Pune, Jan 30 (PTI) The Congress and other Opposition parties were politicising the suicide of Rohith Vemula for their own gains, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot today said and assured…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Over 150 eminent personalities on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, seeking arrest of Rajasthan BJP legislator Kanwarlal Meena, accused of leading an…
Chennai, Jan 30 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa on Saturday said the students of now sealed S.V.S. Medical College of Yoga & Naturopathy and Research Institute in Villupuram will be admitted in government colleges….
Bhubaneswar, Jan 30 (IANS) Photographs of union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, along with some Congress members, sharing a stage with two brothers allegedly involved in murder and extortion surfaced in Odisha on Saturday, forcing them…
(160130) — MELBOURNE, Jan. 30, 2016 (Xinhua) — Angelique Kerber (R) of Germany and Serena Williams of the United States poses with their trophies after the final of women’s singles at the Australian Open Tennis…
Toronto, Jan 30 (IANS) Four Canadians have been confirmed as being infected with the Zika virus, the country’s chief public health officer said. Dr. Gregory Taylor on Friday said two cases were reported from the…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) General K.V. Krishna Rao, the 14th Chief of Army Staff, passed away on Saturday in the Army Hospital (Research and Referral) here, an official statement said. He was 92. Gen….
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Disgruntled BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha on Saturday questioned the union cabinet’s decision to recommend President’s Rule in Arunachal Pradesh and wondered what was the hurry when the matter was in…
Hyderabad: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi with students protesting the suicide of research scholar Rohith Vemula at the Hyderabad Central University, on Jan. 30, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad/New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The protest over…
Colombo, Jan 30 (IANS) A son of former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse was arrested on Saturday after he was grilled for hours over allegations of corruption. Yoshitha Rajapakse, a lieutenant in the Sri Lanka…
Pope Francis leads a mass in the sanctuary of the Virgin of Charity in El Cobre, on the last day of his visit to Cuba, 22 September 2015. EFE/Orlando Barria Vatican City, Jan 30 (IANS/AKI)…
COLOMBO, Sept. 2, 2015 (Xinhua) — Chief Guest of the international seminar, former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai speaks during an international Defence Seminar in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sept. 1, 2015. Sri Lanka remains vigilant…
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) A court here on Saturday awarded the death sentence to three people and life imprisonment to three others convicted in the brutal gang rape and murder of a college student in…
(160120) — CHARSADDA, Jan. 20, 2016 (Xinhua) — Pakistani army soldiers cordon off Bacha Khan University following an attack by gunmen in northwest Pakistan’s Charsadda, Jan. 20, 2016. A splinter group of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)…
(150619) — TOKYO, June 19, 2015 (Xinhua) — Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a press conference at its headquarters in Tokyo, capital of Japan, June 19, 2015. (Xinhua/Stringer) Tokyo, Jan 30 (IANS)…
File picture of the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant which was synchronised with the southern power grid marking a major milestone in power generation of the ambitious Indo-Russian nuclear collaboration at Tirunelveli…
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (File Photo: Xinhua/PID/IANS) Islamabad, Jan 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said that the terror attack in India’s Pathankot town disturbed the peace process between Pakistan and India,…
Hyderabad: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi with students protesting the suicide of research scholar Rohith Vemula at the Hyderabad Central University, on Jan. 30, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The BJP on…
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said he was surprised when the Congress party voiced its objections to the goods and services tax…
Washington, Jan 30 (IANS) The University of Chicago has established a professorship for the study of Sanskrit with a $3.5 million gift from an Indian-American couple to help it advance the study of the Indian…