Washington, July 28 (IANS) Republican Party’s presidential nominee Donald Trump has said that he was “being sarcastic” when he suggested that Russia should find Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton’s missing emails. “Of course I’m being…
Philadelphia, July 28 (IANS) Virginia Senator Tim Kaine on Wednesday night officially accepted the Vice Presidential nomination on the second day of the ongoing Democratic National Convention (DNC). “I humbly accept my party’s nomination to…
Beijing, July 28 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.38 per cent to open at 2,980.5 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.18 per cent lower at…
Rome, July 28 (IANS) Italian President Sergio Mattarella said that his country should not enter the age of anxiety, after the latest spate of terrorist attacks in Europe. The president made the remarks a day…
Jammu, July 28 (IANS) The strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed on Thursday due to landslides, resulting in the suspension of Amarnath Yatra. The landslides were triggered by incessant rains in Ramban district, a senior…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will preside over a crucial meeting of the NITI Aayog on Thursday wherein a “concrete shape” may be given to country’s first-ever 15-year vision document for…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) A Searcher reconnaissance UAV of Indian Navy, on a routine sortie, had to be ditched around 9 miles off Kerala’s Kochi on Wednesday following an “engine malfunction”, an official statement…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to raise foreign shareholding limit in Indian stock exchanges from 5 to 15 per cent, an official statement said. The decision, taken…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) In a bid to strengthen the chances of passage of the crucial GST Bill, the Union Cabinet here on Wednesday approved key changes in the proposed legislation, including dropping the…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Reacting to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s claim on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi could even get him (Kejriwal) murdered, the BJP said it is not surprised as Kejriwal…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Taking a crucial step towards checking black money, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Benami Transactions Amendment Bill with the new legislation having provisions for confiscating ‘benami’ (proxy) assets….
Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) Four days after the mysterious death of a 17-year old boy during a birthday party, the city police made their first arrests by rounding up a liquor shop owner and two…
Washington, July 27 (IANS) John W. Hinckley Jr., the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, will be released from a government psychiatric hospital over 35 years after the assassination attempt, a US federal…
Dehradun/New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Uttarakhand government said on Wednesday that Chinese troops had been spotted within its territory on July 19 by local officials who were asked to return. Army sources however said…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Union Cabinet here on Wednesday approved key changes in the GST Constitutional Amendment Bill, including dropping the one per cent additional tax on inter state sale as proposed in…
Bengaluru, July 27 (IANS) The strike by 1.23 lakh employees of the four state-run road transport corporations in Karnataka was called off after three days on Wednesday evening after the state government agreed to increase…
Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) All petrol and diesel retailers stations across Maharashtra have threatened to shut down from August 1 if the state government does not withdraw its recent directive on ‘no helmet-no fuel’ rule…
Hyderabad, July 27 (IANS) The Telangana government will establish Centre for Non Resident Telanganaites’ Affairs (CENTA) to handle the issues of NRIs from the state, state NRI Affairs Minister K.T. Rama Rao said on Wednesday….
Berlin, July 27 (IANS) A suitcase exploded near a reception centre for refugees in Zirndorf, a city near Nuremberg in southern Germany, local media reported on Wednesday. The explosion occurred about 200 metres from the…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Promising javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who scripted history by becoming the first Indian athlete to become a world champion at any level, said on Wednesday that a back injury had…