Lucknow, Jan 27 (IANS) An IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre has successfully climbed the Mount Vinson Massif, the highest peak in the Antarctic sub-continent, an official said on Wednesday. Aparna Kumar climbed the…
Naples (Italy), Jan 27 (IANS/AKI) Italian tax police have seized assets worth 12 million euros from 58 individuals targeted by a probe into alleged tax evasion at dozens of clubs in the top three football…
Melbourne, Jan 27 (IANS) Tennis chiefs on Wednesday announced an independent review of the sport’s anti-corruption unit following a recent expose by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Buzzfeed of possible match-fixing and its alleged…
Mumbai: Former BCCI chief, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar arrives to attend the Special General Meeting (SGM) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in Mumbai, on Oct 4, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Pune,…
Washington, Jan 27 (PTI) The US state of Nevada will open a new tourism office in New Delhi to promote its travel and tourism sector in India, an official said. Nevada Lt Governor Thomas Hutchinson…
(Photo: IANS) Washington, Jan 27 (PTI) Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has commented on India for the first time after he entered the presidential race, saying that the country is doing great and no one…
San Francisco, Jan 27 (AFP) Apple has reported the slowest sales ever of its market-leading iPhone, after years of rocketing growth, but the tech giant still posted record quarterly profit. Net income for the quarter…
Copenhagen, Jan 27 (IANS) The Danish Parliament on Tuesday passed a controversial bill that empowers the authorities to confiscate valuables of asylum seekers to finance their stay in the country and tightens rules on asylum….
Moscow, Jan 27 (IANS) Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday termed as “groundless” recent accusations by a US official that Russian President Vladimir Putin was corrupt. Earlier British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) published an article and…
New Delhi: The tableau of Karnataka passes through the Rajpath during Republic Day Parade in New Delhi, on Jan 26, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) French President Francois Hollande was among the…
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Jan 26 (IANS) After launching a ‘Roti Bank’ here last month, the Haron Mukati Islamic Centre on Tuesday inaugurated a ‘Kapda Bank’ intended to provide clothes to the poorest of poor. HMIC founder…
President Pranab Mukherjee. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday gave his approval to the cabinet recommendation to impose central rule in Arunachal Pradesh, official sources said. “It’s done,”…
Hyderabad: Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan inspects Guard of Honour during Republic Day Parade in Hyderabad, on Jan 26, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, Jan 26 (IANS) Telangana has conceived a unique Information and…
Pune, Jan 26 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar, presently in hospital for a medical routine, was mighty amused about rumours of his “death” doing the rounds on social media networks here on Tuesday….
Nicktoons at the Republic Day Parade Mumbai, Jan 26 (IANS) A parade here commemorating the 67th Republic Day of the country on Tuesday saw a large number of school children along with cartoon characters marching…
Brasilia, Jan 26 (IANS) Twenty-one of the 50 most violent cities in the world are located in Brazil, according to a Mexican NGO. The NGO, Citizen Council for Public Security and Penal Justice, on Monday…
By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, Jan 26 (IANS) It was the protest over the ABVP disrupting the screening of a documentary at Delhi University, and not over the hanging of Yakub Memon, which led to an…
Rome, Jan 26 (IANS/AKI) Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has pledged to wage a war against terrorism “to the bitter end, without equivocation”. “Everyone must do their part — to the bitter end, without equivocation,” Rouhani…
Washington, Jan 26 (IANS) Disney World has been hit by two class action suits accusing it and two outsourcing firms of conspiring to replace workers with less costly foreign ones using H-1B visas, mostly from…
Hyderabad: Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan inspects Guard of Honour during Republic Day Parade in Hyderabad, on Jan 26, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Vijayawada, Jan 26 (IANS) With the double-digit growth in the first…