Vientiane, Sep 6 (IANS) Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday expressed regret over his obscene remarks for US President Barack Obama in which he called the latter “son of a whore”. Duterte in a statement…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The Indian government said on Tuesday that no decision had been made on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Pakistan to attend the Saarc Summit in November. “Decisions and announcements…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) With an aim to eradicate leprosy from India, the country’s biggest leprosy detection campaign has been launched in 19 states and union territories, it was announced on Tuesday. The fortnight-long…
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 6 (IANS) Represented by their largest ever contingent, India will hope for an improved medals tally when the Paralympic Games start here on Wednesday. A total of 19 Indian athletes will…
Chennai, Sep 6 (IANS) Students from Mexico come to India to learn different kinds of skills ranging from information technology (IT) to yoga and even how to play the tabla, said the Mexican envoy to…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Former Home Secretary G.K. Pillai on Tuesday urged the government to ignore the Hurriyat leaders for two years after they refused to talk to some MPs who visited the Kashmir…
Kolkata, Sep 6 (IANS) Seventy-five years after it ferried Indian revolutionary Netaji Subash Chandra Bose during the first leg of his ‘Great Escape’ from British India, wheels have been set in motion for restoration of…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration to not take any action, till September 19, including the penalty against JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kanhaiya and…
Mumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) Raghuram Rajan, whose term as the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ended on September 4, had a word of caution on interest rates for the global economy….
Mumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) Positive global cues and healthy inflow of foreign funds pushed the Indian equity markets higher on Tuesday. Both the key indices provisionally closed the day’s trade in the green with gains…
Chandigarh, Sep 6 (IANS) Assembly elections in Punjab are likely to be held in the last week of January or first week of February next year, state chief electoral officer V.K. Singh said here on…
Deoria (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 6 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the Narendra Modi government was ignoring the plight of farmers. Addressing a huge gathering at Rudrapur in Deoria district at the…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against Life Insurance Corporation agent Anand Chauhan in the disproportionate assets case registered against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. The…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) A 30-year-old man was the first victim here to die of the vector-borne disease malaria this year, authorities said. Praveen Sharma was admitted to the Max super specialty hospital in…
Kabul, Sep 6 (IANS) Four terrorists and a civilian were killed here on Tuesday after an 11-hour gun battle that began overnight following three huge blasts that left 35 to 43 people dead, officials said….
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday wondered what the Congress did for the welfare of farmers during its 55 years of rule. The BJP’s attack came just hours after Congress…
London, Sep 6 (IANS) Labour MP Keith Vaz will be urged to stand down as chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee following media reports that he paid for the services of two male sex…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against Life Insurance Corporation agent Anand Chauhan in the disproportionate assets case registered against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. The…
Mumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) More than three years after a Delhi nurse, Preeti Rathi, died following an acid attack, a Special Women’s Court on Tuesday convicted her obsessed neighbour Ankur Narayanlal Panwar for murder. Additional…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) In a morale booster for the athletes participating at the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, the Sports Ministry on Tuesday announced that the medallists will be given cash awards at…