Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) A day after Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray indicated his plans to visit Uttar Pradesh soon, a senior party official on Thursday launched the “Chalo Ayodhya, Chalo Varanasi” drive. Colourful hoardings…
Kolkata, July 26 (IANS) The West Bengal Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution renaming the state as “Bangla”. The resolution was moved by the Trinamool Congress and supported by the Left parties and the Congress.
Islamabad, July 26 (IANS) Massive delays in counting and allegations of rigging dominated the early hours of Thursday in Pakistan, where official poll results were still awaited even 15 hours after voting ended. Preliminary results…
San Francisco, July 26 (IANS) Facing global backlash over the massive Cambridge Analytica data scandal, Facebook stock nosedived 20 per cent — wiping over $120 billion off the company’s market value — after its revenue…
Washington, July 26 (IANS) A group of Democratic lawmakers has urged the Donald Trump administration to reunite the thousands of migrant children separated from their parents at the border with their parents. “The American Academy…
Washington, July 26 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has announced he has reached an agreement with the European Union (EU) to move forward together toward a “zero tariff” situation, thus avoiding a trade war, after…
Islamabad, July 26 (IANS) Pakistan seemed heading for a hung National Assembly late on Wednesday, as the leads from counting centres showed no party getting a clear-cut majority, though it put Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf…
Islamabad, July 25 (IANS) As the counting of votes started in Pakistan on Wednesday at various polling stations, early leads showed Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf ahead of Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. According to the…
Ahmedabad, July 25 (IANS) A local court in Visnagar town of North Gujarat sentenced firebrand Patidar leader Hardik Patel and two others to a two-year jail term and slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 in…
Mumbai, July 25 (IANS) Declaring his intention to soon visit Ayodhya and Varanasi, Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said he was prepared to accept the ‘One Nation, One Election’ formula propounded by the…
Tehran, July 25 (IANS) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday said that resistance is the most powerful response to the US’ anti-Iran policies. “The Iranian nation has from the start stood up to the American…
Hyderabad, July 25 (IANS) The Hyderabad High Court has impleaded 17 public representatives including a MP and eight state legislators of Andhra Pradesh for alleged violation of the court orders banning cockfighting. Thotha Narasimham, a…
Islamabad, July 25 (IANS) At least 34 people were killed and several injured mostly in a suicide bombing in Balochistan on Wednesday as millions of voters are thronging polling stations across the country to exercise…
Ahmedabad, July 25 (IANS) A Gujarat court on Wednesday sentenced Patidar agitation spearhead Hardik Patel and two of his associates to two years in jail on charges of vandalising a BJP legislator’s office in Mehsana…
Islamabad, July 25 (IANS) At least 32 people were killed and several injured mostly in a suicide bombing in Balochistan on Wednesday as millions of voters queued up across Pakistan to elect a new government….
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) Rajya Sabha leader Vijaya Sai Reddy on Wednesday regretted his remark against the Chair during a short duration discussion on non-implementation of Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act….
San Francisco, July 25 (IANS) Facebook has set up a subsidiary in China to build an “innovation hub” focused on helping local developers and entrepreneurs to innovate and grow, the media reported. Facebook’s application for…
San Francisco, July 25 (IANS) Twitter removed more than 143,000 apps between April and June which violated its policies, the company has announced, saying it is further investing in building improved tools and processes to…
Washington, July 25 (IANS) A secret audio recording of then-US presidential candidate Donald Trump with his recently estranged lawyer Michael Cohen speaking in 2016 about making a payment to Playboy playmate Karen McDougal has been…
Washington, July 25 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has he is “very concerned” about potential Russian interference in the mid-term legislative elections to be held in November. “I’m very concerned that Russia will be fighting…