Washington, Aug 25 (IANS) Astronomers have found clear evidence of a potentially habitable planet orbiting the closest star to our solar system. The new world, designated Proxima b, orbits its cool red parent star, Proxima…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted the people on the occasion of Janmashtami. “Jai Shri Krishna, Janmashtami greetings to all,” Modi said. The birthday of Lord Krishna, better known…
Mumbai, Aug 25 (IANS) An Air India Mumbai-Newark flight was diverted to Kazakhstan on Thursday due to operational reasons, an official said here. The official said the flight which took off from Chhatrapati Shivaji International…
Rome, Aug 25 (IANS) The death toll from the 6.2-magnitude earthquake that struck central Italy on Wednesday has risen to 247, according to Civil Protection Department officials on Thursday. More than 360 others were injured…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) If you are in awe of those famous queues outside Apple stores, hang on. From Bhubaneswar to Ahmedabad and from Lucknow to Mohali, people on Thursday made a beeline –…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Vinay Sharma, one of the four convicts in the December 16, 2012, gang-rape, was admitted to a hospital in a critical condition on Thursday after he tried to commit suicide…
Washington, Aug 25 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry is set to visit India and Bangladesh to hold discussions to broaden bilateral ties, according to an official statement. Kerry will travel to Dhaka on…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Aug 25 (IANS) Sustainable development will be high on the agenda when General Assembly President-elect Peter Thomson visits India next week and meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “My main interest…
Mumbai, Aug 25 (IANS) Key Indian equity market indices opened in the green on Thursday despite a drop in the Asian markets and at the Wall Street ahead of the Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s…
Srinagar, Aug 25 (IANS) Authorities on Thursday continued curfew and restrictions in Kashmir for the 48th consecutive day as the separatists extended the protest shutdown till September 1. “Curfew will remain in force in Anantnag,…
Kabul, Aug 25 (IANS) Twelve people were killed in an attack on the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, a spokesman for the Chief of Kabul Police told CNN on Thursday. Seven students, three policemen…
Washington, Aug 25 (IANS) US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker is slated to visit New Delhi to attend the second US-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue and the US-India CEO Forum scheduled to be held from…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condemned the bomb attack on the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul that left a security guard dead while injuring over 20 people. “We…
Bogota, Aug 25 (IANS) The Colombian government and the outlawed Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) reached a historic agreement to conclude the peace negotiations that started nearly four years. The final document was endorsed…
Kabul, Aug 25 (IANS) The gun and bomb attack on the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul that left a security guard dead and injured 21 others ended on Thursday after police killed two attackers….
Kabul, Aug 25 (IANS) At least one person was killed and 21 others injured on Wednesday in a gun and bomb attack at American University in Kabul, a media report said. Three women were among…
Rome, Aug 25 (IANS) A powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake ripped through the mountains in central Italy on Wednesday, claiming at least 120 lives as it flattened several villages and towns, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said….
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday appointed its Member of Parliament Laxman Gilua as the new Jharkhand unit chief after accepting the resignation of Tala Marandi from the post. “BJP…
New Delhi/Chennai, Aug 24 (IANS) Stressing state machinery could not be used against critics, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held that criticism of public policy could not be a ground for a defamation suit as…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Health Ministry has set up a control room to monitor the rising number of dengue and chikungunya cases in Delhi. The central government has also urged all the states…