New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Twenty five children from different parts of the country have been selected for Indian Council for Child Welfare’s (ICCW) National Bravery Awards to be presented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Melbourne, Jan 17 (IANS) Serbian tennis ace Novak Djokovic began his quest for a record seventh Australian Open title with an easy win against Spaniard Fernando Verdasco while Rafael Nadal began with a convincing victory…
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) The theme for Donald Trump’s inauguration as US President is to be the same as his campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again” — with official events kicking off from Thursday with…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Claiming that Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s correlating the party symbol ‘hand’ with religious figures was violative of the poll code of conduct, the BJP on Tuesday moved the EC…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday alleged that the government was disrupting its poll campaigning in Goa and urged the Election Commission to assure free and fair voting in…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday allowed former Congress MP and industrialist Naveen Jindal, who has been accused in a coal block allocation case, to extend by three days his foreign…
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) Come January 20, one person besides US President-elect Donald Trump, who would don a new role, is his daughter Ivanka Trump, who is poised to play a crucial role in her…
Davos, Jan 17 (IANS) China on Tuesday robustly defended globalisation with its President Xi Jinping arguing at the World Economic Forum here that economic integration has powered human advancement and improved the lives of millions…
Kaula Lumpur, Jan 17 (IANS) Citing critical need for manpower and economic progress following dismal reception from locals, the Malaysian government has withdrawn curbs on hiring foreign workers for two industries on Tuesday, a newspaper…
Jammu, Jan 17 (IANS) A man was shot and apprehended after he entered the Nagrota army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Jammu district, a defence spokesman said on Tuesday. “An unidentified man was found moving…
Hyderabad, Jan 17 (IANS) Tension prevailed at the University of Hyderabad on Tuesday as police stopped AAP activists from entering the campus to participate in a meeting to mark the first anniversary of research scholar…
Sydney, Jan 17 (IANS) The underwater search for the Malaysian Airlines plane that disappeared in March 2014 has been called off and victims’ families have been informed that the effort to find the flight has…
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) Indian Americans, who comprise around one per cent of the US population, now for the first-time ever also make up one per cent of the US Congress. The community is experiencing…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Digital payments are picking up in the country after demonetisation, Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here on Tuesday, adding that this has led to transparency in transactions….
Lucknow, Jan 17 (IANS) Even as SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav is believed to be mulling his next move subsequent to the EC declaring his son and UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav as the party…
Lucknow, Jan 17 (IANS) The notification for the first phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections was issued on Tuesday. Seventy-three assembly constituencies spread across 15 districts of western Uttar Pradesh would be going to polls…
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) The LIGO India project is likely to be commissioned in 2024 and its activities would require Indian universities churning out young researchers trained in the science to take up the mantle…
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) A Special CBI Court on Tuesday started the trial in the Sheena Bora murder case by framing charges against her mother Indrani Mukerjea and her two step-fathers — former media tycoon…
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) Profit booking, coupled with broadly negative global indices, subdued the Indian equities markets on Tuesday. The key indices provisionally closed the day’s trade in the red, as heavy selling pressure was…
Ankara, Jan 17 (IANS) A suspect arrested for the deadly Istanbul nightclub attack on New Year’s Eve has admitted to the crime, the city’s governor said on Tuesday. The man identified as Abdulkadir Masharipov, confessed…