Washington, March 4 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has praised his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for recently consolidating power and extending his potential tenure, musing that he would not mind making such a manoeuver himself,…
Rome, March 4 (IANS) Italians started voting on Sunday in the country’s general elections to elect a new parliament after a divisive campaign dominated by concerns over immigration and the economy. Some 46 million Italians…
Rome, March 4 (IANS) Italians are set to vote in the country’s general elections on Sunday after a divisive campaign dominated by concerns over immigration and the economy. According to reports, the anti-establishment Five Star…
Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) India wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik was on Sunday appointed the new captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) ahead of the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the franchise…
Washington, March 4 (IANS) A man shot himself in the head outside the White House, according to a Secret Service spokesperson. On Saturday afternoon, the man approached the fence line, removed a concealed handgun and…
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The CBI on Sunday took Karti Chidambaram, son of Congress leader P. Chidambaram, for questioning in the INX Media alleged bribery case, an official said. The Central Bureau of Investigation…
Hanoi, March 4 (IANS) A US Navy aircraft carrier will set anchor in Vietnam on Monday, for the first time since the end of the Vietnam War more than four decades ago, the media reported….
Washington, March 4 (IANS) US President Donald Trump escalated threats of a trade war, saying he would slap a new tax on European cars if the EU retaliated against his proposed steel and aluminium tariffs,…
Pyongyang, March 4 (IANS) North Korea on Saturday urged the US to hold dialogue without any precondition. A dialogue with Washington is possible, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a statement, Xinhua reported. “It is…
Tehran, March 4 (IANS) A senior Iranian military official said here on Saturday that Iran will not negotiate its missile programme unless Europe and the US destroy their nuclear weapons and missiles. “What Americans say…
Washington, March 4 (IANS) The White House was put on lockdown after a man shot himself in front of its north lawn on Saturday, the authorities said. “Secret Service personnel are responding to reports of…
Shillong, March 3 (IANS) Senior Congress leaders Ahmed Patel and Kamal Nath on Saturday met Governor Ganga Prasad requesting him to invite the Congress to form the new government in Meghalaya. “We have already met…
Chandigarh, March 3 (IANS) Dismissing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks regarding him as “frivilous”, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday said that such remarks will not be able to create wedge between him and…
Hyderabad, March 3 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday said an alternative to both BJP and Congress would emerge soon to bring qualitative change in the Indian politics. He told reporters that…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The BJP said on Saturday it and its allies have got full majority in Meghalaya, where results have thrown up a hung Assembly, and appointed Minister of State for Home…
Agartala/New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Here is the final party position in the results declared on Saturday for assembly polls in Tripura and Meghalaya. The party position for Nagaland is as declared by the Election…
Agartala, March 3 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with its partner — IPFT — on Saturday pulled off a historic far reaching victory to storm to power in Tripura, sweeping 43 of the…
Kolkata, March 3 (IANS) Accusing the Congress of total negligence in contesting the Tripura Assembly elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said she had approached Congress President Rahul Gandhi for alliance but…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Describing the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) job scam as similar to Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress on Saturday demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)….
Agartala/Shillong/Kohima, March 3 (IANS) The stunning saffron surge in the northeast on Saturday decimated the Left in Tripura — one of its last two citadels — with the BJP ousting the CPI-M from power after…