Barely three weeks after a democratic federal constitution was promulgated in Nepal, Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli was on Monday sworn-in as the new prime minister heading an eight-member cabinet....
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Frank Islam would like fellow Indian-Americans to make a strategic investment in education in India as it is the great equalizer and opportunity creator. ...
Tens of thousands voted or stood in serpentine queues at polling booths on Monday in the first round of assembly election in Bihar -- the country's biggest popularity test since the BJP was routed in Delhi in February. ...
Noted Hindi poet Rajesh Joshi here on Monday announced he had returned his Sahitya Akademi award in protest against the attacks on the freedom of speech and expression in the country. He was conferred the award in 2002. ...
An IED explosion occurred on a road in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian town on Monday, but it failed to cause any damage to any property or life, a police officer told IANS here. ...
Barely hours before the launch of a book by former Pakistani foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, the main organiser and former journalist Sudheendra Kulkarni alleged he was abused and attacked with ink by suspected Shiv Sainiks here on Monday....
Veteran CPI-M leader V.S. Achuthanandan on Monday sought a CBI probe into the controversial death of a religious leader following claims that he was murdered in 2002....
Pakistan's former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri on Monday condemned the attack on Observer Research Foundation chief Sudheendra Kulkarni, allegedly by Shiv Sena activists, earlier in the day ostensibly to protest against the launch of a book written by the visiting dignitary. ...
Football king Pele on Monday said he had no intention to be the president of FIFA, even as he refused to answer queries about the crisis engulfing the world football governing body. ...
BJP member Gajendra Chauhan, whose credentials have been questioned by students and alumni of FTII to be the chairman of the prestigious institute, is yet to attend office since his appointment - of which there are two dates - says Right to Information (RTI) activist Anil Galgali....
