Durban, July 9 (IANS) Continuing his visits to places associated with the life of Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday visited the Phoenix Settlement near here, a community settlement established…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Army Chief General Dalbir Singh will visit Australia on a four-day visit from July 11 to 14. The visit assumes special significance in the light of enhanced military cooperation between…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Facing investigation over his speeches that are believed to have “inspired” two of the Bangladeshi cafe attackers, controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik on Saturday sought support from the Muslim community…
Srinagar, July 9 (IANS) At least eight protesters were killed in clashes between security forces and people protesting the death of top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has questioned the high interest rate regime for domestic savings, especially when the propensity to park funds in banks is high in India and the corporate…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Congress on Saturday attacked the Narendra Modi government, questioning the Naga accord signed last year and wondered if the Centre had entered into an agreement with the NSCN(IM) “compromising…
Guwahati, July 9 (IANS) Backed by the National Federation of New States (NFNS), a few ethnic groups of Assam and other parts of the northeastern region — the Bodos, Karbis, Kokborok and the Kukis –…
Panaji, July 9 (IANS) Constant criticism on social media platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp will be regarded as “mini-crimes” in the future because it is used to mock top functionaries like a Chief Minister, Defence…
Srinagar July 9 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday voiced apprehension of a likely spurt in militancy in the Kashmir Valley in the wake of the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen…
Washington, July 9 (IANS) The Dallas Police Department has discovered bomb making materials, rifles, ballistic vests, ammunition and a combat journal at the home of the key suspect in the Dallas shootings, in which five…
By Porisma Pompi Gogoi and Rohit Vaid Mumbai, July 9 (IANS) Indian equity markets fell prey to bears, as profit booking, negative global cues and a weak rupee arrested their meteoric rise during the week…
Somnath (Gujarat), July 9 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who landed here on Saturday to offer prayers at historic Somnath Temple, charged the state’s BJP government with preventing his interaction with people in Gujarat….
Patna, July 9 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Saturday reiterated his demand that caste-based data of the Census of India 2011 should be made public by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) A third of the world’s child brides are in India with about half of Indian women having married before they turned 18, said United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). “Adolescents (10-19…
Pietermaritzburg, July 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that his visit to South Africa is like a pilgrimage as he is getting to visit places that are significant to Indian history and…
New York, July 9 (IANS) After a series of celebrity Twitter handle hacks over the past few months, Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, had his account compromised briefly on Saturday, a media report said….
Islamabad, July 9 (IANS) Celebrated Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, founder of the non-profit Edhi Foundation that provided succour to millions of poor and destitute over the years, has died at a hospital in Karachi….
Srinagar, July 9 (IANS) Four protesters were killed in clashes between security forces and people protesting the death of top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. At…
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her displeasure over two-wheeler users not wearing helmets, Kolkata police on Saturday imposed a “no helmet no petrol” rule forbidding petrol…
New York, July 9 (IANS) Essar Steel Minnesota has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a US court after it failed to pay its mining leases, prompting the state’s Governor Mark Dayton to cancel them….