Washington, April 14 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has raised the issue of hike in the US visa fee for Indian technology professionals, which he said was targeted largely at the Indian IT (information technology)…
Washington, April 14 (IANS) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign manager will not be prosecuted on a charge of misdemeanour battery over allegations he grabbed the arm of a reporter. Trump campaign social media director…
By Nirendra Dev New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Bihar’s Nitish Kumar government should have been more pragmatic before announcing prohibition as this cost Nagaland dearly in terms of revenue and only helped “bootleggers of neighbouring…
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The sister of Kirpal Singh, the Indian who died in a Pakistani jail, met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday, seeking his support for an early repatriation of his…
Beijing, April 14 (IANS) China on Thursday published a report on the human rights situation in the US. The report, titled “The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2015”, was released by the…
Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) The controversial Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015 has been approved by Pakistan’s National Assembly (NA). The bill approved on Wednesday, must also be approved by Senate before it can be…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The principle of ‘one state one vote’ may not be the best democratic thing, the Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) told the Supreme Court on Wednesday as it said…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Wednesday launched an initiative to train and equip underprivileged women in urban areas with skills to find employment in the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) Bhopal/Mhow, April 13 (IANS) Prime Minister will on Thursday participate in a function to be held in Mhow in Indore district in connection with Bhimrao Ambedkar’s 125 birth…
Jaipur, April 13 (IANS) Demanding a CBI inquiry into the rape of a now-dead minor Dalit girl in Rajasthan, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the Modi government over what he said was…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) Chandigarh, April 13 (IANS) The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and opposition Congress on Wednesday lambasted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly taking contradictory stands on important…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Centre on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that it had done away with putting two nominees of the finance minister on the search-cum-selection panel for the SEBI chief. As…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked if religious beliefs and customs were above constitutional norms as it questioned how a women between the age group of 10 to…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Secretary Sunil Arora, against whom bailable arrest warrant was issued by the Press Council of India (PCI), has now been asked to appear before the panel on…
Ahmedabad, April 13 (IANS) A sessions court in Gujarat’s Amreli district on Wednesday sentenced Bharatiya Janata Party’s Amreli MP Naran Kachhadiya to three years’ imprisonment in an assault case. The court also convicted four others,…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday lambasted the Modi government for allegedly not ensuring sufficient relief to the drought-affected states and said it is more interested in taking credit for whatever little…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The CBI on Wednesday said it has no fresh material to register an FIR against former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati in a case of disproportionate assets, but the Supreme…
Vatican city, April 13 (IANS) Pope Francis said on Wednesday that during his visit to the Greek island of Lesbos on April 16, he will express his “closeness and solidarity” with refugees fleeing from conflict…
Washington, April 13 (IANS) The family of three people who were shot dead in 2014 outside Jewish facilities in Overland Park have filed lawsuits over the sale of guns used in the shootings. The family…
Mumbai, April 13 (IANS) The Bombay High Court on Wednesday ordered that 13 IPL matches scheduled after April 30 must be shifted outside Maharashtra due to water scarcity in the state. The matches scheduled until…