Seoul, Aug 3 (IANS) North Korea fired a ballistic missile into east waters from its western region, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Wednesday. The projectile was launched eastward from South Hwanghae…
United Nations, Aug 3 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will participate in the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil. The ceremony will be held…
Raigad (Maharashtra), Aug 3 (IANS) At least two buses and several other vehicles went missing near Mahad city after a bridge on the Savitri River collapsed early Wednesday due to torrential rains in the Konkan…
Washington, Aug 3 (IANS) US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump accepted a Purple Heart from a military veteran during a rally on Tuesday, saying it was “much easier” to receive the medal as a gift…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 3 (IANS) With the men’s team failing to qualify, the troika of eves Deepika Kumari, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Laxmi Rani Majhi have their task cut out as they lead the…
Kingston, Aug 3 (IANS) Following is the scoreboard of the second Test between India and West Indies before rain forced an early end to the fourth day’s play at the Sabina Park here on Tuesday….
Kingston, Aug 3 (IANS) India’s wait for an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series against a lacklustre West Indies continued as incessant rains forced an early end to the fourth day’s play of the…
Photo by (TGINN) NRInews24x7.com Mumbai, Aug 3 (IANS) Aman Trikha, who sang the song “Jaaneman Aah” from the film “Dishoom”, on Tuesday said that dance numbers are the most difficult to sing, but he still…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who had to break off her road show in Varanasi on Tuesday after she fell ill, returned to the national capital late night and was taken…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Aug 2 (IANS) The UN has backtracked on its assertion that it was monitoring the situation in Kashmir through the UN Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), clarifying…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) A day before the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill is to be discussed in Rajya Sabha, India Inc on Tuesday hoped the bill, bringing about the biggest change in…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Parliament on Tuesday passed a bill that provides for confiscating ‘benami’ (proxy) assets, with the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday giving its assent to the legislation. The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment…
Varanasi/New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said that Uttar Pradesh, facing years of exploitation, needs experienced leadership to improve the condition of people which can only be provided by her…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Tuesday adopted a resolution under which the Railway Ministry has questioned the practice of railways paying dividend to the government, as Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu maintained…
Srinagar, Aug 2 (IANS) One protester was killed on Tuesday evening and another injured after security personnel fired on a mob who had attacked the vehicle of an official on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway in…
Kolkata, Aug 2 (IANS) With six people succumbing to Dengue since June end, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting, and issued an advisory warning against letting stagnant water collect…
Lucknow, Aug 2 (IANS) Days after the heinous gang-rape of a woman and her minor daughter on NH-91 near Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr, another woman, a teacher, was violated on Tuesday at a road near the…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Three persons were arrested, including an employee of the ICICI Bank, on charge of snatching Rs 80 lakh from two employees of a rice trader, police said on Tuesday. Rs…
Damascus, Aug 2 (IANS) The Syrian government claimed a “terrorist group” carried out a gas attack that killed five people in the city of Aleppo on Tuesday, according to the state-run news agency SANA. “Five…
Kolkata, Aug 2 (IANS) The “West” in West Bengal is likely to disappear with the Mamata Banerjee government on Tuesday adopting a proposal to rename the state as “Bengal”, a move that evoked mixed reactions…