Canberra, June 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday announced Australia will team up with New Zealand in a bid to negotiate new trade and immigration deals in the wake of Britain’s exit from…
Lucknow, June 27 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) would not be holding a ‘roza iftar’ programme this year, an official said on Monday. This will be for the first time that the high-profile…
East Rutherford (New Jersey), June 27 (IANS) Chile successfully defended their crown by edging out Argentina via penalty shootout in the final of the Copa America Centenario football tournament at the Metlife Stadium here on…
Vatican City, June 27 (IANS) Pope Francis said that the Roman Catholic Church should apologise to gay people for the way it has treated them. He told reporters on his plane returning from Armenia on…
Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) Withstanding all the global volatility due to Brexit (Britian’s exit from the European Union), key Indian equity indices on Monday morning opened marginally in red. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), was…
Islamabad, June 27 (IANS) At least 50 clerics have issued a fatwa (religious decree) that marriage with a transgender person is now lawful in Pakistan, a media report said on Monday. The fatwa, released on…
East Rutherford (New Jersey), June 27 (IANS) Chile successfully defended their crown by edging out Argentina via penalty shootout in the final of the Copa America Centenario football tournament at the Metlife Stadium here on…
Lucknow, June 27 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah is set to address a party workers convention in Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) Barabanki districton Monday. Shah will reach the state capital from Uttarakhand by…
Melbourne, June 27 (IANS) Suicide rates among indigenous people in a remote region of Western Australia are among the highest in the world, a new report has found. In the Kimberley region of WA, figures…
Panama City, June 27 (IANS) The expanded Panama Canal is expected to bring in over $2 billion in annual revenue by 2021, official reports showed. The canal’s larger lane, made to accommodate gargantuan Neopanamax container…
Singapore, June 27 (IANS) A Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight caught fire while making an emergency landing at the island nation’s Changi Airport on Monday. Flight SQ368 had departed Singapore for Milan, Italy at 2.05 a….
Madrid, June 27 (IANS) Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has claimed his “right to govern” after his ruling Popular Party (PP) won most seats in the nation’s general election on Sunday. In an appearance from…
London, June 27 (IANS) The British pound has fallen sharply in trading in Asia on Monday, adding to Friday’s record one-day decline. The pound was trading at $1.3365, down almost 3 per cent from Friday’s…
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) Amid the raging controversy over the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) allegedly turning into a moral policing body, leading Bengal film actress Swastika Mukherjee said most woman characters bear the…
Beijing, June 27 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened lower on Monday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.48 per cent to open at 2,840.56 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.57 per cent lower at…
Bengaluru, June 26 (IANS) A affectionate peck on his cheek by a local body woman member left Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah visibly embarrassed on Sunday. Standing next to the chief minister for a group photo…
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha on Sunday flayed the Narendra Modi government for the fiasco on NSG membership in Seoul. “India has shown so much keenness…
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Assuring the victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots that justice will be ensured for one and all, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said a Special Investigation Team (SIT), after reviewing…
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Close on the heels of a setback on the issue of membership into the 48-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), India on Sunday said it is all set to get into…
Bhubaneswar, June 26 (IANS) Condemning the terrorist attack on a CRPF bus near Pampore in Jammu and Kashmir a day earlier, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday said it is an act of frustration and…