Seoul, Sep 9 (IANS) North Korea on Friday said it “successfully” conducted a nuclear test, its fifth and the “most powerful” test so far, Yonhap news agency reported. The North Korean Central TV Broadcasting Station…
Singapore, Sep 9 (IANS) Indian Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan arrived here on Friday on the first leg of his six-day, two-nation visit to lead the country’s road shows to attract foreign investors in exploiting its…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Polling began on Friday morning in the two politically active varsities — University of Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) — for the post of President, Vice-President, Secretary and Joint…
Srinagar, Sep 9 (IANS) Authorities imposed curfew-like restrictions in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir Valley to prevent post Friday prayer protests as normal life remains affected for the 63rd consecutive day, officials said. According…
Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) Key Indian equity market indices opened in the red on Friday following weak Asian markets and European Central Bank keeping interest rates unchanged. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) was trading 17.62…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Polling began on Friday morning in the University of Delhi for the post of President, Vice-President, Secretary and Joint Secretary. The voting started at 8.30 a.m. across 117 booths set…
Damascus, Sep 9 (IANS) Syria’s Jaish al-Fateh rebel coalition has announced the death of its general commander in an airstrike in Aleppo city. Abu Omar Saraqeb, the group’s commander in Aleppo, was killed among other…
Brasilia, Sep 9 (IANS) Brazil’s Supreme Court has denied requests filed by impeached President Dilma Rousseff asking for the impeachment vote against her to be suspended and for President Michel Temer to remain in an…
Bengaluru, Sep 9 (IANS) Karnataka is protesting the state government’s release of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, based on a Supreme Court directive, with a shut down on Friday. The day-long protest is being…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan begins a six-day visit to Singapore and the UK on Friday to lead India’s road shows to attract foreign investors for its discovered small oil and…
Seoul, Sep 9 (IANS) A magnitude 5.0 earthquake was detected near North Korea’s nuclear site in its northeastern region on Friday, the South Korean military said, raising speculation that the North conducted a nuclear test….
Paris, Sep 9 (IANS) Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving key suspect of Paris attacks of last November, remained silent on Thursday during a questioning over France’s worst terror assaults, his defence lawyer Franck Breton said….
London, Sep 9 (IANS) Although retailers have reported a surge in Apple’s newly launched wireless headphones — AirPods — sales, the market has been dogged by concerns about the sound quality, price and durability of…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Sep 9 (IANS) The Indian men’s maintained their winning run on Thursday defeating Netherlands 2.5-1.5 points continued to be at the top at the World Chess Olympiad held at Baku in…
Lucknow, Sep 8 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday got a return compliment from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav who called him a “good boy, who should come more often” to the…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday returned home after attending two summits at Laos. “PM arrives in New Delhi, after attending 14th ASEAN-India Summit and 11th East Asia Summit at…
Kolkata, Sep 8 (IANS) Raising fresh hopes of industry returning to Singur, from where Tata Motors had to shift its proposed Nano factory eight years back, a West Bengal minister on Thursday said industry would…
Surat, Sep 8 (IANS) Hundreds of Patidars on Thursday kicked up a ruckus here at a public meeting meant to showcase the BJP’s support of the Patel community, compelling BJP President Amit Shah to cut…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday quashed the appointment of 21 parliamentary secretaries even as the counsel for AAP government said the verdict “may help get relief” for the party…
Ahmedabad, Sep 8 (IANS) The simmering anger against the Gujarat Congress leadership exploded on Thursday with senior leader and spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil giving up responsibilities for the 2017 assembly polls, days after a former MP…