New Delhi/United Nations, Sep 22 (IANS) The US and Afghanistan appreciated India’s role in the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan at a trilateral meeting held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the External…
Panaji, Sep 22 (IANS) Eight years after her 15-year-old daughter Scarlett Keeling was found sexually assaulted and dead on a balmy morning at Goa’s Anjuna beach, her mother Fiona Mackeown battles nervousness a day before…
By Brajendra Nath Singh Kozhikode, Sep 22 (IANS) The 500-year-old port city of Kozhikode in Kerala is awash in saffron hue ahead of the BJP’s three-day National Council meet from September 23, with the party…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Thursday said a prostitution racket at GB Road in the national capital’s red light area was operating under the protection of…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Considered one of the “most unlucky” Indian elephants, Mohan (55) who was rescued from Uttar Pradesh’s Pratagarh in July finally reached his new abode – Wildlife SOS’s Elephant Care Centre…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) A 19-year-old youth has been arrested for stealing cars, especially Honda City brand, to take joyrides and sleep at night with the air conditioner on but abandoning them on the…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) India on Thursday claimed diplomatic victory over Pakistan at the United Nations amid deteriorating bilateral ties following the killing of 18 soldiers in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir….
Vijayawada, Sep 22 (IANS) Two persons were killed and four others went missing as heavy rains lashed Andhra Pradesh on Thursday, throwing rail and road transport and bringing the normal life to standstill. The incessant…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) India on Thursday said the a bill introduced in the US Congress describing Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism was an acknowledgment of Islamabad being the “epicentre of terrorism”,…
Kalimpong, Sep 22 (IANS) With an eye on the coming Panchayat and municipal polls in Darjeeling district, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday promised to set up more development boards representing specific communities…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Accusing Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of “gloryfying terrorists” in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly, the Congress on Thursday said it has now become clear where “Pakistan’s…
Hyderabad, Sep 22 (IANS) Low-cost carrier AirAsia India on Thursday commenced its operations from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad with one daily flight each to Bengaluru and Goa. GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL)…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) AAP legislators Somnath Bharti and Amanatullah Khan on Thursday got bail from two different courts here, sparking another attack by Delhi’s ruling party on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Chief Minister…
Jammu, Sep 22 (IANS) The ongoing unrest in the Kashmir Valley has adversely affected road construction and other work of the Border Roads Organization (BRO), the army said on Thursday. Colonel S.D. Goswami, spokesman of…
Raigad (Maharashtra), Sep 22 (IANS) The Navy and police went on high alert after some locals reported that masked persons armed with guns were sighted in the coastal town of Uran near Mumbai on Thursday….
Bengaluru, Sep 22 (IANS) Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting’s Singapore subsidiary on Thursday announced acquiring 100 per cent shareholding of Zhongshan Ma Er Daily Products Ltd of China in an all-cash deal for an undisclosed…
Beijing, Sep 22 (IANS) A fisherman in east China caught a 1.56 metre-long fish of a rare variety and wants to sell it for 1.1 million yuan (about $165,000), media reported on Thursday. The fish,…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Avoiding a direct reply on whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the 19th Saarc Summit in Islamabad in November, India on Thursday said that “diplomatic relations do serve useful…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) The decision to merge the railway and general budgets was a step towards “commercialization and privatization of the Indian Railways”, the CPI-M said on Thursday. The Communist Party of India-Marxist…
Cairo, Sep 22 (IANS/AKI) The number of migrants who perished in a shipwreck off Egypt’s Mediterranean port city of Rosetta has reached 42, state-run daily Al-Ahram said on Thursday. According to the state-owned MENA news…