Srinagar, Aug 27 (IANS) Curfew and restrictions continued for the 58th day across Kashmir on Saturday, as the death toll rose to 72 in the ongoing unrest. Militants killed a police constable identified as Khurshid…
Chennai, Aug 27 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up to test its scramjet engine on Sunday while the launch of weather satellite INSAT-3DR with the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-MkII) has…
Shimla, Aug 27 (IANS) Three low-intensity earthquake quakes hit Himachal Pradesh on Saturday but there were no reports of damage to life or property, an official told IANS. In Rampur subdivision, all educational institutes were…
Athens, Aug 27 (IANS) A Syrian refugee who is living, working and training in Greece will be one of the two refugees who will compete at the Rio Paralympics in September, forming the Independent Paralympic…
Manila, Aug 27 (IANS) A five-year-old girl has become the youngest reported victim of the war on drugs in the Philippines, a media report said on Saturday. Danica May Garcia was shot to death in…
Rio De Janeiro, Aug 27 (IANS) Rio De Janeiro authorities will distribute free tickets for next month’s Paralympic Games to over 30,000 school children. Under a joint initiative between the state government and the Rio…
Rome, Aug 27 (IANS) A day of national mourning began in Italy on Saturday for the people who died when a powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit the mountainous central regions. The official death toll stands at…
Shimla, Aug 27 (IANS) Two mild quakes hit Himachal Pradesh on Saturday morning, authorities said. The first quake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale hit the state at 6.44 a.m. and the second 4.3 magnitude…
Srinagar, Aug 27 (IANS) Separatists guerillas on Saturday killed a local policeman in Pulwama district in South Kashmir. A senior police officer told IANS in summer capital Srinagar, “Selection grade constable Khurshid Ahmad Ganai was…
WASHINGTON D.C., U.S. President Barack Obama. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu/IANS) Washington, Aug 27 (IANS) The White House announced on Friday US President Barack Obama decided to expand a national monument off the coast of Hawaii, creating the…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The leaked data on Indian Scorpene submarines was given by a “whistleblower” to The Australian, the newspaper said in a report, adding that the “whistleblower” would hand over the disk…
Kolkata, Aug 26 (IANS) Days before she is declared a saint by the Vatican, special masses and prayers marked Mother Teresa’s 106th birth anniversary celebrations here on Friday. Candles were lit and the nun’s grave…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Hours after Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday that the leaked information on Scorpene submarines does not contain weapon data, Australian journalist Cameron Stewart, who broke the story,…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The 14th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) will be held in Bengaluru January 7 to 9, 2017, and around 3,000 people are likely to participate in the event, it…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) An eight-year-old girl and her three-year-old sister were rescued from a house where they were locked for four days without food and water, police said on Friday. Deputy Commissioner of…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The upcoming four-day visit of Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw, beginning Saturday, is expected to boost bilateral cooperation and trade, MEA officials said here on Friday. Kyaw is visiting India…
New Delhi/Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) India and US will hold their second Strategic and Commercial Dialogue (S&CD) here on August 30 and review implementation of various decisions taken during the previous summit as well as…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) A court here on Friday convicted Ravi Kapoor, awarded death penalty in IT executive Jigisha Ghosh’s murder case, in another murder case of a taxi driver in January 2009. Additional…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) A court here on Monday granted regular bail to Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and two others accused in a sedition case after Delhi Police didn’t…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) After almost 25 years, a court here on Friday awarded seven-year jail term to former Haryana assembly Speaker Satbir Singh Kadian, 66, in a 1991 IFFCO case allegedly planned by…