Islamabad, Jan 20 (IANS) With two hydel projects taken up by New Delhi facing dispute, Pakistan has asked the World Bank and India to inform Islamabad of all the dams and hydro-power projects proposed to…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Friday compared Kashmiri teenage actor Zaira Wasim with a painting of a woman in hijab and another caged, prompting the “Dangal” star to rebuff…
Drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman extradited and transported to the US, as CNN’s Layla Santiago reports.
By Saket Suman Jaipur, Jan 20 (IANS) Known for his sharp takes on Twitter and on other public platforms, Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor on Friday expressed his resentment at the naming of public structures after…
Lucknow, Jan 20 (IANS) The ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) on Friday released a list of 191 candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, including Shivpal Singh Yadav from his traditional seat Jaswantnagar in Etawah and…
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday pitched for a lower, acceptable and stable interest rate, saying it will encourage investors to put their money in India. Addressing the Bengal Global Business Summit,…
Melbourne, Jan 20 (IANS) Sania Mirza advanced to the women’s doubles third round but Rohan Bopanna ws knocked out in his men’s doubles match at the AUstralian Open tennis tournament here on Friday. Sania and…
Washington, Jan 20 (IANS) US bombers struck and destroyed two Islamic State (IS) terror group camps in Libya with initial estimates that over 80 militants were killed, defence officials told CNN. The strike was carried…
By Anil Sharma Jaipur, Jan 20 (IANS) Known for his sharp takes on Twitter and on other public platforms, Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor on Friday expressed his resentment at the naming of public structures after…
Patna, Jan 20 (IANS) The Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government on Friday assured the Patna High Court that participation of school children was not mandatory for the “human chain” in support of the state government’s prohibition…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Anil Madhav Dave on Friday said the Centre wants a “permanent solution” to the contentious Jallikattu issue, adding that it…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel on Friday is learnt to have said that cash flow in the country will normalise soon. Patel, according to sources, told this to…
Washington, Jan 20 (IANS) Indian American DJ and drummer Ravi Jakhotia opened the “Make America Great Again!” concert here with a power-packed performance marking US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Sporting a peace sign shirt and…
By Saket Suman Jaipur, Jan 20 (IANS) William Butler Yeats, one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature, has cast his shadow over the history of both “modern poetry” and “modern Ireland” for so long…
Pyongyang, Jan 20 (IANS) North Korea on Thursday reiterated its threat to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile soon after Seoul warned that Pyongyang could test its new missile. “Our ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) will be…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday agreed not to pronounce its verdict on Jallikattu for one week in the wake of large scale protests in Tamil Nadu against the ban on…
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said independent thinking and free expression at Indian universities were under “threat” in the wake of unrests at the University of Hyderabad (HCU) and…
New York, Jan 20 (IANS) As Donald Trump sets to take oath as the 45th President of the United States, outgoing President Barack Obama shared an emotional farewell letter on the social networking site Facebook….
Jammu, Jan 20 (IANS) A doctor at the Government Medical College here has allegedly molested a student, triggering a noisy protest in the assembly on Friday. Amid slogan shouting demonstrations in the house, the government…
Moscow, Jan 20 (IANS) After an “unexplained” 20-hour ban on Russian television network RT posting content on its Facebook page till Donald Trump takes oath as US President, the social networking giant on Friday lifted…