Chennai, April 11 (IANS) The 32-hour countdown for Thursday’s early launch of the IRNSS-1L navigation satellite is progressing smoothly at the Sriharikota rocket port, around 105 km from here, Indian space agency officials said. The…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a PIL seeking the framing of rules to regulate the composition of benches, including constitution benches, and the allocation of work. Junking the PIL…
Gold Coast, April 11 (IANS) Indian shooter Shreyasi Singh clinched the gold medal in women’s Double Trap event at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Wednesday. (This story has not been edited by Social…
Seoul, April 11 (IANS) South Korea on Wednesday said the issue of human rights will not be discussed at the inter-Korean April summit with Pyongyang, since the focus is on denuclearisation of the North. Seoul…
Mumbai, April 11 (IANS) Inspector General Vijay Chafekar has taken over as the new Flag Officer, Indian Coast Guard (West Region) from IG K.R. Nautiyal, an official said here on Wednesday. The change of guard…
Gold Coast (Australia), April 11 (IANS) Indian men’s doubles duo of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, and Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shankar Shetty advanced to the round of 16 in men’s doubles table tennis…
Washington, April 11 (IANS) There is an online propaganda “arms race” with Russia and the most important thing right now is to make sure no one interferes in the upcoming elections globally, vowed Facebook CEO…
Gold Coast (Australia), April 11 (IANS) Indian youngster Gaurav Solanki entered the semi-finals of the men’s flyweight (52 kilogram) category of the boxing competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Wednesday. Gaurav came…
Srinagar, April 11 (IANS) A civilian and a soldier were killed on Wednesday in an ongoing gunfight between the security forces and the militants in Jammu and Kashmir. Two other security personnel were also injured…
Mumbai, April 11 (IANS) Key Indian equity indices opened on a flat note on Wednesday. Around 9.16 a.m., the wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) inched up by 12.45 points or 0.12 per…
By Arul Louis United Nations, April 11 (IANS) Three resolutions on investigating the alleged chemical attack in a rebel-held area of Syria failed in the UN Security Council on Tuesday amid reports that the US…
Washington, April 11 (IANS) US President Donald Trump believes that he has the power to fire Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller, who is heading the probe into the links between his campaign and Kremlin efforts to…
Gold Coast (Australia), April 11 (IANS) Indian shooter Om Mitharwal took the bronze medal in the men’s 50 metre Pistol event at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Wednesday. Om registered a score of…
Washington, April 11 (IANS) US President Donald Trump is considering firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, people familiar with the discussions told CNN. The move gained urgency following the raid of the office of the…
Gold Coast (Australia), April 11 (IANS) Veteran Indian star M.C. Mary Kom defeated Anusha Dilruksh of Sri Lanka to enter the final of the women’s 48 kilogram category at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Search engine Google on Wednesday dedicated a doodle to legendary singer-actor K.L. Saigal on his 114th birth anniversary. The doodle, designed by Vidhya Nagarajan, shows Saigal singing with the background…
Washington, April 11 (IANS) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday testified before the Congress and during his five-hour testimony, the lawmakers asked him tough questions on fake news, Russian interference during the 2016 presidential election…
Srinagar, April 11 (IANS) A gunfight started late Tuesday evening between the security forces and the militants in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Police said the security forces surrounded Wani Mohalla in Khudwani area of Kulgam…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Soon after a fake list of Congress candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Karnataka was circulated on social media on Tuesday, the party clarified that it was a “fake…
Washington, April 11 (IANS) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed on Tuesday that his company is cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller in its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election. When asked…