Gurgaon, June 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear next Wednesday a petition seeking a ban on WhatsApp on the ground that the messaging platform’s end-to-end encryption gives terrorists a means of communication that is…
Tashkent, June 23 (IANS) Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain on Thursday thanked his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for China’s support to Pakistan’s bid to join the Nuclear Supplier’s Group, even as New Delhi urged Beijing to…
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Launching the execution of smart city project for 20 cities selected in the first round, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will set the plan rolling on June 25 in Pune. “This…
Dharamsala, June 23 (IANS) After naming former India skipper Anil Kumble as the new head coach for the next one year, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Anurag Thakur on Thursday said…
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) After targeting RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Thursday took a dig at the Secretary Economic Affairs, Shaktikanta Das. However, Finance…
Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) A 52-year-old woman suffering from a severely damaged heart valve was successfully treated with a replacement surgery and implanted with a cow’s pericardial valve at a Mumbai hospital. Amita Patki was…
New Delhi: Former cricketer Anil Kumble arrives to attend the wedding reception of cricketer Harbhajan Singh and actress Geeta Basra in New Delhi, on Nov 1, 2015. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) Dharamsala, June 23 (IANS) BCCI…
Hyderabad, June 23 (IANS) Popular Telugu actor J.V. Ramana Murthy died in a private hospital here due to cardiac arrest. He was 83. “He was hospitalized earlier this week due to heart-related ailment. He was…
Tashkent, June 23 (IANS) Amid China’s continued stalling, Prime Minister Narendra on Thursday told Chinese President Xi Jinping to judge India’s application for NSG membership on its “merit”. “Prime Minister Modi urged China to make…
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Civil Aviation Minister Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju on Thursday said a cap on airfares will not help reduce the steep rise in ticket prices. “We did an analysis which showed…
Tashkent, June 23 (IANS) After his about an hour-long meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral with Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov here on Thursday. “The next bilateral meeting with…
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Delhi is the only Indian city – figuring at the 22nd spot – in US tech giant Dell’s 2016 Women Entrepreneur Cities Index (WE Cities), listing the top 25 cities…
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Amnesty International on Thursday said successive Indian governments had “failed” in giving justice to 1984 riot victims despite “evidence of political and police complicity” in killing of thousands of Sikhs…
Berlin, June 23 (IANS) Kashmir issue is the major cause of tension between India and Pakistan, the Pakistan Army’s media wing chief has said. Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations Lt.Gen. Asim Bajwa in an interview…
London, June 23 (IANS) Britons braved pouring rain and waded through deep water to reach polling stations to vote on whether UK should remain in the European Union. Twitter was flooded with comments on the…
Srinagar, June 23 (IANS) At least three militants were killed on Thursday in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district. A defence source told IANS here that security forces began a…
Kochi, June 23 (IANS) The one-member panel probing the “solar scam” on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against Saritha Nair, a key accused in the fraud that has shaken political circles in Kerala. The G….
Tashkent, June 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met with Chinese President Xi Jinping here, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit. Modi’s meeting with Xi was his first engagement after…
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to restrain the Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation (GMMC) from demolishing an unauthorized and unsafe building of St. Thomas High School. The court wondered how…
London, June 23 (IANS) The pro-European Union (EU) ‘Remain’ vote has taken the lead in a historic referendum on Thursday on whether Britain should stay in or exit the EU. According to MarketWatch, an Ipsos…