The aftermath of yet another deadly mass shooting in the US, this time in Orlando city of Florida, has set off furious debate on gun control and immigration policy, putting the nation into a polarising disarray....
India's cabinet on Wednesday cleared a new civil aviation policy with some changes in the rules that allow carriers to fly abroad, besides measures to promote regional connectivity and boost cargo operations, sources said. "The cabinet has cleared it. Yes, some changes have been made (in the draft policy circulated for opinion from stakeholders). The mi...
Hillary Clinton won the final Democratic primary on Tuesday night as voters in Washington, D.C., delivered a resounding win to the party's presumptive nominee, one week after she clinched the nomination. The contest marked the close of one of the longest primary fights in American history, Politico reported. Clinton's rival Vermont Senator Bernie Sande...
Islamabad, June 15 (IANS) Hit by security concerns, Pakistan has postponed its sixth national census till next year, Dawn reported on Wednesday. Law Minister Zahid Hamid made the announcement on Tuesday, saying the exercise could be conducted in November or March next year. This itself would depend on the availability of military personnel, he added. T...
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday unleashed a blistering verbal assault on Donald Trump and his proposal for a ban on Muslims entering the country, saying the suggestion violates the principles of American democracy and dismissing the "yapping" from "politicians who tweet"....
Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani and Bihar Education Minister Ashok Chaudhary on Tuesday indulged in a verbal duel on Twitter, triggered by the use of 'dear' word by Chaudhary....
Taking cognisance of reports on alleged "migration" of Hindus from Kairana town, an issue flagged by the BJP, the Union Home Ministry on Tuesday sought a detailed report from the Uttar Pradesh government....
A day after a Delhi government bill that sought to exclude the post of Parliamentary Secretaries from the office of profit didn't get presidential nod, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi even as the Congress and BJP sought the disqualification of 21 AAP MLAs....
A special court here on Tuesday declared liquor baron Vijay Mallya a "proclaimed offender" in the ongoing bank loans default and money-laundering cases, officials said....
Activists representing survivors of the 1984 gas disaster on Tuesday said they had petitioned the White House regarding the criminal case against Union Carbide and its new owner Dow Chemical....
