New York, Jan 10 (IANS) The jackpot in Saturday’s Powerball drawing surged to $949.8 million, in the largest jackpot in US history had no winners taking Wednesday drawing to 1.3 billion dollars The winning numbers…
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 9, 2016 (Xinhua) — Soldiers escort Joaquin Guzman Loera, alias “El Chapo”, upon his arrival to the hangar of the Attorney General’s Office, in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on Jan. 8,…
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) The front-runners for the 2016 US presidential elections from the Democratic and Republican parties, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, would be neck-to-neck if it came to a hypothetical battle for the…
Hyderabad, Jan 8 (IANS) A student from Hyderabad studying in North Carolina University in the US committed suicide after scoring low marks in exams, according to information reaching his family here. Shiva Kiran (23) ended…
Vijayawada, Jan 7 (PTI) Former MLA Malladi Vishnu and his brother Malladi Srinivas were arrested late tonight by a Special Investigating Team (SIT) which is probing the death of five persons allegedly due to spurious…
New Delhi: Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passed away of multiple organ failure in New Delhi on Jan 7, 2016. (File Photo: IANS) Jammu/Srinagar, Jan 7 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed died this morning at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) where he was admitted for the past 15 days. The…
Montreal, Jan 7 (AFP) TransCanada will sue the US government for USD 15 billion for blocking its controversial project for an oil pipeline linking Canada with the Gulf of Mexico, the firm has said. TransCanada…
Washington, Jan 6 (IANS) Defying global public opinion, reclusive North Korea has claimed to have detonated its first hydrogen bomb sending political shock waves around the world and even angering its ally China. China joined…
Seoul, Jan 6 (AFP) North Korea said today it had successfully carried out its first hydrogen bomb test, marking a major step forward in its nuclear development, if confirmed. “The republic’s first hydrogen bomb test…
Washington, Jan 6 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled some executive measures on gun control, including expanding background checks, calling for “a sense of urgency” about gun violence. Anybody in the business of…
Lahore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, at Lahore, Pakistan on Dec 25, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday promised his Indian…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah pays homage to Niranjan Kumar, a Lieutenant Colonel of the National Security Guard who was killed while defusing a bomb during combing operations at Pathankot IAF base; in Bengaluru on…
Washington, Jan 4 (PTI) US President Barack Obama is set to announce a series of new executive actions to tighten gun laws for curbing gun violence, one of the country’s most complex issues. “I would…
Amritsar: People pay tribute to the soldiers killed in the attack on Pathankot IAF Airbase; in Amritsar on Jan 3, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Chandigarh, Jan 4 (IANS) IAF Guard commando Gursewak Singh, killed by terrorists…
Pathankot: Security beefed up in Pathankot following a terrorists attack on an Indian Air Force (IAF) base on Jan 2, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Pathankot/New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Security forces on Sunday nailed two more…
Pathankot (Punjab), Jan 3 (IANS) A powerful blast killed an NSG officer at the IAF base near here and firing was heard inside on Sunday as security forces searched for terrorists still holed up after…
The tragic side in the entire political career of A.B. Bardhan, a former CPI general secretary who died on Saturday, is the fact that he never received what was due to him and always remained…
Indian security forces man a road barrier outside an Indian air force base in Pathankot, 430 kilometers (267 miles) north of New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016. Gunmen attacked the air force base near…
Hyderabad, Jan 2 (IANS) Eighteen more students from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh returned Hyderabad on Saturday after being deported by the American authorities. The students, who had gone to the US to join various universities,…