New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The Congress on Friday said inconsistency and flip-flops on Modi government’s part had totally destroyed India’s decades-old foreign policy. India had a proud and consistent foreign policy, but it has…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday reprimanded Bihar and five other states for having “adopted lackadaisical attitude” in the rehabilitation of 740 bonded child labourers, mostly from Bihar,…
Washington, April 1 (IANS) Seeking to allay concerns about safety of its nuclear programme, Pakistan has asserted that, unlike India, it has never suffered an accident or breach of security. Amidst global concerns over the…
New Delhi: Social Scientist Yogendra Yadav joins protest to condemn the “institutional killing” of 26-year-old scholar of the University of Hyderabad (UoH), Rohith Vemula at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, on Feb 23, 2016. (Photo:…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Citing ambiguity on the enforcement of 85 percent pictorial warnings on packets of all tobacco products, the Indian tobacco industry announced on Friday that it will halt production of all…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) India and Saudi Arabia will seek to elevate their strategic partnership to a more broad-based one, with the focus on energy and security…
Moscow, April 1 (IANS) Russia has long and substantively explained to the US that it has refused to take part in a nuclear security summit in Washington over the hosting sides unpreparedness to ensure equal…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) With Tamil separatism crushed, one of Sri Lanka’s oldest Tamil militant groups-turned-party has decided to shed from its name the words “Eelam” and “Liberation”. One of the two factions of…
Paris, April 1 (IANS) At least 17 people were injured, one critically, on Friday when a gas unit exploded in a building in the heart of Paris, the authorities said. Six of the injured were…
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Parkash Singh Badal. (File Photo: IANS) Patiala, April 1 (IANS) Describing the AAP as a band of fugitives and anti-Punjab elements, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday asked…
Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) In a ruling with far-reaching implications, the Bombay High Court on Friday declared that no law prevents women from entering places of worship and there should be no gender discrimination as…
Pathankot: Soilders inside the Pathankot Air Force base that was attacked by militants; on Jan 5, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) A team of Indian investigators will travel to Pakistan to further…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the where a part of a portion of Vivekananda Flyover collapsed in Kolkata on March 31, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) With West Bengal’s ruling…
Beijing, April 1 (IANS) China’s state-owned news agency Xinhua has urged people not to play pranks and fall for them on April Fool’s Day which is not in sync with Chinese tradition and core values….
Kolkata: The site where a part of a portion of Vivekananda Flyover collapsed in Kolkata on March 31, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) Even as hundreds in Kolkata did their best to rescue…
Kolkata: Rescue operations underway at the site where a part of a portion of Vivekananda Flyover collapsed in Kolkata on March 31, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, April 1 (IANS) A team of Kolkata police is…
By Sourabh Kulesh New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) From setting out in life on April 1, 1976 from a garage in Los Altos, California, to a new disc-shaped headquarters in Cupertino city amid growing users’…
Islamabad, April 1 (IANS) Indian Punjabi film “Ambarsariya” has been banned in Pakistan because it makes “strong references” to the Indian intelligence agency RAW. The movie makes strong references to Research and Analysis Wing (RAW),…
Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) In a ruling with far-reaching implications, the Bombay High Court on Friday declared that no law prevents women from entering places of worship and there should be no gender discrimination as…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Condemning the ordinance authorising expenditure in Uttarakhand from Friday, the Congress on Friday termed it a “sinister conspiracy” by the Centre to obstruct and annul implementation of public welfare schemes…