Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) With New Delhi signing a historic defence logistics agreement with Washington, the US has described India’s presence in the Asia-Pacific region as “important” in the backdrop of China’s disputes in the…
Tokyo, Aug 31 (IANS) At least nine people were killed on Wednesday near a nursing home in Japan’s northeastern Iwate prefecture after powerful Typhoon Lionrock made landfall in the region. Lionrock, the 10th typhoon of…
Port Moresby, Aug 31 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter Scale hit off Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake occurred at 39 km east of Namatanai…
Lucknow, Aug 31 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed Lucknow and some parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh early Wednesday. The rains brought down temperature and ended a brief spell of hot and humid weather over the last…
Mexican city, Aug 31 (IANS) Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will travel to Mexico city on Wednesday and meet President Enrique Pena Nieto, just hours before his speech in Arizona to clarify views on immigration…
Mumbai, Aug 31 (IANS) The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a higher note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 28,372.25 points touched a…
Mumbai: Filmmaker and actor Rakesh Roshan during the funeral of Vikas Mohan, producer and trade analyst, in Mumbai, on May 31, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Nainital, Aug 31 (IANS) The Uttarakhand High Court has stayed the…
London, Aug 31 (IANS) Over 50,000 people die each year due to air pollution in Britain, a research team from Bristol reported ahead of a debate on Wednesday. Cars, buses and freight trucks are the…
Damascus, Aug 31 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) militant group’s chief spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani has been killed in the Syrian province of Aleppo, IS-affiliated media said. Adnani was one of the longest-serving and most…
Hyderabad, Aug 31 (IANS) Eight persons were killed in a ghastly accident on Outer Ring Road near here, police said on Wednesday. A Tavera was crushed between two vehicles due to a collision at a…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Central Statistics Office (CSO) will release the national income numbers for the first quarter of this fiscal later on Wednesday amid hope that the economy has picked up further…
Mogadishu, Aug 31 (IANS) A truck bomb exploded outside a hotel in Somali capital Mogadishu, killing 22 people in a heavily secured area close to the presidential palace. A security conference was under way at…
Photo by CelebNMusic247 Los Angeles, Aug 31 (IANS) Singer Chris Brown was arrested on Tuesday after a woman claimed that he threatened her with a gun, police said. “Brown is going to be transported where…
Lucknow, Aug 30 (IANS) After furore over death of a 12-year-old boy for want of treatment in Kanpur as visuals of his desperate father carrying him on his shoulders surfaced on the social media, Uttar…
Bengaluru, Aug 30 (IANS) India would appeal against any verdict to protect itself from damages in the legal battle its space agency’s commercial arm Antrix Corporation is locked in with satellite firm Devas Multimedia Services…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Former Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla, who had written a biography of Mother Teresa soon after she was conferred the Noble Peace Prize and the Bharat Ratna, on Tuesday said…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The Union government on Tuesday appointed Sanjay Roy, Director (Media) in the Home Ministry’s Jammu and Kashmir Division as the nodal officer for grievances relating to Jammu and Kashmir’s people….
Bengaluru, Aug 30 (IANS) Riding on the success of its rocket launches and domain expertise in space technology, India secured new orders to launch 68 satellites for overseas customers, including a dozen from the US,…
Kathmandu, Aug 30 (IANS) Nepali authorities here on Tuesday slapped a 10-year ban against an Indian couple who claimed to have climbed the world’s tallest peak Mount Everest. The photographs presented by the couple said…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The members of the all-party delegation during their two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, beginning September 4, will be free to meet any leader or individual or groups “including separatists”,…