UN to take up Lakhvi’s release issue
A committee of the United Nations Security Council, UNSC, has assured India that it will take up the issue of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi at its next…
US-led airstrike kills more than 50 civilians in Syria
Media Reports from northern Syria say, more than 50 civilians have been killed in an air strike carried out by the US-led coalition. The coalition has not commented on the…
Afghanistan, Taliban to hold two days of talks
A 20-member delegation from Afghanistan is headed to Qatar to hold two days of talks with Taliban representatives aimed at ending Afghanistan’s long war. Qatar’s Foreign Ministry yesterday said that…
Indira Gandhi International adjudged world’s best airport
Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) has been adjudged the world’s best airport for the year 2014, under the category of handling 25 to 40 million passengers per annum. Airports…
Russia ballet legend Maya Plisetskaya is dead
Maya Plisetskaya, considered one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century, died in Germany yesterday at the age of 89. Born in Moscow on November 20th, 1925, Plisetskaya danced…
Neeraj Kumar denies having negotiated with Dawood Ibrahim to surrender
AMN Former Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar today denied reports attributed to him that fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim had negotiated surrender with him months after the 1993 Mumbai blasts and…
UP: Tension in Shamli over assault on Muslims
Tension prevailed in Shamli district of Western Uttar Pradesh on Saturday after several people including 16 policemen were injured during a protest by members of minority group at a police…
Fresh tremors rock quake-hit Nepal triggering landslides
Fresh tremors rocked parts of Nepal on Saturday triggering landslides. A 5.1-magnitude aftershock shook Barpak village in Gorkha district near the epicentre of last Saturday’s powerful temblor that had caused…
PM for strengthening irrigation network in Country
Our Correspondent Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday underlined the need for highest priority to the work under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana for strengthening irrigation network in the country.…
Opposition leader, workers arrested in Maldives
Police have arrested an opposition leader and 192 others after clashes erupted between police and protesters demanding the resignation of President Yameen Abdul Gayoom and the release of a jailed…