New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday described the suicide of the Hyderabad Dalit student as “murder of democracy, social justice and equality”. “It’s not suicide. It’s murder. It’s…
Raqqa, Jan 19 (IANS/AKI) Islamic State has cut its fighters’ salaries by 50 percent in Syria as air strikes continue to target oil fields, supply lines and cash stores, affecting its revenue streams, The Independent…
Beijing, Jan 19 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency, or the yuan, weakened by 6 basis points to 6.5596 against the US dollar on Tuesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading…
Michel Tournier , French writer, photographed in his home in Choisel in November 2014 by Mathieu Zazzo Paris, Jan 19 (AFP) Michel Tournier, a major French literary figure in the latter half of the 20th…
New York, Jan 19 (AP) Glenn Frey, who co-founded the Eagles and with Don Henley became one of the history’s most successful songwriting teams with such hits as “Hotel California” and “Life in the Fast…
Kolkata: The car that hit an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer supervising the Republic Day parade rehearsal in Kolkata, on Jan 13, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) Sambia Sohrab was driving the car…
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (File Photo: IANS) Jerusalem, Jan 18 (IANS) India attaches the highest importance to its relations with Israel, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said as she met Israel’s top leadership, including…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday said that the ink attack on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was a part of a “conspiracy to murder him”. “It (ink attack) was…
Patidar Anamat Sanghursh Samiti (PASS) leader Hardik Patel. (File Photo: IANS) Ahmedabad, Jan 18 (IANS) The Gujarat Police Crime Branch on Monday slapped a 2,700-page charge sheet against Patel reservation agitation spearhead Hardik Patel and…
Hyderabad, Jan 18 (IANS) Nasscom on Monday said it has partnered with the Telangana government and other entities to create a “startup warehouse” here that will provide an affordable co-working space to the young entrepreneurs….
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Salwinder Singh, the former Gurdaspur SP who is being probed for any possible link with the Pathankot airbase attackers, has been “cooperating well” with the National Investigation Agency (NIA), official…
London, Jan 18 (IANS) At least 190,000 Muslim women living in Britain — 22 percent of the local Muslim population — are unable to speak English, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday. He…
Bengaluru, Jan 18 (IANS) Global instant messaging behemoth WhatsApp on Monday said it will waive its annual subscription fee over the next several weeks as it has not worked well. “For many years, we have…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS/PIB) Gangtok, Jan 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday appreciated Sikkim’s progress in organic farming, saying it was a state “where the environment is protected and at…
Kolkata: Sambia Sohrab, prime accused in the Red Road hit-and-run case being taken to produced at a Kolkata court on Jan 17, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata/New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Stepping up the probe, a…
(Photo: IANS) Chennai, Jan 18 (IANS) DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Monday appeared before a local court here in connection with the defamation case filed by the Tamil Nadu government. The case was adjourned for…
Agra, Jan 18 (IANS) Scores of young roller skaters zipped down the Yamuna bank here in an effort to increase public awareness about the conservation of the river. The young skaters also carried placards with…
Ludhiana, Jan 18 (IANS) Unidentified miscreants fired at an RSS shakha in Ludhiana city on Monday, police said. No injuries were reported in the incident. “No person has been injured in an incident of firing…
By Chaitanya Mallapur Just 62 individuals had the same wealth as 3.5 billion people the bottom half of humanityin 2015, according to a new report, An Economy For The 1%, by global advocacy Oxfam….
Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf talking to the media during a press conference in New Delhi on November 17, 2012. (Photo: PP Sarkar/IANS) Islamabad, Jan 18 (IANS) An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Monday acquitted…