Kabul, A U.S. official says U.S. troops will stay in Afghanistan beyond the end of the year, in a deal to be signed on Tuesday under the country’s newly inaugurated president. The security agreement will allow about 10,000 soldiers to stay on when the international combat mission ends Dec. 31.Read More

New York, More than half of executives in the US are less likely to do business in India because of infrastructure issues, according to a new study. The study was conducted by APCO, a global communication, stakeholder engagement and business strategy firm, in close association with the Alliance for USRead More

Kiso (Japan): Japanese soldiers managed to bring down eight more bodies by helicopter from the ash-blanketed peak of a still-erupting volcano on Monday, before toxic gases and ash forced them to suspend the recovery effort in the early afternoon. At least 31 people are believed to have died. Four victimsRead More

Berlin, A gambler in Germany has been saved from prison by a one-armed bandit. Police said Thursday that two officers carrying out routine checks at an arcade in the western city of Bochum late last week discovered that a man playing a slot machine faced an arrest warrant. He hadRead More

New York,  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said that the programme at the Madison Square Garden Sunday was “overwhelming”. “The programme at Madison Square Garden was overwhelming. It was very special to interact with members of the diaspora. A big thank you,” the prime minister said in a tweet. He addedRead More

Islamabad, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at the UN was everything his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif’s was not, said a Pakistani daily on Monday. An editorial “Modi at the UN” in the Daily Times said: “Modi continued his charm offensive in the west with a speech to the UNRead More

Kabul/Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was sworn in Monday as Afghanistan’s new president, replacing Hamid Karzai in the country’s first democratic transfer of power since the 2001 US-led invasion toppled the Taliban. Ghani Ahmadzai became president of Afghanistan in a peaceful transition after a six-month election season that ended with marathonRead More

Chandigarh, A police party of Police Station Machhiwara, District Khanna raided a dwelling unit at Jamalpur, Ludhiana. The party was accompanied by one Gurjit Singh R/o Vill. Takhana PS Machhiwara. Two persons namely Harinder Singh @ Lalli and Jatinder Singh @ Goldy, both sons of Satpal Singh R/o Bohapur, PSRead More

Jalandhar, People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) chief Manpreet Badal said that in order to pose a strong challenge to the SAD-BJP alliance in the upcoming civic body polls, his party would initiate efforts to bring all opposition parties under one umbrella. “We know that it would be very difficult toRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Pradesh Congress has demanded immediate resignation of the Deputy Chief Minister and the Home Minister, Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal, in the case of what the party described as the cold-blooded murder of the two dalit brothers by the police at Jamalpur village near Machhiwara in Ludhiana district.Read More