New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents national budget 2016-17 at the Parliament House in New Delhii on Feb, 29, 2016. (Photo: IANS/ Lok Sabha TV) New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun…
Los Angeles, Feb 29 (PTI) Actor-comedian Chris Rock nailed the opening monologue at the 88th Academy Awards with a skillful mix of social commentary and humour about racism in Hollywood, an issue that has dominated…
Los Angeles, Feb 29 (IANS) Calling for diversity in the entertainment industry, dozens of protestors on Sunday rallied near the Dolby Theatre where the 88th Academy Awards Ceremony is underway. Led by Reverend Al Sharpton,…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is set to present India’s national budget for the next fiscal on Monday amid worries about the country’s stagnating growth rate, government finances and direction of…
Mirpur: Indian player Virat Kohli in action during the fourth match of AsiaCup 2016 between India vs Pakistan at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur of Bangladesh on Feb 27, 2016. (Photo: Surjeet Yadav/IANS) Mirpur…
Union HRD Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) With the Congress deciding to serve a breach of privilege notice against the union minister Smriti Irani for allegedly…
(Photo: IANS) Nashville (US), Feb 27 (PTI) New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has backed Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination providing a big boost to the latter’s chances of entering the White House even…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) India’s Economic Survey sees the growth rate for the coming fiscal will remain at 7-7.75 percent due to domestic factors and warns that the upcoming budget will have to contend…
New Delhi: Union Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu gives final touch to Railway Budget 2016-17 at Rail Bhawan in New Delhi on Feb 24, 2016. Also seen Union MoS Railways Manoj Sinha. (Photo: IANS)…
JOMSOM, Feb. 24, 2016 (Xinhua) — Undated file photo shows a Twin Otter plane landing at Jomsom, Mustang, Nepal. Search operation has begun for a missing aircraft of Tara Airlines in Nepal that was flying…
Washington, Feb 24 (IANS) Ahead of a major nomination contest in South Carolina, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders accused Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump of fomenting a “racist effort” to delegitimize President Barack Obama. Appearing…
Washington, Feb 23 (IANS) Wikileaks has published new documents revealing that the US National Security Agency (NSA) has spied on world leaders such as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi and…
US President Barack Obama. (File Photo: Xinhua/Bao Dandan/IANS) Washington, Feb 23 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled a long-stalled closure plan of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, a move which would certainly set…
Washington, Feb 23 (IANS) NASA astronaut Scott Kelly who along with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Korniyenko arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) in March last year will return together to Earth in little more than…
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (Xinhua/Bao Dandan) Washington, Feb 23 (IANS) The US and Russia announced on Monday the plan for a cessation of hostilities in Syria that will begin on February 27, the…
Representation purpose only Ahmedabad, Feb 22 (IANS) Three buses of the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) have been set ablaze by unidentified miscreants allegedly owing allegiance to the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), agitating…
New Delhi: Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary Affairs M. Venkaiah Naidu, JD(S) president H D Deve Gowda, Leader of the Congress parliamentary party in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge,…
Washington, Feb 21 (IANS) A very possible recession within the next three years would take place in the US, economists warned at a meeting of US governors. There is a “100 percent certainty” of a…
(Photo: IANS) New York, Feb 21 (IANS) Republican front-runner Donald Trump late on Saturday won the South Carolina Republican primary. The victory is seen as a tremendous show of strength in the heart of the…