Taipei, Jan 17 (IANS) Tsai Ing-wen, candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), won Taiwan’s leadership election on Saturday, according to the final result of ballot counting released by the island’s election commission. In a…
Washington, Jan 17 (AFP) The United States has implemented its side of the Iran nuclear deal, lifting a raft of sanctions imposed on Tehran to rein in its weapons program, Secretary of State John Kerry…
Washington, Jan 16 (AFP) Iran’s surprise release of four Americans put US Republicans critical of President Barack Obama’s engagement with Tehran on the back foot today. Republican White House hopefuls who have lambasted Obama for…
Jind, Jan 16 (PTI) Two personnel of Hyderabad Police were today allegedly beaten up by a group of traders at a market in Safidon here, who mistook the cops for kidnappers, local police said. The…
Montreal, Jan 16 (AFP) Days after her husband and manager died of cancer, Canadian singer Celine Dion has lost a brother also to cancer, a family spokesman said today. Daniel Dion was 59. He was…
Beijing, Jan 17 (IANS) Baidu, China’s top search engine, is facing punishment over forums containing pornography, libelous posts, and adverts for unlicensed hospitals. The State Internet Information Office summoned Baidu executives for a grilling on…
Visakhapatnam, Jan 16 (PTI) An outing in a lake turned tragic as a 65-year-old gold trader and his wife drowned when their boat capsized during a joy ride here, police said today. B V S…
New Delhi: People’s Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti at Agenda 15 organised by Aaj Tak in New Delhi, on Dec 12, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Srinagar/Jammu, Jan 16 (PTI) After a nine-day impasse, the first signs…
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Three days after he mowed down an India Air Force officer with his speeding vehicle, Sambia Sohrab was arrested by the city police late Saturday. Breaking police barricades, Sambia in his…
London, Jan 16 (IANS) Contending that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose died in a plane crash on August 18, 1945, a website based here quoted his interpreter as saying that the revolutionary leader’s composure despite having…
Mumbai: Actors Shah Rukh Khan with Salman Khan on the sets of Bigg Boss season 9 during the promotion of film Dilwale in Lonavala on Dec 19, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Lucknow, Jan 16 (IANS) A…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in his elements at the launch of Start-up India’ and ‘Stand-up India’ movement on Saturday, regaling a smart audience of young entrepreneurs, start-up founders, techies,…
Following are major policy highlights of Start-ups Action Plan Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled on Saturday in New Delhi while launching the ambitious ‘Start-up India’ campaign to boost digital entrepreneurship at the grass-root level: *…
Visakhapatnam, Jan 16 (PTI) Cricket buffs of the city will be able to watch India playing Sri Lanka in a T20 match here on February 14. The city will also host an ODI and a…
Mumbai: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi addresses management students of Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) in Mumbai, on Jan 16, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Jan 16 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on…
Melbourne, Jan 16 (IANS) More than 15 years after she reigned supreme at the top of the women’s doubles rankings, Swiss tennis great Martina Hingis has reclaimed the world no.1 rank. The 35-year-old has joined…
Hyderabad, Jan 16 (IANS) Actress-turned-politician Jayasudha on Saturday quit the Congress party and joined the Telugu Desam Party. She called on TDP president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in Vijayawada and formally…
Panaji, Jan 16 (IANS) A team of US consular officials arrived in Goa on Saturday to enquire into the circumstances which led to the death of a 30-year-old US national in a marshy paddy field…
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Jan 16 (IANS) Almost 30 years after late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi visited Dharavi, once ranked as Asia’s biggest slum, his son and Congress vice president…
CN01 . (North Korea ) , 05/ 01 / 2016.- Photo courtesy today , Tuesday January 5, 2016 , North Korean leader Kim Jong -un ( c ) observing a competition of military ordnance in…