Washington,  President Barack Obama says that the surge of immigrant children entering the US illegally changed the politics surrounding the issue of immigration and led him to put off a pledge to use executive action that could have shielded millions of people from deportation. Immigration reform advocates criticised Obama afterRead More

Tehran, Iran on Sunday accused the US of not taking the threat from Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria seriously, and charged that US aid had previously helped the jihadists. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif levelled the accusations despite an expanding US air campaign in Iraq since August 8Read More

New Delhi: As new permutations and combinations are building up to form government in the nation’s capital, the BJP is set to hold a Central Election Committee meet on September 9 which may likely to put an end to political deadlock in Delhi, as per reports on Sunday. The BJPRead More

New Delhi,Putting to rest the debate on printing of one rupee notes, the Law Ministry has opined that the Government of India has all the powers to print currency notes of this denomination. While the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has the authority to issue bank notes of denominational valuesRead More

New Delhi : In a major move, the government has amended service rules to ensure that IAS, IPS and IFoS officers maintain “high ethics” and “political neutrality” while discharging their duty. Officers needs to be responsive to the public, particularly to the weaker section, ensure courtesy and good behaviour withRead More

New Delhi: A day after the Aam Aadmi Party sought President Pranab Mukherjee’s intervention in not allowing Lt Governor Najeeb Jung to invite BJP to form a government in Delhi, Congress, too, said that they will protest against the BJP on the issue of government formation in Delhi. Delhi PradeshRead More

New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev`s close aide and senior journalist Ved Pratap Vaidik on Sunday set off a fresh controversy by calling the MPs, who criticised his meeting with 26/11 attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan, ‘insane’ , adding that he feels like “spitting on their faces”. However, Vaidik later retraced from hisRead More

New Delhi, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier today surveyed the construction work at Delhi Metro’s underground Hauz Khas station and said he was very impressed by the political will of the Centre to complete civic infrastructure in the national capital. “We are really impressed about the political will and technicalRead More

New Delhi: SpiceJet on Saturday launched two new slabs of competitive basic airfare rates, as other Indian carriers extended dates for booking low cost tickets over the past few days.The low one-way base fare tickets of the no-frill carrier can be bought till September ten, costing Rs 599 for travelRead More

New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, congratulated Sania Mirza for winning the US Open Mixed Doubles title. Mr. Modi tweeted a message for the Hyderabad girl from his official account on micro-blogging site Twitter. Congratulations to Sania Mirza for the victory in the US Open Mixed Doubles Finals.Read More