Geneva, Aug 31 (IANS) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has said that US President Donald Trump’s attacks on the media could amount to incitement and embolden followers to attack certain…
Hyderabad, Aug 30 (IANS) A TRS worker on Wednesday attempted self-immolation at a party meeting in the presence of a Telangana minister. The incident occurred during a meeting of ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) at…
Mumbai, Aug 30 (IANS) Revealing the low efficacy of last November’s demonetisation of high-value currency, the RBI said on Wednesday that of the Rs 15.44 lakh crore of notes taken out of circulation, Rs 15.28…
Washington, Aug 30 (IANS) A devastating storm that swept through the US state of Texas made a second landfall in Louisiana state on Wednesday, dousing the region with heavy rains that officials warned could lead…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Wednesday hit out at the government and the RBI over the demonetisation decision, saying that only one percent of the junked notes had not…
Jaipur, Aug 30 (IANS) The family of Nikhil Bhatia, an Indian student at the Texas A&M University who suffered grevious injuries while out swimming just as Hurricane Harvey struck and died in a hospital in…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) In a major reform for the Indian Army, the government has accepted the first batch of 65 recommendations of the Lt. Gen. D.B. Shekatkar (retd.) headed committee which will result…
Lucknow, Aug 30 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his two Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma are among five candidates put up by the BJP for the September 15…
Pyongyang, Aug 30 (IANS) North Korea has said its launch of a missile over Japan was a prelude to more military operations directed at the American territory of Guam, which it called “an advanced base…
San Francisco, Aug 30 (IANS) Google-owned YouTube has refreshed its iconic logo and introduced some major design changes to its desktop and mobile apps. Unlike minor tweaks, this is the biggest change the YouTube logo…
Washington, Aug 30 (IANS) In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, “American Idol” auditions in Houston and San Antonio have been cancelled. The rebooted singing competition, hosted by Ryan Seacrest, was scheduled to hold auditions in…
San Francisco, Aug 30 (IANS) Two days after Apple started accepting donations for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, Facebook has announced that it would raise, from the users on the platform, funds to the tune of…
Washington, Aug 30 (IANS) The US city of Houston has declared a night-time curfew as it battles the impact of Hurricane Harvey, media reports said. The storm has dumped record rainfall, leaving large parts of…
United Nations, Aug 30 (IANS) The UN Security Council on Tuesday strongly condemned the latest missile launch by North Korea, demanding it immediately cease such actions. In a statement, the council stressed that those actions…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Aug 29 (IANS) Torrential rains lashed Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Raigad and other parts of Maharashtra for the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday, severely affecting normal life and paralysing the lifelines –…
Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) With some 200 Indian students of the University of Houston affected by floods in the wake of tropical storm Harvey, the Indian mission in the Texas city on Tuesday shared helpline…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Asserting that protection of property and places of worship was an essential part of secularism, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said religious places damaged in the 2002 post-Godhra violence would…
Chandigarh, Aug 29 (IANS) Authorities in Haryana’s Sirsa district on Tuesday got 18 minor girls taken out from the Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) sect headquarters near Sirsa town to undergo a medical examination. “Eighteen girls,…
Brussels, Aug 29 (IANS) The European Unions (EU) chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has urged the UK to start “negotiating seriously”, as the third round of talks involving Britain’s exit from the 27-member bloc began…
Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) Donald Trump’s attorney reached out to the Kremlin for assistance in building a Trump Tower in Moscow while the President was campaigning last year, the media reported. The attorney, Michael Cohen,…