Tehran, Oct 3 (IANS) Iran and Turkey on Monday reiterated their alliance against the recent Iraqi Kurdish disputed vote for independence and vowed to increase military cooperation. In a meeting here on the day, Iran…
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) The lack of sanitary conditions in India has a serious economic consequence too as it causes a loss of 6 per cent of the GDP every year, said Vice President…
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) There has been no Indian casualty so far in the mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert on Sunday evening that claimed over 50 lives, the External Affairs Ministry said…
Hyderabad, Oct 2 (IANS) Three persons were killed as heavy rains lashed Hyderabad on Monday, inundating low-lying areas and throwing normal life out of gear. Heavy downpour, accompanied by thunderstorm for over three hours in…
Srinagar, Oct 2 (IANS) A Jammu and Kashmir Police head constable was shot and killed by militants in the state’s Pulwama district on Monday night, police said. Police sources said that militants fired upon Head…
Vatican, Oct 2 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis is praying for the victims of the deadly mass shootings in Las Vegas and was “deeply saddened” to learn of the “senseless tragedy” which killed over 50 people and…
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Ahead of Gujarat polls, the government on Monday night appointed a five-member Commission headed by Delhi High Court’s retired Chief Justice G. Rohini to examine sub categorisation of Other Backward…
Mumbai, Oct 2 (IANS) International ratings agency Fitch on Monday lowered India’s growth forecast to 6.9 per cent, as the country’s GDP growth unexpectedly faltered in the second quarter of 2017-18 (2Q17). The ratings agency…
Kolar (Karnataka), Oct 2 (IANS) In a tribute to the father of the nation on his 148th birth anniverary, Kolar Deputy Commissioner K.V. Thrilok Chandra again became a doctor and treated about 100 patients on…
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) After integrating climate change into wildlife planning, putting greater thrust on wildlife health management and poaching, increasing public outreach and tweaking previous strategies, the Union Environment Ministry on Monday released…
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) In a freak accident, a 72-year-old man died here on Monday after his clothes caught fire from a ‘beedi’ he was smoking, police said. A police officer told IANS that…
Mumbai, Oct 2 (IANS) Indian Oil Corp. (IndianOil) on Monday said it has received its first US crude oil cargo of 1.6 million barrels. According to the company, it received the shipment at Paradip port…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Oct 2 (IANS) Meeting under the grim shadow of the overnight Las Vegas massacre, the leadership of the global organisation on Monday renewed its commitment to embodying Mahatma Gandhi’s belief…
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of failing to keep his promise of creating a corruption-free India and threatened to begin an agitation if Modi…
Bengaluru, Oct 2 (IANS) Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy on Monday said the investigation team probing the killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh has got “some clues” on the killers and knows who is behind it,…
Imphal, Oct 2 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Monday night inaugurated a night plaza, known as Imphal Evening, in the heart of Imphal city that he said will give people a chance…
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the Swachh Bharat campaign launched by him three years ago has today become a “mass movement”. “Today, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan (Clean India…
Srinagar, Oct 2 (IANS) Two policemen were injured on Monday in a grenade attack by two militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said. A joint checkpost (naka) was set up police and the…
Mumbai/Raipur, Oct 2 (IANS) Budget passenger carrier IndiGo on Monday said actor-singer Aditya Narayan misbehaved with its staff at Raipur airport but later apologised. The incident occurred on Sunday, when Narayan, travelling on Raipur-Mumbai IndiGo…
Porbandar, Oct 2 (IANS) BJP chief Amit Shah on Monday said Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is unable to see the development in Gujarat because of “Italian spectacles”. Flagging off the second phase of Gujarat…