Vatican City, Dec 25 (IANS) Pope Francis led the world’s Roman Catholics into Christmas urging people to seek a simpler, less materialistic life and condemning the yawning gap between the rich and the poor. Francis,…
Los Angeles, Dec 25 (IANS) Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenager at a bar in Massachusetts. He will appear in court on January 7 over the incident, which allegedly…
Washington, Dec 25 (IANS) With the US government shutdown entering its third day, President Donald Trump took to Twitter and lamented how he was “all alone” in the White House and aired his many grievances….
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, popularly known as KCR, on Monday met his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee and said his mission was to form a non-Congress, non-BJP front and…
Solapur (Maharashtra), Dec 24 (IANS) Seen as a slanted attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid growing unease in ties with the BJP, Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on Monday said with various scams in…
Jakarta, Dec 24 (IANS) The death toll in a devastating tsunami that hit the coast of Indonesia after a volcanic eruption reached 373 on Monday, as rescuers continued digging through the rubble with bare hands…
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was on Monday recalled to India’s T20I squad that will play a three-match rubber in New Zealand. The selectors also announced the One-day International (ODI)…
Islamabad, Dec 24 (IANS) An accountability court on Monday sentenced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to seven years in prison in Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption reference, while acquitted him in the the Flagship Investments reference….
Beijing, Dec 24 (IANS) China on Monday said it would lower provisional tariffs on over 700 foreign products, including certain high-tech items, from early 2019, the media reported. Citing China’s Finance Ministry, the state-run Global…
Mumbai, Dec 24 (IANS) Four persons, who were killed in a massive blaze that engulfed a garment factory in Kandivali slum area here, their bodies were recovered early on Monday, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Disaster…
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday hinted that the country may eventually have a single standard rate of GST adding that the 28 per cent slab will soon be phased…
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) A day ahead of the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, his successor Narendra Modi on Monday released a commemorative Rs 100 coin to honour the late…
Jakarta, Dec 24 (IANS) Indonesian authorities have confirmed the death of at least 281 people in the devastating tsunami that hit the Sunda Strait in the western part of the archipelago on Saturday night, which…
Beijing, Dec 24 (IANS) The China-India Yoga College that was founded in June 2015 in Yunnan as part of a Delhi-Beijing cultural exchange program, plans to expand its training locations as yoga has been gaining…
Mumbai, Dec 24 (IANS) Haryana’s Salman Ali was announced as the winner of the 10th edition of the singing-based reality show “Indian Idol” on Sunday here. He says he wants to do a lot of…
Washington, Dec 24 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has announced that Deputy Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan has been appointed acting Pentagon chief. “Patrick has a long list of accomplishments,” Trump tweeted on Sunday, the BBC…
Hyderabad, Dec 23 (IANS) In a shocking incident of honour killing in Telangana, parents allegedly murdered their 20-year-old daughter for marrying a youth from a different caste, police said on Sunday. The incident occurred in…
Bhubaneswar, Dec 23 (IANS) TRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Sunday said there was a need for unifying regional parties in the country, as he met BJD president and Odisha Chief…
Washington, Dec 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was negotiating with the Democrats to end a partial government shutdown, but “it could be a long stay” due to continued discrepancy on…
Jakarta, Dec 23 (IANS) The death toll from the tsunami triggered by volcano eruption in Indonesia rose to 222, and over 800 people were injured, Xinhua reported quoting officials on Sunday. The catastrophe has killed…