🔊 Listen to this Shillong, April 22 (IANS) Predicting Meghalaya’s Congress-led government’s downfall, BJP poll strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma has shown confidence that his party will win the people’s mandate in the state in 2018….
🔊 Listen to this New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Prime Minster Narendra Modi on Saturday said that Earth Day is an occasion to reiterate a firm resolve to keep the planet clean and green. “Earth…
🔊 Listen to this New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Fresh after narrowly winning a referendum that gives him more powers in his current post, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to launch a new…
🔊 Listen to this Washington, April 22 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that emerging economies have become increasingly important, accounting for more than 75 per cent of global growth, and that India has been…
🔊 Listen to this Ranchi, April 22 (IANS) Police on Saturday arrested Pradeep Yadav, a Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) legislator, sitting on dharna for the past week protesting against an upcoming Adani power plant in…
🔊 Listen to this Dhaka, April 22 (IANS) Police in Bangladesh on Saturday found at least 17 large containers of hydrogen peroxide, a chemical used to make bombs, from a suspected militant hideout in Jhenaidah…
🔊 Listen to this Lucknow, April 22 (IANS) Senior IPS officer Sulkhan Singh took charge as the 66th Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. The 1980-batch officer, soon after taking over…
🔊 Listen to this Kabul, April 22 (IANS) At least 135 Afghan soldiers were killed and 60 injured in a deadly attack by Taliban militants on an Afghan army base in Balkh province, an official…
🔊 Listen to this Beijing, April 22 (IANS) China’s first spacecraft, the Tianzhou-1, docked successfully with the orbiting Tiangong-2 space lab on Saturday, according to Beijing Aerospace Control Centre. Tianzhou-1, which was launched on Thursday…
🔊 Listen to this New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram said on Saturday there is a growing clamour for Governor’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir. “Glad more people have realised PDP-BJP…
🔊 Listen to this Jammu, April 22 (IANS) Four members of a self-styled ‘gau rakshak’ (cow vigilante) group were arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district after they attacked and injured a nomadic family of…
🔊 Listen to this Kabul, April 22 (IANS) At least 80 persons were killed and many injured when Taliban militants attacked an Afghan army base in Balkh province, the media reported on Saturday. Most of…
🔊 Listen to this Pyongyang, April 22 (IANS) North Korea said it is ready to respond to aggression from the US, amid the deployment of an American nuclear aircraft carrier in waters close to the…
🔊 Listen to this New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday strongly condemned a Taliban attack on the Afghan Army that killed more than 80 soldiers. “Strongly condemn the cowardly terror…
🔊 Listen to this New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Eat less meat, opt for carpooling, and unplug unused electronic devices — do your bit and make a huge difference to saving Earth, suggests Google’s Earth…
🔊 Listen to this New York, April 22 (IANS) In celebration of Earth Day 2017, Apple has released a new video series featuring candid interviews with employees leading Apples efforts to address climate change, conserve…
🔊 Listen to this Jammu, April 22 (IANS) Two persons were killed and two others were injured on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district when a landslide hit a vehicle they were travelling in,…
🔊 Listen to this Mexico City, April 22 (IANS) A significant number of Mexican travellers stayed away from the US, a traditional getaway destination for the families in the neighbouring country during the Easter holidays,…
🔊 Listen to this Sydney, April 22 (IANS) US Vice President Mike Pence said here on Saturday that an aircraft carrier strike group led by USS Carl Vinson will arrive in the Sea of Japan…
🔊 Listen to this Havana, April 22 (IANS) Cuba and Morocco has signed an agreement to reestablish diplomatic ties after a gap of 37 years, the Cuban Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “Guided by…