Jammu, Dec 31 (IANS) An Indian soldier was killed on Sunday in Pakistan firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, a defence official said. Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked…
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for only giving empty slogans and said the government utilised only 7 per cent of the Rs 9,860 crore…
Shimla, Dec 31 (IANS) Vineet Chawdhry is the new Chief Secretary of Himachal Pradesh after replacing V.C. Pharka, an official said on Sunday. Chawdhry, a 1982-batch IAS officer, earlier served as the Principal Adviser (Redressal…
New York, Dec 31 (IANS) Boys tend to outperform girls in high-stakes science tests, but it is not because they are better students, according to researchers. The study, published in the journal Plos One, showed…
Srinagar, Dec 31 (IANS) One Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was killed and three others injured on Sunday after militants attacked a training camp near the Srinagar-Jammu highway, authorities said. The Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militant…
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Operations at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here came to a halt on Sunday as fog reduced the minimum required visibility to operate flights. According to an airport official,…
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) It was a foggy morning here on Sunday with the minimum temperature recorded at 6.4 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average, the weather office said. At least 15…
Chennai, Dec 31 (IANS) Tamil superstar Rajinikanth on Sunday said that he would float a political party that would practice “spiritual politics” and contest in all of the state’s 234 constituencies in the next Assembly…
Bengaluru: Brigade road is lit up with colourful lights ahead of New Year celebration, in Bengaluru on Dec 30, 2017. (Photo: IANS) Bengaluru: Brigade road is lit up with colourful lights ahead of New Year…
GUERRERO, Dec. 31, 2017 (Xinhua) — The burned vehicle is seen after an accident, on the Acapulco-Zihuatanejo federal highway, in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, Dec. 30, 2017. Three vehicles crashed into each other and…
Srinagar, Dec 31 (IANS) As the night temperatures remained several notches below zero in the on Sunday, fresh snowfall was unlikely this New Year Eve in the Kashmir Valley, the weather office said. “Weather throughout…
Chennai, Dec 31 (IANS) Tamil movie superstar Rajinikanth on Sunday said that he would float a political party and contest in all the 234 Assembly constituencies in the state in the ensuing polls. The actor…
Beijing, Dec 31 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday said that he was ready to join his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in consolidating political and strategic mutual trust and expanding bilateral all-around pragmatic cooperation….
Los Angeles, Dec 31 (IANS) A man from California was arrested in connection with a prank call to police that led to another man’s death in Kansas state, the media reported. The incident is the…
(171229) — NEW YORK, Dec. 29, 2017 (Xinhua) — Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2017 shows the site of an apartment fire in Bronx, New York, the United States. At least 12 people were killed,…
CHICAGO, Dec. 30, 2017 (Xinhua) — People walk in the snowfall in downtown Chicago, the United States, Dec. 29, 2017. Snow continued to fall on Friday in Chicago area with temperature below minus 10 Celsius…
Srinagar, Dec 31 (IANS) Militants attacked a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, leaving three troopers injured, authorities said. “At around 2.10 a.m., the militants attacked the…