Towertown , President Richard Nixon did it in less than three years. President George W Bush completed it in one term. President Barack Obama has now matched their feat by visiting South Dakota, his 50th state, on Friday. It took him nearly six-and-a-half years. “I am thrilled to be here,”Read More

London, A record number of 10 Indian-origin candidates including Keith Vaz, Priti Patel and Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy’s son-in-law were on Friday elected to the British Parliament. Prominent Labour candidates like long-serving MPs Keith Vaz (Leicester East) and Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall) have won their respective seats, as they haveRead More

Beijing, The first centre for Gandhian studies in China will be inaugurated at Shanghai’s Fudan University next week by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who will also announce the setting up of a Yoga College in the country during his three-day visit. The Centre for Gandhian Studies will be established atRead More

Canberra, Police arrested a 17-year-old and accused him of plotting to detonate three homemade bombs in the Australian city of Melbourne, officials said on Saturday, in the latest terrorism scare blamed on a teenager. The teen was arrested on Friday afternoon in a joint federal-state police counterterrorism operation at hisRead More

Seoul , North Korea said on Saturday it has successfully test-fired a newly developed ballistic missile from a submarine in what would be the latest display of the country’s advancing military capability. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally attended the test launching of what he described as a “world-levelRead More

Gandhinagar, BJP president Amit Shah today hit out at Congress, saying farmers in the country would not have been in miserable condition, had Congress cared for them during its nearly six decades of rule. Without naming Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who has been carrying out padyatras in different partsRead More

New Delhi, Months after responding to speculations and declining to be considered for Padma awards, yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday sparked a minor controversy by saying that a huge amount of canvassing goes behind the scenes of these national awards. Speaking to scribes on the sidelines of an event, RamdevRead More

Dantewada, May 9: The first Prime Minister to visit this Maoist hotbed in three decades, Narendra Modi today asked Naxals to abjure the gun and allow peace so that the macabre drama of death could end to pave the way for development. On a short visit here, Modi initiated welfareRead More

New Delhi, Controversial BJP MP Sadhvi Prachi alleged that Bollywood actor Salman Khan got bail in the 2002 hit-and-run case because he is a Muslim. According to a India Today report, Sadhvi said if Salman was not a Muslim “justice would have been granted to poor victims.” The Vishwa HinduRead More

Noida: A woman was gang-raped and later burnt alive in Greater Noida district of Uttar Pradesh, reports claimed on Saturday. The woman, who was found with serious burn injuries, was immediately rushed to a hospital by the rescuers. Meanwhile, police have registered a case and arrested four people. Further detailsRead More