New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre on Thursday said the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) was “sensitive” and has the potential of escalation. “The situation along…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Stressing that India embraced many religions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that every religion flourished in India. “Every religion found life here, it grew here. Every Indian is…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday attached 41 properties of Mehul Choksi of the Gitanjali Group, worth Rs 1,217 crore, in connection with an ongoing probe into the Rs 12,600 crore…
Washington, March 1 (IANS) White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trumps longest-serving and closest aides, announced that she plans to resign sending a jolt through a West Wing besieged by internal…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said it has registered a case against Simbhaoli Sugars’ chairman Gurmit Singh Mann and others in connection with a Rs 109 crore loan default…
Canberra, March 1 (IANS) At least 57,000 illegal firearms were handed in during the three-month national gun amnesty period in Australia, which would help prevent their use in terrorist acts, official sources said on Thursday….
Jammu, March 1 (IANS) Heavy firing exchanges erupted on Thursday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district after two Pakistani soldiers were killed in retaliatory firing by the Indian side overnight. The incident…
Washington, March 1 (IANS) Attorney General Jeff Sessions pushed back against Donald Trump’s latest insult, prolonging an increasingly awkward public spat between the US President and his top law enforcement official, the media reported. Trump…
Toronto, March 1 (IANS) The controversy created by an invitation to former convicted Khalistani terrorist Jaspal Atwal for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s dinner in Delhi last week has created a storm in Canadian politics, with…
Chennai, March 1 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan’s party Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) does not believe in implementation of total prohibition as it would bring in more harm. He said the party also does not believe…
San Francisco, March 1 (IANS) Twitter has launched its Bookmarks feature globally that will give its over 300 million users a new way of saving tweets they like and might want to revisit and share….
Washington, March 1 (IANS) US retail giant Walmart has raised the age restriction for purchases of firearms and ammunition in its stores to 21. In addition to raising the minimum age, Walmart on Wednesday announced…
San Francisco, March 1 (IANS) To help local businesses hire the right people, Facebook has expanded the ability to apply to jobs directly on its platform to more than 40 countries. Rolled out in the…
Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) Taking a cue from global markets, the key Indian equity market indices on Thursday opened lower after the fiscal deficit data reached at 113.7 per cent of the full year’s target….
Washington, March 1 (IANS) US President Donald Trump stunned Republicans on live television by embracing gun control and urging a group of lawmakers at the White House to resurrect gun safety legislation that has been…
Tokyo, March 1 (IANS) Greenpeace on Thursday said towns in Fukushima prefecture, close to the disaster-hit nuclear power plant, were exposed to excessive levels of radiation almost 100 times greater than safe levels. The survey…
Srinagar, March 1 (IANS) A militant was killed on Thursday in an ongoing gunfight between security forces and hiding militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Security forces had surrounded the Hajin area following specific…
Berlin, March 1 (IANS) The moon will have its first 4G cell phone network in 2019, the network builder Vadafone has said. The German branch of the multinational telecommunication company has teamed up with Nokia…
Washington, March 1 (IANS) Hope Hicks, White House Communications Director, said on Wednesday that she is resigning. Hopes becomes the fourth person to leave the post during Trump’s tenure. The 29-year-old former model and ex-Trump…
London, March 1 (IANS) British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday rejected any plans that would mean a Brexit border between Northern Ireland and neighbouring Irish Republic. Speaking to MPs in the House of Commons…