Dhaka, Oct 8 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government was very cautious and did not respond to any provocations by Myanmar, thereby defusing tensions between the two neighbours in the wake…
Vadnagar, Oct 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on a two-day visit to Gujarat, on Sunday visited his hometown Vadnagar where he inaugurated a medical college there and also visited his school. Modi, who is…
Seoul, Oct 8 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has lauded his country’s nuclear weapons programme as the best way to defend its sovereignty and counter threats from the US. Speaking to the Central Committee…
Mumbai, Oct 8 (IANS) Not just fiscal policy support but a structural one is needed to ease the massive debt burden which is “slowly strangulating” the telecom sector, opined experts. Industry observers stated that at…
Madrid, Oct 8 (IANS) Any declaration of independence by Catalonia will have no effect, Spanish Prime Minister Marian Rajoy has warned, adding he is not ruling out suspending the region’s autonomy. In an interview with…
Ghaziabad, Oct 8 (IANS) Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal B. S. Dhanoa, on Sunday said the Indian Air Force (IAF) is prepared to fight at any time. “Notwithstanding the pace of ongoing…
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed the air warriors and extended greetings on the occasion of 85th Air Force Day. “On Air Force Day,…
Accra, Oct 8 (IANS) Huge explosions have rocked a natural gas station in Ghana’s capital Accra, killing at least one person, officials said. The blasts on Saturday sent a giant fireball into the sky and…
Washington, Oct 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said “only one thing will work” with North Korea after past talks with Pyongyang had yielded no results. “Presidents and their administrations have been talking to…
Riyadh, Oct 8 (IANS) Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday the foiling of a terror attack against a palace in Jeddah, Saudi Press Agency reported. The spokesman of the Interior Ministry said in a statement that…
Mexico City, Oct 8 (IANS) Category-one Hurricane Nate intensified on Saturday as it moved over the Gulf of Mexico on its way to the US mainland. While Nate was not expected to affect Mexican territory,…
Madrid , Oct 8 (IANS) About 10 companies have decided to relocate their legal headquarters from Catalonia to other places in Spain over fears of an unilateral declaration of independence, media reported on Saturday. After…
Moscow, Oct 8 (IANS) A new military airfield in Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad region will receive aircraft by the end of this year, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Saturday. This means that the…
Tehran, Oct 8 (IANS) Iran is entitled to gain benefits from the 2015 nuclear deal and no one can roll back the positive results of the accord, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said here on Saturday….
Ankara, Oct 8 (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed the current situation in Syria and Iraq via phone on Saturday. Erdogan and Macron exchanged views on developments in…
Mumbai, Oct 7 (IANS) Filmmaker Kundan Shah, who gave Indian cinema a different brand of humour with the cult black comedy “Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro” and subsequently television shows like “Nukkad” and “Wagle Ki Duniya”…
Kolkata, Oct 7 (IANS) Calling for a 36 hour nationwide strike starting from 8 a.m. of October 9, truck owners and operators on Saturday protested against the disruptive policies under Goods and Services Tax (GST)…
Srinagar, Oct 7 (IANS) Famous Pakistani-origin musician and singer Adnan Sami on Saturday enthralled his audience with some of his well-known songs, including those requested by youth in attendance at the “Rhythm in Paradise” concert…
Moscow, Oct 7 (IANS) About 120 Islamic State (IS) militants and more than 60 foreign mercenaries in Syria were killed in airstrikes launched by Russia over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defence Ministry said…
Shillong, Oct 7 (IANS) Amid reports that Rahul Gandhi was set to take over the party leadership, Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Saturday said there will be a generational shift in the party soon. “I…