Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday condemned the "atrocities" against Dalits and minorities in the country and said her party will raise in Parliament the issue of a Dalit committing suicide in Gujarat's Una town. Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting here, Sonia Gandhi said: "The Modi government has snatched awa...
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday asserted that India's inability at Seoul to get membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) was not a "failure" and that the country is continuing to engage with China to enlist its support for the same. "China did create procedural hurdles. I am stating this again. They sai...
The Rajya Sabha faced disruptions on Wednesday as opposition members demanded a debate on atrocities against Dalits in Gujarat's Una town, where protests have continued with one Dalit committing suicide. The Dalit who killed himself on Tuesday was among the five persons from the community who tried to take their own lives in separate incidents in Gu...
India has hit out at the "subterranean" cover given to terrorists at the UN by China which has vetoed action against Pakistan-based masterminds of attacks on India, and demanded reforming the process of imposing sanctions on terrorists and their protectors. Deriding the Security Council committees that deal with sanctions as a "subterra...
His son Donald Trump, Jr., cast the votes for the New York delegation that put the billionaire businessman over the top of the 1,237 delegates he needed to clinch the nomination, as any talk of disruptive protest votes or walkouts dissipated, CNN reported. ...
A policeman was killed in mob violence and a Dalit committed suicide on Tuesday as protests against last week's thrashing of four youth in Una town snowballed across Saurashtra region of Gujarat on Tuesday....
Turkey suspended 15,200 Education Ministry personnel from duty on Tuesday amid a nationwide purge of state officials suspected of having links to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organisation (FETÖ), which Turkey blames for the July 15 failed coup attempt....
The newspaper added that 20 of those killed were of Tunisian nationality, the same as the truck driver Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, who carried out the attack during the Bastille Day celebrations, Efe news reported....
A crane collapsed on the Tappan Zee Bridge on Tuesday, halting traffic in both directions, authorities said. A police official said there did not appear to be any life-threatening injuries....
Indian-origin MP Alok Sharma has been appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with responsibility for Asia and the Pacific in Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet. ...
