Moscow, Dec 9 (IANS) Russia attacked the Islamic State positions in Syria with Kalibr missiles fired by the submarine deployed in the Mediterranean Sea, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday. “It was the…
Karachi, Dec 8 (PTI) The short bilateral cricket series between India and Pakistan will be held between December 24 and January 5 if the much-anticipated rubber gets the green signal from the Indian government this…
Washington, Dec 8 (IANS) Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump sent shock waves through the political establishment with a call to bar Muslims from entering the US until lawmakers figure out what is going on. “Donald…
Baghdad, Dec 8 (IANS) Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday said that the Islamic State group smuggled most of its oil through Turkey. A statement from his office said, ” (Abadi) stressed on the…
On Sunday, December 6, President Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office on the steps our government is taking to fulfill his highest priority: keeping the American people safe. Watch the full video and…
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) India and Pakistan on Sunday quietly resumed their stalled dialogue in Bangkok, with their National Security Advisors discussing an array of contentious bilateral issues and promising to “carry forward the…
New Delhi: Union Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari addresses a press conference in New Delhi. (Photo: IANS) Vijayawada, Dec 5 (PTI) The Centre is taking up road projects worth more than Rs…
Chennai, Dec 5 (IANS) With Tamil Nadu reeling under the worst floods to hit the state in a century and with rescue operations getting underway, actors Siddharth and RJ Balaji, popular among Tamil audiences, turned…
Chennai, Dec 4 (IANS) Heavy rains battered Chennai again on Friday evening just as life began to limp to normalcy amid persisting power cuts and food shortages here and three other Tamil Nadu districts where…
Chennai, Dec 4 (IANS) After one-and-a-half days, rains started to lash Chennai again on Friday evening, causing more worry to residents already suffering from torrential rains and floods. Rains abated on Thursday and the early…
Kabul, Dec 4 (IANS) Afghan Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour has died of injuries, a senior official said. Sultan Faizy, the spokesman for Afghanistan first Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum, tweeted: “Taliban leader…
Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) Investigators on Thursday hunted for motives why a heavily armed US-born county health worker and his Pakistan-born wife killed 14 people and injured 17 others during a holiday party in California….
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The heaviest rains in Tamil Nadu in over a century and floods have claimed 269 lives, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, describing the situation as “alarming”. Chennai: People…
Chennai: Rains lash Chennai on Dec 1, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, Dec 2 (IANS) Steady and continuous rains throughout the night kept people in Tamil Nadu’s capital Chennai awake due to concerns over the rising…
Washington, Dec 1 (IANS) The Texas state in the US will sue agencies that fail to follow an order issued by Governor Greg Abbott to not accept more Syrian refugees, the media reported on Tuesday….
Paris : Prime Minister Narendra Modi being received by the France President Francois Hollande on his arrival for the UNFCCC Climate Conference, in Paris, France on Nov 30, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Paris, Nov 30 (IANS)…
Paris, Nov 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif as world leaders converged here for the inauguration of the Conference of Parties (CoP) 21 climate summit. “PM @narendramodi…
Washington, Nov 29 (IANS) The US National Security Agency (NSA) on Sunday ended its mass phone surveillance programme and replaced it with a focused and targeted domestic surveillance programme. Under the new programme, the NSA…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lavished praise on Jawaharlal Nehru and hailed all previous governments as he struck a conciliatory note after…
In a new development in the cash-for-vote case, the state forensic science lab confirmed on Thursday that the voices of the three accused recorded by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) matched with samples collected from…