New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Several new and large discrepancies have emerged in the stated positions of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the government on the printing and distribution of new currencies following…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) India on Tuesday strongly condemned the assassination of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, in Ankara. “India strongly condemns the tragic assassination of the ambassador of the Russian Federation to…
By Arul Louis New York, Dec 20 (IANS) Donald John Trump has been formally elected to lead the most powerful nation by its electoral college, setting him on course to takeover as the 45th President…
Chennai, Dec 20 (IANS) Late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s close aide V.K. Sasikala has thanked President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, among others, for offering their personal condolences at the demise…
Islamabad, Dec 20 (IANS) India has pulled out of an international conference on trasnfer of technology being hosted by Pakistan in the latest sign of heightened tensions between the two neighbours. Ministry of Science and…
Patna, Dec 20 (IANS) Two women in Bihar died after consuming poisonous tea as six continue to battle for their lives in Kaimur district, police on Tuesday said. The incident took place in Sotwa village,…
Chennai, Dec 20 (IANS) England reached 97 for no loss in their second innings at lunch on the final day of the fifth and final cricket Test against India at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday indicated that no populist measures will come through for the railways when its budget will be merged with the general budget from the next…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday received his Kyrgyz counterpart, Almazbek Atambayev, who is on his first visit to India, at a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. “Our final…
Islamabad, Dec 20 (IANS) Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has claimed that ex-army chief Gen Raheel Sharif helped him leave the country by keeping the government from pressuring the courts. Participating in a talk…
United Nations, Dec 20 (IANS) India has renewed its demand for international action against Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror groups and “their shadowy supporters”. Denouncing the two organisations, whose leadership is based…
Damascus, Dec 20 (IANS) Seven-year-old Bana Alabed, who tweets with the help of her mother Fatemah about the war-torn Syria, has been safely evacuated from the city of Aleppo, media reports said. According to a…
Srinagar, Dec 20 (IANS) A day ahead of the 40-day ‘Chillai Kalan’, Leh in Jammu and Kashmir froze at minus 14 degrees Celsius, while Srinagar on Tuesday witnessed its coldest night at minus 5.5, the…
Mumbai, Dec 20 (IANS) Bollywood star couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan has been blessed with their first child, a son, and have named him Taimur Ali Khan Pataudi. Kareena delivered the baby…
Washington, Dec 20 (IANS) China on Tuesday returned the US unmanned underwater drone it seized last week in the South China Sea, officials said. “After friendly consultations between China and the US, the transfer of…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) At least 34 trains were delayed and two cancelled on Tuesday due to fog in most parts of north India, a railway official said. According to the Northern Railway official,…
Mumbai, Dec 20 (IANS) Indian equity markets opened on a flat note — marginally in the green, during the early morning trade session on Tuesday. However, a weak rupee, along with broadly negative Asian indices…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Dec 20 (IANS) India has renewed its demand for international action against Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and “their shadowy supporters” Denouncing the two organisations, whose leadership is based…
Bangkok, Dec 20 (IANS) Investigators leading the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 plane, which disappeared in March 2014, have recommended expanding the search area, official sources said. The experts want the search…
Berlin, Dec 20 (IANS) At least 12 persons are now dead and about 50 others injured in the Monday night attack at a Christmas market here after a truck ploughed into a crowded, media reports…