Bhopal, Sep 25 (IANS) Amid a raging row over Rafale, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday accused the Congress of throwing muck and indulging in a campaign of slander and lies against him and of…
New York, Sep 25 (IANS) Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has denounced the US healthcare system as politically and morally wrong, and urged American leaders to enact publicly-financed healthcare as a “human right”. Ban…
Stockholm, Sep 25 (IANS) Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven will step down following his defeat in a parliamentary no-confidence vote on Tuesday brought against him by the opposition. Lofven received only 142 votes backing his…
Erode (Tamil Nadu), Sep 25 (IANS) A court in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday acquitted all the nine persons accused of abducting Kannada actor Rajkumar in 2000. The court in Gobichettipalayam, some 440 km from here,…
New York, Sep 25 (IANS) Comedian Bill Cosby, who was earlier facing up to 30 years behind bars, will now face a maximum of 10 years after his three counts of his conviction were merged…
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London, Sep 25 (IANS) British Prime Minister Theresa May is to press ahead with her Chequers plan for a soft-Brexit, her advisors said after a meeting of her top ministers at Downing Street. Ahead of…
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh topped the chart in terms of ease of living followed by Odisha and Madhya Pradesh, according to the “Ease of Living Index” released by the Ministry of Housing…
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Mounting a multi-pronged attack on the BJP government, the Congress on Monday moved the CVC seeking a FIR and seizure of documents pertaining to the Rafale deal while its President…
Dubai, Sep 24 (IANS) In a fresh case of corruption in cricket, Afghanistan wicketkeeper Mohammad Shahzad has been approached to underperform in the inaugural edition of the Afghan Premier League to be played in Sharjah…
Panaji, Sep 24 (IANS) BJP MLAs Milind Naik, a former Power Minister, and Nilesh Cabral were sworn in as cabinet ministers in the BJP-led cabinet in Goa even as ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar dropped…
Melbourne, Sep 24 (IANS) Cricket Australia (CA) on Monday announced the closure of the probe into English all-rounder Moeen Ali’s allegations of being addressed as “Osama” by an Australian player during the 2015 Ashes series,…
Mumbai, Sep 24 (IANS) Slump in the financial stocks along with a weak rupee and high crude oil prices dragged the S&P BSE Sensex down 536 points on Monday and the NSE Nifty50 lost nearly…
Hyderabad, Sep 24 (IANS) The Hyderabad Metro Rail on Monday commenced operations on the 16-km Ameerpet-LB Nagar line along one of the busiest corridors in the city. Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan flagged…
Naypyidaw, Sep 24 (IANS) Myanmar Army chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said the UN had no right to interfere in the country, after UN experts recently said that they found elements of deliberate genocide…
Washington, Sep 24 (IANS) The ongoing trade war between the US and China further escalated on Monday as the two economic powerhouses slapped each other with the largest rounds of tariffs yet, unleashing punitive duties…
Visakhapatnam, Sep 24 (IANS) A day after Maoists gunned down a sitting MLA and a former legislator, personnel of the elite Greyhounds anti-Maoist force and the CRPF launched a massive combing operation in the tribal…
Mumbai, Sep 24 (IANS) Petrol retail rates finally breached the Rs 90 mark in Mumbai by touching Rs 90.08 per litre here on Monday, but stood much higher elsewhere in the state, industry officials said….
Washington, Sep 24 (IANS) The White House and Brett Kavanaugh have denied an allegation made by a second woman accusing President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee of inappropriate sexual behaviour. According to a report on…
Washington, Sep 24 (IANS) US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley has urged Iran to “look in the mirror” for the causes of an attack on a military parade that killed at least 29 people…