Brussels/London, July 15 (IANS) Belgium has decided to go ahead with celebrations of its national day next week amid heightened security despite the Bastille Day terror attack in Nice that left at least 84 dead….
Islamabad, July 15 (IANS) The Pakistan government on Friday decided to observe a nationwide black day on July 19 to mark solidarity with Kashmiris in the wake of clashes in Jammu and Kashmir. Prime Minister…
Mumbai, July 15 (IANS) Claiming that his statements were “doctored and tampered out of context”, controversial NRI televangelist Zakir Naik on Friday asserted that he was a “messenger of peace” and unequivocally condemned all terror…
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) In the wake of “acute food shortage” in violence-hit Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Food Ministry on Friday assured the state authorities that it will provide advance three-month rations for…
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) The Centre is on the right track to meet the target of generating one lakh MW of solar power by 2022 under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), a top…
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) An Uttar Pradesh court’s order to file an FIR against the family of the slain Mohammed Akhlaq on charges of cow slaughter “is a gross travesty of justice”, the CPI-M…
Patna, July 15 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was on Friday all set to remind Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the central government has failed to accord ‘special’ category status and package to Bihar,…
Mumbai, July 15 (IANS) Key Indian equity markets were on Friday suppressed by profit booking, a weak rupee and lower crude prices. Consequently, the key indices provisionally closed the day’s trade in the red, as…
Houston, July 15 (IANS) Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, at a roadshow here to promote the auction of 67 discovered small hydrocarbon fields in the country, has assured a transparent regulatory regime and greater ease in…
Paris, July 15 (IANS) France on Friday announced three days of national mourning after the terror attack in Nice city where a truck driver mowed down at least 84 Bastille Day revellers. French Prime Minister…
Aizawl/Agartala, July 15 (IANS) Mizoram and Tripura government have asked the security forces to maintain a maximum vigil along the Bangladesh border to foil any attempt of intrusion and illegal cross-border movement, officials said here…
Darjeeling, July 15 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee’s motorcade was on Friday involved in an accident when one of the escort vehicles skidded off the road and fell into a gorge, injuring five people. The convoy…
Ulan Bator (Mongolia), July 15 (IANS) Following the Bastille Day terror attack in France that claimed 84 lives, Vice President Hamid Ansari on Friday called for early adoption of the India-initiated Comprehensive Convention of International…
Nice, July 15 (IANS) A senior Islamic State leader, Abu Mohammed al Adnani, had urged his supporters to “run over” the “filthy French” two years before the devastating attack in Nice, France. Adnani exhorted his…
Nice, July 15 (IANS) Shortly after a trucker mowed down at least 84 people in this French city, news channels supportive of the Islamic State cheered the carnage, The New York Times reported on Friday….
Mumbai, July 15 (IANS) Key Indian equity markets were on Friday suppressed by profit booking, a weak rupee and lower crude prices. The key indices traded in the red during the mid-afternoon trade session, with…
Nice, July 15 (IANS) A middle-aged Muslim woman was among the first to be killed when a trucker mowed down 84 people here in a terror attack. The woman was run over by the speeding…
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that the chargesheet in the AgustaWestland helicopter deals will be filed this year and the matter is being investigated by the SIT….
Washington, July 15 (IANS) The US has expressed concern over the free movement of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan despite his being designated as a terrorist by the UN. “As we’ve said from…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 15 (IANS) Eighty-five Indians, including 46 Keralites, evacuated from strife-torn South Sudan arrived here by a special Indian Air Force aircraft on Friday. Among those rescued from the conflict zone were also two…