Madrid, Sep 15 (IANS) Champions League holders Real Madrid needed a late show from Cristiano Ronaldo and Alvaro Morata to come back from a goal down to beat Sporting Lisbon in their group stage opener…
Lucknow, Sep 15 (IANS) The crisis in Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Samajwadi Party continued on Thursday with General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav failing to persuade Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to call a truce with Shivpal Yadav,…
Sep 15 (IANS) The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Thursday staged protests across Bihar against the release of former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Mohammad Shahabuddin. “NDA leaders and workers have staged dharnas at…
Mumbai, Sep 15 (IANS) The Indian equity markets traded on a flat-to-negative note during the mid-afternoon trade session on Thursday. Profit booking and negative global cues dented investors’ sentiments. Heavy selling pressure was witnessed in…
Mumbai, Sep 15 (IANS) Maharashtra bid adieu to Lord Ganesh – the elephant-headed god – on Anant Chaturdashi on Thursday as the curtains fell on the 11-day Ganeshotsav festivities. After performing the farewell ‘Uttar Pooja’,…
Kathmandu, Sep 15 (IANS) Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, leading a 125-member delegation, on Thursday left for a four-day state visit to New Delhi at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. This…
London, Sep 15 (IANS) Substantive Brexit talks between the UK and the rest of the European Union (EU) were unlikely to start much before the end of 2017, a former European Council president said. Speaking…
Lucknow, Sep 15 (IANS) With dengue claiming seven more lives here in Uttar Pradesh capital in the last 24 hours, the toll in the city stands at 68 on Thursday. The government claimed things were…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Sep 15 (IANS) Afghanistan has urged for global action against “state elements” that orchestrate and support terrorism and also lashed out against militants based in Pakistan and their supporters it…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Two Indian teachers who were abducted in Libya over a year ago have been released, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday. “I am happy to inform that T…
Mumbai, Sep 15 (IANS) The curtains fell on the 11-day long Ganeshotsav festivities – in which the elephant-headed god Lord Ganesh was worshipped – in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on Anant Chaturdashi on…
Washington, Sep 15 (IANS) Leaked emails from former Secretary of State Colin Powell showed him strongly criticising Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, labelling him a “national disgrace and an international pariah”. “He appeals to the…
Srinagar, Sep 15 (IANS) Heavy deployments of security forces were made by authorities on Thursday in Srinagar and other places of the Kashmir Valley where life remained paralysed for the 69th consecutive day. A senior…
Mumbai, Sep 15 (IANS) Key Indian equity market indices opened in the green on Thursday despite a fall in oil prices and Asian markets opening lower. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) was trading at 53.95…
Washington, Sep 15 (IANS) A pastor who hosted Donald Trump at her church in Michigan, interrupted the Republican presidential candidate during his speech to ask him to refrain from attacking his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton….
By Arul Louis United Nations, Sep 15 (IANS) Demanding that the Security Council find ways to reverse the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, India has accused the UN committee on Taliban of allowing the terror group’s…
Washington, Sep 15 (IANS) Melania Trump has released a letter from her immigration attorney aimed at settling questions about whether she properly followed immigration law when she came to the US in 1996. “I am…
Washington, Sep 15 (IANS) Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign has released additional medical information after questions about her health intensified in the wake of her pneumonia diagnosis last week. She was diagnosed with mild,…
Brasilia, Sep 15 (IANS) Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been charged in the Petrobras corruption scheme that cost the state oil company billions of dollars. The charges of bribery and money…
Islamabad, Sep 15 (IANS) At least six people were reported dead and over 150 injured after Karachi-bound Awam Express collided with a freight train near Multan early on Thursday, officials and railways sources said. The…