Islamabad, Oct 31 (IANS) Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death on blasphemy charges, and ordered her immediate release amid threats from Islamist groups demanding her execution. Bibi,…
Kevadia (Gujarat) Oct 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday unveiled the 182-metre high ‘Statue of Unity’ in honour of country’s first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and dedicated it to the nation. Built…
Brasilia, Oct 31 (IANS) Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro plans to create a “super ministry” of economy when he takes office in January, his economic adviser has said. The 63-year-old far-right leader, who previously suggested that…
Washington, Oct 31 (IANS) US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited the Pittsburgh synagogue where on the weekend a gunman who has espoused anti-Semitic views online massacred 11 people, while hundreds of…
Washington, Oct 31 (IANS) US President Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday that he is planning to put an end to what he called the “ridiculous” law that grants citizenship to all children born in US…
Ahmedabad, Oct 30 (IANS) Apprehending protests, the Gujarat police on Tuesday detained several tribal leaders and activists in the Narmada district ahead of the inauguration of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s statue on October 31 – the…
New York, Oct 30 (IANS) Apple on Tuesday introduced the new iPad Pro with all-screen design, Face ID, A12X Bionic chip with next-generation Neural Engine and up to 1TB internal storage. Two iPad Pro models…
Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal — both scions of the Ambani and Piramal business families — will get married in Mumbai on December 12, their parents announced on Tuesday. “We are…
Male, Oct 30 (IANS) The Maldives Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed an arrest order against former President Mohamed Nasheed, paving the way for the return of the self-exiled politician to the country later this week….
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) The air quality in Delhi-NCR worsened to the “severe” level on Tuesday, as an overnight spike in pollution covered the city in a smoky haze. The city witnessed a thick…
New York, Oct 30 (IANS) An Indian couple, who had gushed in a travel blog about how much they loved “daredevilry” or standing on the edge of cliffs, died after falling 800 feet in an…
Dhaka, Oct 30 (IANS) A Bangladesh court on Tuesday doubled the jail term of opposition leader and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia from five years to 10 in an orphanage graft case following an appeal…
Los Angeles, Oct 30 (IANS) Singer Pharrell Williams has warned US President Donald Trump against playing his “Happy” song, after it was used at a rally just hours after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. Williams’ attorney…
Washington, Oct 30 (IANS) US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert is under consideration to be the next US Ambassador to the UN, according to a senior Republican official. Nauert met President Donald Trump on Monday,…
Jakarta, Oct 30 (IANS) Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency teams were on Tuesday focusing their efforts on locating and recovering the black boxes of the Lion Air plane that crashed in the Java Sea the…
Washington, Oct 30 (IANS) A massive corporate tax cut passed by the US Congress last year has done little to boost investment and job creation, according to a survey. On Monday, the survey, conducted by…
Washington, Oct 30 (IANS) The US Treasury Department announced its plans to borrow $425 billion of privately-held net marketable debt in the fourth quarter of 2018. The estimated borrowing for the fourth quarter in 2018,…
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Bhavye Suneja, the pilot of Indonesian Lion Air Boeing passenger plane which crashed on Monday with 189 people onboard, was a student of Ahlcon Public School in Delhi till 2005….
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday hailed Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel for ‘defending’ the central bank from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, after reports suggested that tension…
Mumbai, Oct 29 (IANS) India dished out a clinical performance to outclass the West Indies by 224 runs, their biggest margin of victory against the Caribbean side, in the fourth One-day International (ODI) on their…