Driving Naari Programme launched in ChandigarhPunjab farmers reaping benefits of Mann Government’s crop diversification initiativesPunjab and Kerala Join Hands to Address NRI ConcernsMacron refuses French Prime Minister’s resignation after chaotic election resultsModi lands in Russia for first visit since Ukraine offensiveSaudi Arabia approves granting citizenship to global experts under Vision 2030Vigilance arrests Panchayat Secretary, former Sarpanch for embezzlement in Panchayat fundsHousing crisis in Canada forcing residents to move out of pricier cities: PollHistoric Milestone: Canada Appoints Its First Female Chief of DefenseVictory parade of T20 World Cup-winning Indian cricket team concludes in MumbaiMaximizing impact of Aadhar in PunjabAmritpal Singh to take oath as Khadoor Sahib MP on July 5
Chennai, There was no happy note as AIADMK leader O. Panneerselvam and his party colleagues took oath as Tamil Nadu’s new Chief Minister and ministers here on Monday. Panneerselvam, a staunch loyalist of the now jailed former Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, choked and looked crestfallen as he read the oathRead More
New Delhi, The Delhi High Court Monday observed that married women in india are “safer on the street than in their matrimonial homes” as it upheld life imprisonment for a man convicted of killing his wife. A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Mukta Gupta upheld the trialRead More
Pune, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar today congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for initiating a dialogue for the promotion of business during his ongoing tour of the US. Referring to the Prime Minister’s interactions with NRIs in New York, Pawar said, “During their dialogue with the US, CongressRead More
Washington, US President Barack Obama has in a television interview acknowledged that intelligence agencies underestimated the rise of the Islamic State (IS) Sunni radical group in Iraq and Syria. “Our head of the intelligence community, Jim Clapper, has acknowledged that, I think, they underestimated what had been taking place in Syria,”Read More
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court today adjourned till October 2 the hearing of a plea to disqualify Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for allegedly lying to the parliament over asking the army to mediate a truce with anti- government protesters. The three-judge apex court bench, headed by Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, adjournedRead More
BANGKOK: A Thai hospital today claimed to have successfully developed an “antibody treatment” against the dreaded Ebola virus that has killed over 3,000 people in West Africa this year. In a brief announcement, Siriraj Hospital at Mahidol University said doctors have developed “the successful production of an antibody treatment againstRead More
MOSCOW: Russia has submitted a list of recommendations to the UN on the investigation into the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine in July, including an analysis of military aircraft movements in the area. The recommendations, given in a letter signed by Russia’s representative to the UN VitalyRead More
NEW YORK: Financial services giant Goldman Sachs today said it is eager to participate in India’s growth story, as its CEO Lloyd Blankfein met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and described him as a “charismatic leader”. After meeting Modi here, Blanfein told PTI, “We discussed India. We are enthusiastic about theRead More
BAGHDAD: At least 27 people were killed Monday in airstrikes and clashes between the Iraqi security forces and insurgent militants, including those of the Islamic State (IS) Sunni radical group, security sources said. In Salahudin province, at least 10 IS militants were killed in airstrikes believed to be carried outRead More
Kuala Lumpur: The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 enters a new underwater phase this week almost seven months after the jet went missing, with two specialist ships to join the hunt. MH370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8 with 239 people onboard and noRead More
