Chennai, Sep 13 (IANS) One of the convicts jailed for life in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, A.G. Perarivalan on Tuesday was attacked by a fellow convict in the Vellore prison, said a top…
Srinagar, Sep 13 (IANS) A protesting youth was killed and 10 others were injured in clashes between an unruly mob and security forces in Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday. The police said a mob gathered…
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Deepa Malik who scripted history by winning a silver medal in shotput at the 2016 Rio Paralympics Games. “Well done Deepa! Your silver…
New York, Sep 13 (IANS) August 2016 was the hottest in 136 years of modern record-keeping, according to a monthly analysis of global temperatures by NASA scientists. The temperature last month was 0.16 degrees Celsius…
Bengaluru, Sep 13 (IANS) Uneasy calm prevailed on Tuesday in Bengaluru, where one person was killed in police firing on Monday night and curfew is in force in 16 sensitive localities after angry protests turned…
Chandigarh, Sep 13 (IANS) Protesting against the ruling SAD-BJP government in Punjab, opposition Congress legislators spent their night in the assembly here and will stay in it till Wednesday morning when the house assembles again….
By Nishant Arora Boston (Massachusetts), Sep 13 (IANS) The laptop and printer major HP Inc is committed to the Indian government’s ‘Digital India’ initiative and is working closely with various state governments to empower the…
Srinagar, Sep 13 (IANS) Authorities imposed curfew in all the 10 districts of Kashmir on Wednesday to prevent post Eid prayer protests called by the separatists. Authorities disallowed Eid congregation in Srinagar and all others…
Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) US President Barack Obama is set to veto a bill that would allow survivors and families of victims of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, the White…
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) India has moved the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against the subsidy given by eight US states in renewable energy under American domestic content requirements, the Commerce Ministry said on Tuesday….
Brasilia, Sep 13 (IANS) The Brazilian government has ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change, which was adopted by 195 countries during a summit in the French capital last December. “The commitment against climate change…
Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) US President Barack Obama met with Congress leaders in the White House to discuss political agenda priorities, including funds for the next fiscal year and combating the Zika virus. The President…
Brasilia, Sep 13 (IANS) Brazil’s lower house was considering whether to expel former Speaker Eduardo Cunha amid accusations that he lied about undeclared Swiss bank accounts, a media report said on Tuesday. Cunha denies wrongdoing…
Damascus, Sep 13 (IANS) Syrian army on Monday announced a seven-day nationwide ceasefire, state news agency SANA reported. The ceasefire started at 7:00 pm local time and would last till September 19, Xinhua quoted an…
Bengaluru, Sep 13 (IANS) One person was killed and two others injured in police firing on Monday night in tense Bengaluru, where curfew has been imposed in 16 sensitive localities after violent protests erupted in…
Photo by Humbugs and Oddities New York, Sep 13 (IANS) Mounting an attack on Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump on Monday released a new ad seizing on Democratic presidential nominee’s comments in which she called some…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday cautioned that if prices of pulses, especially packaged ones, do not scale down, his ministry may not hesitate to invoke the Essential…
Bengaluru/New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Widespread violence broke out in southern Karnataka on Monday over the apex court order to release Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, with angry Kannadiga protesters torching over 30 buses…
Akola (Maharashtra), Sep 12 (IANS) Launching a sharp offensive at its erstwhile partner, senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel has squarely blamed the Congress for his party’s downfall. He also accused the Congress of…
Bengaluru, Sep 12 (IANS) Violence-hit Karnataka on Monday sought additional security forces from the Union Government to maintain peace during festivals after angry protests and violence rocked Bengaluru and Mysuru over the Supreme Court’s latest…