External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has sought a report from the Indian Consulate in Dubai about an NRI after local media reported about the man's desperate bid to return home. Jagannathan Selvaraj, 48, who hails from Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, has walked over 1,000 kilometres over the last two years to attend court proceedings in a bi...
Pakistan's new Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said the war against terrorism will continue with a view to eliminate terrorism from the country, the media reported on Thursday. Bajwa made the remark on Wednesday, a day after taking command of the Pakistan Army, replacing Raheel Sharif, Xinhua news agency reported. "We will contin...
Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan on Thursday said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump cannot "save him" from the Panama Papers scandal. The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman said that while it was good news that Trump spoke to Sharif, the chat will do no favour to the Prime Minister i...
The Rajya Sabha was on Thursday adjourned again as soon as the house met following a 15-minute-long adjournment after opposition leaders demanded an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The House was adjourned till 2 p.m. As soon as the Prime Minister entered the house, Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad sought an apology from him for having p...
New Delhi, Dec 1 A number of flight operations and train services were affected on Thursday as dense fog enveloped the national capital and reduced visibility to less than 50 metres in the morning. A statement from the Northern Railway said 40 trains heading for Delhi were delayed. Another 12 trains that were supposed to leave from here we...
Syria's Foreign Ministry lashed out at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the remarks he recently made against the Syrian government, branding the Turkish leader as "tyrant." ...
Donald Trump plans to keep President Barack Obama's US attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, daily mail reported....
I am sick and tired of seeing my fellow Muslim brothers and sisters being killed and tortured EVERYWHERE," he had written. "By Allah, I am willing to kill a billion infidels in retribution for a single disabled Muslim." ...
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval to notify inclusion/amendments in the Central List of Other Backward Classes (OBC), notified in respect of states of Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand. ...
Leaders of Congress and other opposition parties will meet President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday over demonetisation issue and the manner in which income tax amendment bill was passed in Lok Sabha....
