Pope accepts invitation to visit Pakistan
Pope Francis waves upon his arrival to Cathedral in Santiago, Cuba, 22 September 2015. Pope Francis’s first visit to Cuba ended with a mass in Santiago. The pope delivered the last sermon of his Cuban…
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Seven out of eight Indian-American candidates win in Lexington elections
Washington, March 3 (IANS) Seven out of eight Indian-American candidates, who ran for local elections in Lexington city in the US state of Kentucky on Tuesday, have won. With this, now their are a total…
AP cabinet okays Internet of Things (IoT) policy
Vijayawada, March 2 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh Cabinet today approved the first-of-its-kind policy on Internet of Things (IoT) with the prime objective of turning the state into an IoT Hub by 2020 and achieve a sizeable…
Obama welcomes NASA’s Scott Kelly back to Earth
Washington, March 3 (IANS) US President Barack Obama spoke on phone with NASA astronaut Scott Kelly on Wednesday, welcoming him back to Earth from his yearlong mission on the International Space Station (ISS), the White…
Jailed drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ desperate to be extradited, says lawyer
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 9, 2016 (Xinhua) — Soldiers escort Joaquin Guzman Loera, alias “El Chapo”, upon his arrival to the hangar of the Attorney General’s Office, in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on Jan. 8,…
UN Security Council approves new resolution on North Korea
United Nations, March 3 (IANS) The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on Wednesday that imposes new sanctions on North Korea in order to curb the country’s nuclear and missile programmes. The resolution was…
Luxury yacht rides launched in Hyderabad’s Hussain Sagar
Hyderabad, March 2 (IANS) In another move to attract tourists, the Telangana State Tourism Development Corporation (TSTDC) on Wednesday launched two new catamaran yachts in Hussain Sagar lake here. The yachts were inaugurated at Lumbini…
Bangladesh thrash Pakistan to enter Asia Cup final
Mirpur: Bangladesh batsman Soumya Sarkar in action during the eighth match of AsiaCup 2016 between Bangladesh and Pakistan in Mirpur of Bangladesh on March 2, 2016. (Photo: Surjeet Yadav/IANS) Mirpur (Bangladesh), March 2 (IANS) Bangladesh…
Kanhaiya’s family celebrates Holi ahead of festival
Patna, March 2 (IANS) Soon after Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar was granted interim bail by the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, a sense of relief, happiness and joy swept his house…
Pakistan can influence Taliban leaders, says Aziz
Washington, March 2 (IANS) In an unusually candid admission, Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan’s adviser for foreign affairs, has said that Islamabad has considerable influence over the Taliban because its leaders live in the country. “We have…
Mulayam warns government of consequences over rethink on quota
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav at the Parliament in New Delhi on March 2, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday warned the…
Jaitley hits back at Rahul over accusations against PM
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday hit back at Rahul Gandhi over his dig that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not consult even his ministers, saying that Congress vice…
BJP blames Congress for ‘policy paralysis’, Congress questions promises
Patna: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad (Photo: IANS) JP Nadda New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The government and opposition locked horns in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday with the ruling BJP accusing the Congress of…
Debris from missing MH370 found off Mozambique
Kuala Lumpur, March 2 (IANS) An object which could be debris from the missing plane MH370 was found off the coast of Mozambique, media reported. The debris from a Boeing 777 jet was being examined…
Rahul Gandhi misled parliament, says Rajnath
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday alleged Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi “misled” the house on Naga Accord by giving “false…
India on road to recovery, set to grow at 7.5 percent: IMF
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 2 (IANS) Noting that the Indian economy is on a recovery path, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected its growth at 7.3 percent for the 2015-16 fiscal, peaking up…
Modi let Pakistan off the hook: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday tore into Narendra Modis Pakistan approach and said the prime minister let that country out of…
Jayalalithaa drops one more minister
Chennai, March 2 (IANS) Ahead of the elections to the state assembly in a couple of months, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Wednesday dropped Animal Husbandry Minister T.K.M. Chinnayya from the cabinet and…
‘Troubled’ by opposition remarks: Lok Sabha speaker
New York: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan addresses during the 34th Gala of Society of Indo-American Engineers and Architects in New York on Nov 15, 2014. (Photo: Mohammed Jaffer/IANS) New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Lok…
Kamala Harris may become first Indian American senator in US
Washington, March 2 (IANS) Indian American Kamala Devi Harris, the attorney general of California, may become the first Indian American senator in the US Congress, the media reported on Wednesday. The landslide victory of 78.1…