Da Nang (Vietnam), Nov 12 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to take more “practical actions” to improve bilateral ties and properly manage differences in a “constructive way”. “To…
Tehran, Nov 12 (IANS) A senior aide to the head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) announced on Saturday that the AEOI experts had acquired the technology to build atomic batteries, semi-official Fars…
By Bhavana Akella Shanghai, Nov 12 (IANS) The Chinese e-commerce major Alibaba grossed over $25 billion in its 24-hour long 11.11 Global Shopping Festival on Saturday. The company sold $25.38 billion (168.2 billion Chinese Yuan)…
Riyadh, Nov 12 (IANS) Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday the suspension of oil supply to Bahrain after an oil pipe exploded in Bahrain, Saudi Press Agency reported. Saudi fully supports Bahrain’s energy sector in tackling…
Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) Hours after a video showing Mumbai Traffic Police personnel towing away a car with a sick woman sitting in the rear seat and breastfeeding her seven-month-old baby went viral, a policeman…
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Saturday appointed former India goalkeeper Bhaskar Ganguly to the two-member committee which will oversee the working of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) following the removal…
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) A 26-year-old man, kingpin of an interstate racket supplying illegal firearms to criminals in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, has been arrested with 20 automatic pistols and 100 cartridges from…
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The Delhi government on Saturday put on hold the odd-even traffic rationing system from Monday saying it would approach the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and request that women drivers and…
Kathmandu, Nov 11 (IANS) Nepal’s three-time Prime Minister Kirti Nidhi Bista passed away on Saturday at the age of 90, the state-owned Nepal Television said. The veteran politician breathed his last in his residence at…
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) A day after freezing an order by the bench headed by Justice J. Chelameswar referring to a constitution bench the plea for a SIT probe into graft allegations against a…
Panaji, Nov 11 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard on Saturday ferried a German senior citizen, who had suffered cardiac arrest, from a cruise vessel off Goa to a waiting ambulance so that he could be…
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) US-based passenger carrier United Airlines on Saturday said it has temporarily suspended its Newark-New Delhi flights due to poor air quality concerns in New Delhi. The airline suspended the Newark-New…
Washington, Nov 11 (IANS) The US Congress has authorised up to $700 million in Coalition Support Fund (CSF) to reimburse Pakistan for activities carried out in support of American operations in Afghanistan. The authorisation was…
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Two Indian soldiers of Garhwal Rifles, who fought in the First World War and whose remains were found in an excavation recently, will be given burial with full military honours…
Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) Displaying a shocking and insensitive attitude, Mumbai Traffic Police personnel towed away a private car with a sick woman sitting in the rear seat and breastfeeding her seven-month-old baby. The incident…
Gandhinagar, Nov 11 (IANS) Claiming victory for reduction of GST rates on more than 200 items, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said his party will continue the fight for capping the tax at…
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) As smog continued to envelop Delhi and NCR for the fifth day in row, Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday urged the people not to panic stating that air…
Chandigarh, Nov 11 (IANS) A gangster and six other prisoners have been booked following a complaint from prison officials in Faridkot that he went live on social networking site Facebook from inside the prison, police…
Hyderabad, Nov 11 (IANS) Award-winning composer A.R. Rahman will begin his multi-city tour titled A.R. Rahman Encore — The Concert by setting the tone for the forthcoming Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) here. The opening night…
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The Congress on Saturday demanded that petroleum products, real estate and electricity be brought under the GST’s ambit, as it claimed that persistent pressure by it and its Vice President…