Launching a fresh attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday questioned his silence on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders facing corruption charges. "Dear Modi ji, You talk a lot. Problem is, your actions don't match your words. Here's a primer on your candidate selection in Karnataka," Gandhi tweete...
Security forces killed one militant in an ongoing gunfight in Srinagar's densely populated Chatabal area on Saturday, police said. Following a tip-off about the presence of militants in the area, security forces including state police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel surrounded Gasi Mohalla. "One holed-up militant is still engaged in the ...
Gangtok, May 5 (IANS) Calling upon the Central and Sikkim governments to consider granting the ST status to all the indigenous communities of the state in alignment with a constitutional provision, a resolution has affirmed that it would ensure lasting peace and prosperity. "We recommend to the government of Sikkim and th...
Former US President George H.W. Bush has been discharged from Houston's Methodist Hospital where he had been hospitalised in April after contracting an infection, according to his spokesman, Jim McGrath. "His doctors report he is doing well and is happy to return home," McGrath tweeted on Friday. Bush, 93, had been admitted to the hospital after contrac...
A massive quake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale jolted Hawaii residents were evacuating from their homes following a volcanic eruption that has not showed any signs of slowing down, authorities said. The temblor that struck 16 km southwest of Leilani Estates at 12.32 p.m., on Friday, was one of more than 110 earthquakes tha...
Israel has withdrawn from the election for a two-year term on the Security Council that pitted it against Germany and Belgium. Israel's UN Mission announced the decision shortly before a debate between the three candidates was due to start at the UN on Friday afternoon. "After consulting with our partners, including our good friends, the Sta...
US President Donald Trump on Friday said the Second Amendment of the Constitution, which protects citizens' right to bear arms, will never be under siege while he is President, and went on to praise members of the National Rifle Association (NRA) as true patriots. "Your Second Amendment rights are under siege, but they will never, ev...
US President Donald Trump will meet with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae...
Interacting with media during a tour of Lingayat and Dalit mutts in central Karnataka...
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and former Defence Minister A.K.Antony on Friday blamed the Central government for the confusion at the 65th National Film Awards ceremony, which 55 of the 125 winners skipped, after coming to know President Ram Nath Kovind will present the award to only 11 winners....
