Jammu, Sep 23 (IANS) Two Border Security Force (BSF) troopers and three civilians were injured when Pakistan Rangers resorted to heavy shelling on the international border in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday. “The…
San Juan, Sep 23 (IANS) About 70,000 people living near the Guajataca River in Puerto Rico were asked to evacuate immediately because of an “imminent dam break”, the media reported. The announcement was made by…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Delhi saw heavy rains overnight and on Saturday morning with the weather office saying that more rains were likely during the day. The minimum temperature on Saturday was recorded at…
Srinagar, Sep 23 (IANS) A moderate intensity earthquake jolted the Kashmir Valley on Saturday, a weather official confirmed. The Met department official said here: “An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale occurred today at…
London, Sep 23 (IANS) Britain’s credit rating has been cut over concerns about the UK’s public finances and fears Brexit could damage the country’s economic growth. Moody’s, one of the major ratings agencies, downgraded the…
Washington, Sep 23 (IANS) US Senator John McCain has said he cannot support his fellow Republicans’ latest effort to repeal Obamacare, dealing it a potentially fatal blow. The Arizona senator, who is battling brain cancer,…
Moscow, Sep 23 (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has likened the war of words between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to a kindergarten fight between children. The North Korean…
New York, Sep 23 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale has struck off California in the Pacific Ocean, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake, with a magnitude of 5.8, was…
Rome, Sep 22 (IANS/AKI) Italian authorities on Friday deported an alleged Pakistani Islamic State supporter “for reasons of national security” – the 76th terrorism suspect to be expelled this year, the Interior Ministry said. The…
By Arul Louis New York, Sep 22 (IANS) India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed on Monday how their two countries can jointly fight terrorism and promote security…
Bengaluru, Sep 22 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court on Friday stayed an inquiry into the corruption charge against BJP MP and former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa in a land deal for lack of evidence from…
New Dellhi, Sep 22 (IANS) The Congress on Friday said the only sector of the economy doing well is the digital sector, which is run by multinational companies, and the rest are in a bad…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Former Union Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday described as an “absolute lie” the CBI statement in the Supreme Court that his son Karti has many offshore accounts. “By quoting CBI…
Paris, Sep 22 (IANS/AKI) United Nations culture body Unesco on Friday deplored the killing of Shantanu Bhowmick, a TV reporter who was beaten to death covering violent clashes in northeast India, and called for a…
Kolkata, Sep 22 (IANS) West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday issued a strict warning to its sidelined leader Mukul Roy, saying the party was keeping a close watch on his purported meetings with Bharatiya…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) The CBI on Friday said it has registered a case in connection with the murder of a Class 2 student of the Ryan International school in Gurugram after it received…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) The father of murdered class 2 student Pardhuman on Friday asked why the government is silent on his son’s death and did it mean that they are providing safe passage…
Bengaluru, Sep 22 (IANS) A 19-year-old son of an Income Tax officer was found murdered after his friends allegedly kidnapped him over a week ago and demanded a Rs 50 lakh ransom for his release,…
By Arul Louis New York, Set. Sep 22 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj took up the issues of H1B visas and the rights of illegal immigrant children when she met with US Secretary of…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) An online betting racket was busted in Delhi and seven bookies arrested from north Delhi during the India-Australia cricket match a day earlier in Kolkata, police said on Friday. Sumit…