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…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The Ministry for Development of North East Region (DoNER) in collaboration with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highway on Tuesday announced upgradation of poor roads and highways in the…
Lucknow, Jan 5 (IANS) The NDA government at the centre has failed to contain terrorism, Congress Rajya Sabha member Raj Babbar said on Tuesday. Speaking to party workers from Firozabad, the former Bollywood actor said…
Patna, Jan 5 (IANS) To send a clear message not to compromise with cheating during the matriculation exams this year, Bihar’s education department has suspended four headmasters of government-run schools where large-scale cheating was reported…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5 (IANS) After Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare minister Sanjay Dasburma, Odisha Health Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak faced egg and tomato attack from Congress workers in Deogarh district on Tuesday. The Congress workers…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Disgruntled BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha has lamented the entry of “Johnnies-come-lately” and those who lost the Lok Sabha polls in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government while seniors were ignored. But…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed continued to be in critical but stable condition on Tuesday, a week after being admitted to the AIIMS following fever and respiratory…
Beijing, Jan 5 (IANS) China on Tuesday stopped requiring couples to apply for official approval before having a first or second child, following the end of the one-child policy. The move, which came into effect…
Pakistani ghazal singer Ustad Ghulam Ali. (File Photo: IANS) Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali and his son will be performing at a function in the city on January 12, it was…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted Gujarat Police to file a charge sheet against Patel reservation agitation leader Hardik Patel for allegedly instigating one of his followers to kill policemen…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha has said that contesting elections against Bollywood star Rajesh Khanna was his biggest regret and he had apologised to him too. “If there is one regret that…
Chennai, Jan 5 (IANS) DMK activists held a protest demonstration here on Tuesday and demanded a judicial inquiry into the release of surplus water from Chembarambakkam lake here and subsequent flooding in the city. DMK…
Vijayawada, Jan 5 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday said he aims to transform the state into a manufacturing and exports hub. Naidu held a meeting with officials here to review…
Beijing, Jan 5 (IANS) A winter festival featuring all things related to ice and snow opened in Harbin, the capital of China’s Heilongjiang province, on Tuesday. The three-month long festival boasts of more than…
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. (File Photo: IANS) Pathankot/New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Four days after suspected Pakistani terrorists raided the IAF base in Pathankot, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday admitted to “security lapses” that…
New Delhi: Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, and Information and Broadcasting Arun Jaitley addresses during the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture – 2015 organised by All India Radio in New Delhi, on Oct 26, 2015….
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The government on Tuesday slammed the Congress for its comments over the Pathankot terrorist attack, saying the main opposition party has become irresponsible on the sensitive issue of national security….
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…
Damascus, Jan 5 (IANS) The escalation of tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran against the backdrop of the Saudi execution of a prominent Shia cleric could negatively rebound on the efforts for establishing a peace…
Havana, Jan 5 (IANS) Visiting Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe met Cuban Foreign Trade and Investments Minister Rodrigo Malmierca to seek new business opportunities between the island and the US state. During Monday’s meeting, McAuliffe said…