New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was disrupted again on Thursday follow noisy exchanges between the opposition and the treasury benches over the AgustaWestland helicopter deal. As the house met, opposition members were…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come clean on his educational qualification. Addressing reporters at his residence here, Kejriwal alleged that Modi’s reluctance…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till noon on Thursday amid chaos as both the opposition and the government MPs shouted and levelled allegations of corruption against each other. Soon after…
New Delhi Dec 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea by Justice Markandey Katju (retd) challenging a resolution passed by Parliament deploring his remarks against Mahatma Gandhi and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose….
By Saurabh Katkurwar New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) Terming the decision to devalue high-denomination notes a “pseudo war” against black money, anti-corruption activist Yogendra Yadav criticised the government for seeking to dilute the Prevention of…
Shimla, Dec 15 (IANS) It was another sunny day in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday although the minimum temperature in most areas remained either close to or below the freezing point, the weather official said. However,…
Srinagar, Dec 15 (IANS) The Kashmir Valley readies for the 40-day long ‘Chillai Kalan’ as night temperatures dropped below freezing point on Thursday in the valley with a cold wave prevailing throughout. An official of…
New York, Dec 15 (IANS) Breaking its silence, Facebook on Thursday said that it would not help US President-elect Donald Trump’s administration to create a list of Muslims present in the US. In a statement…
Chandigarh, Dec 15 (IANS) Security agencies sounded an alert in the border belt of Pathankot in North Punjab on Thursday morning after an abandoned car was found there and villagers told the police that some…
Washington, Dec 15 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump has backed Ronna Romney McDaniel – the head of the Michigan GOP and Mitt Romneys niece – to lead the Republican National Committee in 2017. The RNC…
By Arul Louis New York, Dec 15 (IANS) Pushing his America First agenda, President-elect Donald Trump met with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and 12 other technology titans on Wednesday in a bid to heal rifts…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) Thousands of passengers were stranded on Thursday as 55 trains were delayed and 16 cancelled due to dense fog in parts of north India. According to a Northern Railway official,…
Mumbai, Dec 15 (IANS) Taking cues from global markets, the key Indian equity market indices opened in red on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve increased its key interest rate. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of…
Quito, Dec 15 (IANS) The Ecuadorian government has signed a contract with a Canadian firm to exploit a gold and silver deposit in its southeastern Amazon province, reports said. Canada’s Lundin Gold company would invest…
Lima, Dec 15 (IANS) The unemployment rate across Latin America and the Caribbean region has hit a new high in 2016 with 25 million people jobless, a report of the International Labor Organisation (ILO) said….
Canberra, Dec 15 (IANS) Australia has increased striking key Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria and Iraq following changes to its war crimes legislation, a senior air force officer said on Thursday. In June, the…
New York, Dec 15 (IANS) Top US technology businessmen met with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower here on Wednesday in an attempt to align their positions and foster innovation in the country’s tech sector….
New York, Dec 15 (IANS) Top US technology businessmen met with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower here on Wednesday in an attempt to align their positions and foster innovation in the country’s tech sector….
Damascus, Dec 15 (IANS) A new ceasefire deal has been reached and civilians and the wounded in east Aleppo were expected to begin evacuation from the city on Thursday morning, rebel officials said late on…
Moscow, Dec 15 (IANS) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday that government forces would continue with offensive against terrorists across the country after the city of Aleppo was liberated from militants. In an interview…