London, Sep 6 (IANS) Even as the Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore remains the country’s top university, its global ranking has dropped two notches to 152 in the latest QS World University Rankings 2016-17 released…
Vientiane, Sep 6 (IANS) US President Barack Obama and his Philippines counterpart Rodrigo Duterte will not meet in Laos on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit and East Asia Summit, the US Embassy here confirmed…
Srinagar, Sep 6 (IANS) The authorities imposed curfew-like restrictions in the old city areas of Srinagar and some other parts of the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday as the toll in ongoing unrest rose to 75,…
London, Sep 6 (IANS) Ahead of the World Suicide Prevention Day which falls on September 10, social networking giant Facebook has joined hands with support service Samaritans to launch a series of suicide prevention tools….
Mumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Tuesday opened on a higher note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 28,631.27 points soon shot…
Sydney, Sep 6 (IANS) As part of its global recall of Galaxy Note 7 after reports of battery explosion surfaced, Samsung Australia has formally recalled 51,060 such devices. “Samsung Electronics Australia advises all customers who…
New York, Sep 6 (IANS) The sixth-seeded Venus Williams lost 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) to 10th-seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic in the fourth round of the US Open here on Monday. “I was…
Jammu, Sep 6 (IANS) Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked, indiscriminate firing on Indian positions on the line of control (LoC) in Poonch district on Tuesday. “Pakistani soldiers initiated indiscriminate firing at midnight on Indian Army…
New York, Sep 6 (IANS) An alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) bomb-maker with a penchant for pornography was to have participated in the Islamic State (IS) terrorist strike on Paris in November, 2015, CNN reported on Monday….
New York, Sep 6 (IANS) India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski went down fighting in the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles but Sania Mirza maintained her march in the women’s doubles at…
Washington, Sep 6 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Monday said NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who refused to stand for the US national anthem, was exercising his constitutional right to make a point. Speaking in…
Washington/Manila, Sep 6 (IANS) US President Barack Obama had better think twice about raising the issue of Philippine extra-judicial killings, warned the country’s confrontational leader on Monday. The US president and his Philippines counterpart, Rodrigo…
Hong Kong, Sep 6 (IANS) A new generation of pro-democracy activists has won seats on Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo). The young leaders want greater autonomy and changes to the way Hong Kong is governed…
Damascus, Sep 6 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for the six bombings that rocked key Syrian cities and killed at least 48 people earlier on Monday. In a statement carried by the…
Bengaluru, Sep 5 (IANS) Hundreds of people, especially farmers on Monday staged protest demonstrations in the Mysuru region against the Supreme Court order to Karnataka for releasing 15,000 cusecs of water daily for 10 days…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has said that “Roka”, a traditional Punjabi pre-marital ceremony, is a “social evil that needs to be condemned”. A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and…
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed the city on Monday disrupting train services and creating traffic snarls on waterlogged major arterial roads. The steady drizzle intensified in the evening as many of the areas…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) India choosing to be a parliamentary democracy and drafting its own Constitution were major developments that the country witnessed after Independence from British in 1947, President Pranab Mukherjee said on…
Bengaluru, Sep 5 (IANS) Hundreds of people, especially farmers on Monday staged protest demonstrations in the Mysuru region against the Supreme Court order to Karnataka for releasing 15,000 cusecs of water daily for 10 days…
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IANS) A class 10 student of the city’s Scottish Church Collegiate School allegedly went missing from the school prompting parents and guardians to stage demonstrations at the institution on Monday. While the…