Washington, Jan 21 (IANS) A day after winning the endorsement of Sarah Palin, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump won the indirect backing of another establishment figure as he held a 20-point lead in a key…
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 21 (IANS/AKI)…
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,…
Surat, Jan 20 (PTI) A local production house is making a Gujarati-language film on the life of Hardik Patel and the OBC quota agitation of which he has become the face. The film, titled ‘Power…
Hyderabad, Jan 20 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh government today said it would offer jobs to the mother and brother of Rohit Vemula, the research scholar at Hyderabad Central University who committed suicide on Sunday. State Social…
Kolkata: Filmmaker Prakash Jha during a press conference regarding his upcoming film “Jai Gangaajal” in Kolkata, on Jan 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) Filmmaker Prakash Jha, known for his politically charged movies,…
Haridwar: Devotees throng Ganga ghats on Kartik Purnima in Haridwar on Nov 25, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Delhi Police has arrested four suspected terrorists — reportedly linked with the Islamic State…
Patna, Jan 20 (IANS) A mob chopped off the hand of a man who was trying to flee after looting a bank in Bihar’s capital on Wednesday, police said. Jitender Kumar was caught by villagers…
(160120) — CHARSADDA, Jan. 20, 2016 (Xinhua) — Pakistani army soldiers enter 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) on…
Pakistani ghazal singer Ustad Ghulam Ali. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali, who believes in the importance of keeping music and creative mediums away from politics, says his…
Chennai, Jan 20 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea challenging the two-year suspension of Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket outfit Chennai Super Kings (CSK). The first bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay…
Kabul, Jan 20 (IANS) Three of the four Mi-35 helicopters — donated by India to Afghanistan — were fully operational, the country’s defence ministry said on Wednesday. The helicopters will be used for the first…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday demanded the removal of union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya and Hyderabad University vice chancellor Appa Rao over the suicide of a Dalit research scholarand sought a…
Barcelona, Jan 20 (IANS) Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi as well as his father Jorge Horacio Messi are to stand trial before the national court of Barcelona on May 31 over charges of committing three…
Palghar (Maharashtra), Jan 20 (IANS) An 80-member joint family living in Agashe village near Virar in Maharashtra has suddenly come into prominence after all of them voluntarily pledged to donate their bodies or organs and…
Patna: Republican Party of India (RPI) chief Ramdas Athawale addresses a press conference in Patna, on Oct 24, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, Jan 20 (IANS) Republican Party of India’s leader Ramdas Athawale had to face…
Damascus, Jan 20 (IANS) The Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group released 270 out of the 400 people it had kidnapped when its militants stormed a town in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zour earlier this…
Sriharikota: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s PSLV-C31 carrying IRNSS-1E , lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, a barrier island off the Bay of Bengal coast located in Andhra Pradesh on Jan 20,…
CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury. (File Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, Jan 20 (IANS) CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday sought President Pranab Mukherjee’s intervention in the University of Hyderabad issue, where a Dalit research scholar…
Guwahati, Jan 20 (IANS) In what is being seen a blow to Assam’s ruling Congress ahead of the assembly polls, party leader and former Bihar and Tripura governor Devananda Konwar on Wednesday joined the AIUDF…