Sydney, Sep 11 (IANS) A man inspired by the Islamic State (IS) was charged with committing a terror attack as well as an attempted murder of a 59-year-old man in Sydney, Australia on Sunday. New…
Bangkok, Sep 11 (IANS) Thai authorities have announced that 21 Zika virus cases were recorded in capital Bangkok. Wantanee Wattana, deputy permanent secretary for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), on Saturday said the 21 patients’…
New York, Sep 11 (IANS) World No2 seed Germany’s Angelique Kerber on Saturday beat Czech player Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the US Open women’s final match here. Kerber will inherit No1 ranking from…
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) The AISA-SFI combine on Saturday evening won all four seats in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) election. The Students Federation of India (SFI) and the All India Students…
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) A private contractor and a CPWD official alleged that they were locked up inside the house of Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel on Saturday…
Kolkata, Sep 10 (IANS) A day after he was granted bail in a Saradha scam related case, Trinamool Congress leader and former West Bengal minister Madan Mitra was on Saturday released from jail but couldn’t…
Agartala, Sep 10 (IANS) India for the first time on Saturday transported petroleum products through Bangladesh to Tripura, officials said. Tripura Industries and Commerce Minister Tapan Chakraborty and other state and central government officials received…
Kolkata, Sep 10 (IANS) Claiming that holding of ISL matches under floodlights at the Rabindra Sarobar stadium could cause ecological hazard, a petitioner has moved the National Green Tribunal pleading that the games should not…
Lucknow, Sep 10 (IANS) In a pioneering initiative, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to constitute an Information Technology (IT) cadre of its own, officials said on Saturday. This is for the first time that…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Sep 10 (IANS) India on Saturday came back to their winning ways defeating England 2.5-1.5 in the open section and Uzbekistan in the women’s category in the eighth round at the…
Dodoma, Sep 10 (IANS) At least 10 people were reportedly killed and 129 injured after an earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale hit northwest Tanzania. The quake was recorded at a depth of 10…
Bengaluru, Sep 10 (IANS) Karnataka on Saturday filed a special petition in the Supreme Court seeking it modify its order on releasing Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu in view of the distress situation, a…
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Congress president Raj Babbar has said it was incorrect to say that farmers who came to the “khat panchayats” addressed by party Vice President Rahul Gandhi had filched…
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will come to India on a two-day visit on September 14 during which he will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it was announced on…
Islamabad, Sep 10 (IANS) Jail authorities in Pakistan’s southern Peshawar city on Saturday shifted an Indian prisoner into a separate room following a brawl between the inmates. An official from the Central Prison Peshawar confirmed…
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) AAP legislator Amanatullah Khan, who on Saturday was booked for allegedly pressurising his sister-in-law for establishing a physical relationship, announced that he has resigned from all government and the party…
Kolkata, Sep 10 (IANS) Claiming that holding of ISL matches under floodlights at the Rabindra Sarobar stadium could cause ecological hazard, a petitioner has moved the National Green Tribunal pleading that the games should not…
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale hit off Jhajjar in Haryana on Saturday, the India Meteorological department (IMD) said. The quake occurred at 8.57 p.m. with a depth…
Surat, Sep 10 (IANS) A three-member committee has been set up to inquire into the hooch tragedy at a village near Surat that saw 18 persons lose their life in separate incidents over the last…
Mumbai, Sep 10 (IANS) Comedian-actor Kapil Sharma on Saturday clarified that his complaint regarding a bribe demanded by the Mumbai civic body official was out of anger against corruption and his move was not politically…