Beijing: China on Monday hit back at “irresponsible remarks” from the United States which has called on Beijing to stop a land reclamation project in the disputed South China Sea that could be large enough to accommodate an airstrip. China lays claim to almost all of the entire South ChinaRead More

Berlin: Over two years after the discovery of missing masterpieces looted by the Nazis from their Jewish owners, German officials and a Swiss museum are expected to confirm on Monday that the paintings will go to Switzerland. The Bern Art Museum discovered in May it had been named sole heirRead More

Vienna: Iran, the United States and other world powers are discussing an extension to Monday`s deadline for a deal to resolve a 12-year stand-off over Tehran`s atomic ambitions, Western and Iranian officials said. The talks in Vienna aim for an accord that could transform the Middle East, open the doorRead More

Hong Kong: A British banker accused of the murder of two women whose mutilated bodies were found in his Hong Kong apartment was on Monday ruled fit to stand trial after undergoing psychiatric tests. Judge Bina Chainrai ruled that 29-year-old Rurik Jutting, who has spent two weeks having the testsRead More

New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address two election rallies in Anantnag and Srinagar districts of Kashmir Valley on December 6 with BJP exuding confidence that it will achieve its ‘Mission 44+’ to form the next government in the state. “Prime Minister Modi will address two election rallies inRead More

New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP) chief Mayawati on Monday said her party will not oppose the passage of the Insurance Bill during the Winter Session of Parliament if the select committee, which is scrutinizing the bill agrees to their demands. The Insurance Bill, which was heavily debated duringRead More

New Delhi, Smriti Irani, Union Human Resource Development Minister, has stoked a fresh controversy by meeting an astrologer. Smriti travelled to Karoi village in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara along with her husband Zubin Irani to meet Pandit Nathulal Vyas on Sunday. The visit was aimed at expressing gratitude to the astrologer whoRead More

Jaipur, India can replicate Singapore’s success story with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Clean India campaign as it will help its people and the country to be more productive, according to noted sanitation activist Jack Sim. Sim is the founder of the World Toilet Organisation which promotes sanitation, especially setting upRead More

Kolkata, Launching a fresh attack on BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that no conspiracy could stop her from going ahead in carrying out development work in the state. “There is conspiracy going on against us. Let them (BJP). I will show them (BJP) that noRead More

Bengaluru,President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the Commonwealth Science Conference here tomorrow, which is being organised for the first time in nearly 50 years. The four-day conference is being organised by the Royal Society in association with the Government of india and The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust. Britain’s Prince Andrew,Read More