New Delhi, A Delhi court has fixed May 28 for commencement of arguments on framing of charges in a case in which CBI had named Congress leader Jagdish Tytler and businessman Abhishek Verma in a charge sheet for allegedly sending a forged letter to the then Prime Minister Manmohan SinghRead More

Kohima , The All India Congress Committee has suspended its eight legislators in Nagaland for defying the party directives and principles by joining the Naga People’s Front-led DAN Government under the leadership of T R Zeliang. The suspension orders came within 24 hours of the swearing-in ceremony of Congress legislatorsRead More

New Delhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today came under sharp attack for his government’s controversial circular threatening action against the media for any “defamatory” news, with the Congress and the BJP accusing him of being a “hypocrite” and “anti-democratic”. “When there is criticism of the government, when the wrongdoings ofRead More

Moscow, German Chancellor Angela Merkel today paid tribute to Soviet soldiers killed in WWII as she called for cooperation with Russia amid tensions over Ukraine. Merkel flew to Moscow to lay a wreath at the grave of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin walls, in an apparent compromise gesture after sheRead More

Kumanovo,  Eight police officers and 14 members of an “armed group” were killed in a day-long gun battle in an ethnic Albanian suburb of northern Macedonia, the government said on Sunday, violence that added a dangerous twist to months of political crisis. Sporadic gunfire on Sunday, more than 24 hoursRead More

VATICAN CITY: Cuban President Raul Castro met with Pope Francis at the Vatican Sunday, thanking the pontiff for his role in brokering an historic rapprochement between Havana and Washington, a papal spokesman said. “Raul Castro thanked the Pope for his mediation between Cuba and the United States,” said Vatican spokesmanRead More

MOSCOW: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday said there was still no genuine ceasefire in eastern Ukraine as she paid a visit to Moscow to commemorate millions of Soviet soldiers and civilians who died in WWII. “We still do not have a ceasefire,” Merkel said through a translator, speaking afterRead More

WASHINGTON: The global terrorist threat has entered a “new phase,” where media-savvy Islamist extremists are successfully drawing lone wolf attackers to their cause, the US secretary of Homeland Security warned Sunday. In an interview with ABC News, Jeh Johnson said the Islamic State group’s influence was spreading far beyond theRead More

Ontario -Patrick Brown, a relatively unknown MP and former city councillor from Barrie, has become the new leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party. Brown, 36, won handily over long-time MPP and deputy leader Christine Elliott, becoming the youngest person ever to lead the provincial Progressive Conservative camp. In theRead More

OTTAWA — New Conservative legislation that changes the gun licensing system cleared a House of Commons committee last week and is on track to become law before the summer recess — and a likely fall election. Bill C-42, dubbed the Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act, has drawn sharp criticism evenRead More