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…
(150412) — NEW YORK, April 14, 2015 (Xinhua) — File photo taken on March 10, 2015, shows former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses the press after attending the annual Women’s Empowerment Principles event…
Pampore: A view of CRPF convoy which was damaged after unidentified gunmen opened fire in Pampore of Jammu and Kashmir on Feb 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Srinagar, Feb 20 (IANS) Three CRPF troopers and a…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli tele-inaugurate 400 KV Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur transmission line from Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on Feb 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, Feb…
Brussels, Feb 20 (IANS) European leaders on Friday reached a deal on British Prime Minister David Cameron’s reforms to give Britain special status in the EU after marathon talks. Donald Tusk, president of the European…
Rohtak: Security beefup in Rohtak in the wake off Jats demonstration on Feb 19, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Chandigarh, Feb 19 (IANS) Authorities in Haryana called in the army in a few districts, including Rohtak, on…
Pathankot: Soilders inside the Pathankot Air Force base that was attacked by militants; on Jan 5, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Islamabad, Feb 19 (IANS) A Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Pakistan police on Friday registered a First-Information…
(150412) — NEW YORK, April 14, 2015 (Xinhua) — File photo taken on March 10, 2015 shows former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses the press after attending the annual Women’s Empowerment Principles event…
(Photo: IANS) By Arun Kumar Washington, Feb 18 (IANS) As a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found Donald Trump surprisingly falling behind Ted Cruz nationally, the Republican presidential front-runner declared: “I think somebody at…
From Lalit K Jha Washington, Feb 18 (PTI) Indian-American South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has endorsed Marco Rubio which will give a major boost to the Florida Senator’s presidential ambition ahead of the state’s pivotal…
U.S. President Barack Obama (Xinhua/Bao Dandan/IANS) Washington, Feb 17 (IANS) Vowing to name an “indisputably” qualified nominee to replace a conservative Supreme Court judge who died suddenly last Saturday, President Barack Obama has asserted there…
Doha, Feb 17 (IANS) Four top global oil producers agreed on Tuesday to freeze oil production in order to boost the slumping oil prices. The agreement followed a meeting in Doha between the energy ministers…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday won four seats and the Congress two as the ruling NDA bettered the opposition in by-elections for 12 seats held across eight states three days ago….
Washington, Feb 16 (IANS) Hillary Clinton barked like a dog, Donald Trump called Ted Cruz “unstable,” and Jeb Bush brought his big brother George to vouch for him as the US presidential race heated up…