Prime Minister Theresa May won a confidence vote in the House of Commons on Wednesday, averting any immediate risk of an early general election. The vote of no-confidence, put forward…
London, Jan 17 (IANS) The Conservative government of Prime Minister Theresa May survived a vote of no-confidence on Wednesday in the lower house of the UK Parliament. Members of the House of Commons voted 325-306…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The government has allowed IGI airport’s operator to charge X-ray baggage levy from February. According to Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India’s order dated January 10th, the airport operator Delhi…
Anand, Jan 16 (IANS) The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF), which owns Amul brand, has sent a legal notice to Google India on fraudulent practices it claims to have found being carried out…