Washington, Sep 14 (IANS) The Obama administration is upping aid to Israel as part of the largest pledge of military assistance in US history. Israel is set to get about $38 billion over 10 years,…
Los Angeles, Sep 14 (IANS) US First Lady Michelle Obama once turned down a role on the popular animated sitcom “The Simpsons” with a hilarious note. In an interview to variety.com, “The Simpsons” co-creator James…
NEW YORK, Sept. 11, 2016 (Xinhua) — U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (C) arrives at a ceremony marking the 15th anniversary of September 11 attacks at the National 9/11 Memorial, in New York, the…
Washington, Sep 14 (IANS) A British man accused of trying to shoot US presidential candidate Donald Trump has pleaded guilty to some of the charges he faced. Michael Sandford, 20, from Dorking, Surrey, was due…
Taipei, Sep 14 (IANS) Taiwan and mainland China are bracing for massive Super Typhoon Meranti, which was bearing down on southern Taiwan on early Wednesday morning, bringing torrential rains and damaging winds. After a period…
Washington, Sep 14 (IANS) US median household income saw the first annual increase in 2015 since the Great Recession, said the US Census Bureau on Tuesday. The median household income reached $56,516 in 2015, 5.2…
Ambala, Sep 14 (IANS) A Jaguar fighter jet caught fire minutes before take off at Ambala airfield on Tuesday but the pilot escaped safely, Indian Air Force officials said. According to sources, the pilot noticed…
Jerusalem, Sep 13 (IANS) Former Israeli President Shimon Peres has been taken to a hospital after “having suffered a brain episode”, the office of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said on Tuesday. Peres, 93, also a…
New York, Sep 13 (IANS) State Bank of India’s chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya, ICICI Bank’s chief Chanda Kochhar and Axis Bank CEO Shikha Sharma ranked in the top twenty of the ’50 Most Powerful Women International’…
Greater Noida, Sep 13 (IANS) Inching closer to lifting the Duleep Trophy, India Blue took a virtually unassailable lead of 476 runs against India Red on a rain-truncated penultimate day of the tournament final at…
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) India and Russia on Tuesday agreed to create an “energy bridge” with the possibility of gas pipelines for direct gas delivery from Russia to India. “…Both sides launched an industry…
Lucknow, Sep 13 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) seemed to plunge into a major crisis on Tuesday night as Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav withdrew important portfolios from his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav, who…
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Bharti Airtel on Tuesday said following its talks with Reliance Industries, it will provide additional points of interconnection (POIs) to Jio telecom services — a move that has been welcomed…
Singur (West Bengal), Sep 13 (IANS) A festive mood prevails in Singur where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Wednesday return 9,117 land records to farmers and compensate 800 peasants from whom land…
London, Sep 13 (IANS) The Man Booker Prize judges announced on Tuesday their shortlist for the best original novel, written in the English language and published in Britain. The prize, one of the literary world’s…
New Delhi/Bengaluru, Sep 13 (IANS) Most of the domestic airlines on Tuesday waived off flight change penalties for operations from Bengaluru for a limited period of time. In their respective accounts on micro-blogging website Twitter,…
Mumbai, Sep 13 (IANS) Aggressive activists of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Tuesday briefly disrupted a scheduled media gathering addressed by the Vidarbha Rajya Andolan Samiti, which is fighting for carving out a separate state…
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) In what can be seen as a sign of China relenting on India’s bid for membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), a Chinese delegation visited New Delhi on Tuesday…
Mumbai, Sep 13 (IANS) Tata Sons’ Chairman Cyrus P. Mistry has said that debt levels of some of the group companies should be seen in the context of business growth, increasing cash from operations, and…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Sep 13 (IANS) The US won the gold medal on a better tie-break score over Ukraine while the top-seeded Russia won bronze at the 2016 World Chess Olympiad open category at…