New Delhi: People’s Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti at Agenda 15 organised by Aaj Tak in New Delhi, on Dec 12, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Jammu/Srinagar, Jan 28 (IANS) What is holding back PDP leader Mehbooba…
Patna, Jan 28 (IANS) A man hurled a shoe at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday, but it missed the intended target. The incident took place during a function at which Nitish Kumar reiterated the…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu here on Thursday announced the names of the first 20 cities which will be developed into smart cities in 2016. These are: Bhubaneswar (Odisha),…
Unidentified balloon-shaped object brought down by by IAF radar in Rajasthan New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) India will take up with Pakistan the issue of an unidentified balloon-like object that intruded into Indian territory and…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa on Thursday submitted to the Supreme Court, in a sealed cover, his reports to the central government on the political crisis in the northeastern…
Pope Francis leads a mass in the sanctuary of the Virgin of Charity in El Cobre, on the last day of his visit to Cuba, 22 September 2015. EFE/Orlando Barria Vatican City, Jan 28 (IANS/AKI)…
Washington, Jan 28 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund’s historic quota and governance reforms that for the first time place four emerging market countries – Brazil, China, India, and Russia – among its 10 largest members…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Veteran journalist Arindam Sengupta died of cancer early on Thursday. Sengupta, 61, was the managing editor of The Times of India. During his 33-year-long career, Sengupta worked with publications like…
Visakhapatnam, Jan 28 (IANS) The five Iranians detained in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday were tourists and travelling on legal documents, police said on Thursday. The Iranian nationals, including two women, were detained…
New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia addresses a press conference in New Delhi, on Dec 15, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The municipal sanitation workers on Thursday staged a protest…
Washington, Jan 28 (IANS) Calling Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump as the “best hope for America”, some Indian-Americans in the New York Tristate area have formed a Political Action Committee (PAC) to support and raise…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed Justice Sanjay Mishra, a former judge of the Allahabad High Court, as the Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh. The apex court bench comprising Justice Ranjan…
New York, Jan 28 (IANS) US stocks ended sharply lower on Wednesday, as Wall Street digested the newly-released Federal Reserve’s statement amid downbeat quarterly earnings reports. The Dow dropped 1.38 percent, and the S&P 500…
Bhubaneswar/Visakhapatnam, Jan 27 (PTI) Five suspected terrorists who fled from a hotel in Bhubaneswar after being asked to produce identity proofs on Republic Day eve were detained in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh today. After being…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) Marking the completion of ten years of UPA’s flagship rural job scheme MGNREGA, Rahul Gandhi will visit Bandlapalli village in Andhra Pradesh next…
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday said it commanded a majority in the Arunachal Pradesh assembly and the Centre’s decision to impose president’s rule in the northeastern state was a “shameful example…
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The Indian Railways on Wednesday entered into two separate agreements with Kerala and Andhra Pradesh for the formation of joint venture companies (JVCs) with state governments. According to the Ministry…
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) Assocham on Wednesday appealed to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to support the passage of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) legislation in parliament, and…
Beijing, Jan 27 (IANS) United States Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday reaffirmed the three Sino-US joint communiques and one-China policy during his talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The US reaffirms the…
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) India has been ranked at 76th position in public sector corruption out of 168 countries in the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2015, improving its slot from 85 in 2014…