Hyderabad, Jan 21 (IANS) The executive council of University of Hyderabad on Thursday revoked the suspension of four Dalit research scholars. The executive council at its meeting on Thursday took the decision even as the…
Union HRD Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani. (File Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, Jan 21 (IANS) Protests over suicide of a Dalit research scholar continued unabated on Thursday at the University of Hyderabad, with the teachers…
Credit: Youtube Washington, Jan 20 (PTI) Pakistan’s nuclear warheads which are estimated to be between 110-130 are aimed at deterring India from taking military action against it, a latest Congressional report has said. The report…
Peshawar, Jan 20 (IANS) At least 15 people, including two gunmen, were killed in when terrorists stormed the Bacha Khan University in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday, Dawn reported citing Edhi Foundation sources. The…
Beirut, Jan 20 (AFP) The Islamic State group has confirmed the death of British jihadist “Jihadi John”, saying he was killed in a drone strike in their Syrian stronghold of Raqa in November. Born Mohammed…
AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT Paris, Jan 19 (IANS) Retired French tennis player Arnaud Clement has admitted that he was approached with a large sum of money to forfeit one of his matches. Clement told…
Hyderabad, Jan 18 (IANS) Police in Hyderabad on Monday booked union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya and three others for abetment of suicide and also for violations of the SC/ST Atrocities Act following the suicide of a…
Berlin, Jan 18 (AFP) Three of the four US citizens freed by Iran in a prisoner swap have arrived in Germany, a US official said, where they were expected at an American military base. The…
Geneva, Jan 17 (AFP) A Swiss plane carrying American prisoners released by Iran has landed in Geneva, a US official said today. “Overwhelmed to greet Jason #Rezaian, his wife, Yegi, mother, Mary + Saeed #Abedini…
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) After setting a new men’s course record at the Mumbai Marathon, Kenyan pacemaker Gideon Kipketer on Sunday said he would like to build a house and buy more farmland with the…
Hyderabad, Jan 17 (PTI) YSRC Party MP P Mithun Reddy from Andhra Pradesh was arrested in the wee hours today along with another party leader for assaulting an Air India official late last year, police…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced a three-year income tax holiday for start-ups and exemption of capital gains tax for venture capital investments in them, as part of a…
Washington, Jan 16 (IANS/EFE) The US retail giant Walmart Stores, Inc. on Friday announced plans to close 269 stores and lay off 16,000 employees, 6,000 of them outside the US. In a news release, the…
Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The current observation of the final viscera report of Sunanda Pushkar gives a clear impression that she died an unnatural death, Delhi…
New York, Jan 15 (AFP) The head of the powerful US gun lobby, Wayne LaPierre, has challenged President Barack Obama to an hour-long televised debate on gun control. LaPierre yesterday threw down the gauntlet in…
Hyderabad, Jan 14 (PTI) Celebrations for the three-day Makara Sankranti, the harvest festival of Telugu people, began across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana with ‘Bhogi’ being held on the first day today. Young and the old…
Washington, Jan 14 (IANS) Nikki Haley’s call to Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump to tamp down on his anti-immigrant rhetoric won praise from Republicans and Democrats alike, but the real estate mogul was not amused….
Islamabad, Jan 13 (IANS) Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar, accused by India of plotting the terror attack on the IAF base in Pathankot, has been detained, Geo TV reported on Wednesday. Azhar, who is…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to vacate its order barring the bull taming sport Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu that is held during Pongal festivities beginning on Thursday. An apex…
Washington, Jan 13 (IANS) US President Barack Obama vigorously defended his legacy while striking an optimistic tone for the future in his final State of the Union address on Wednesday. He pushed back against the…