Swiss court sentences HSBC whistleblower Herve Falciani to 5 years jail
HSBC whistle blower Herve Falciani, who’s Swiss leaks have been key to India’s black money probe, has been sentenced to five years in prison by a Switzerland court. Quoting a…
US: Man arrested after he jumped White House fence
A man, draped in American flag, was arrested after he jumped a White House fence while President Barack Obama and his family was celebrating Thanksgiving, prompting a temporary lock-down. The…
Turkey warns Russia against escalating operations in Syria
Russia strengthens its anti-aircraft defences AMN / Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Russia’s President Vladimir Putin not to play with fire over his country’s downing of a Russian…
19,000 Syrian women killed by Assad regime since 2011: NGO
A U.K.-based NGO, Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) has claimed that 20,000 women had been killed in Syrian conflict and almost 95 percent of them by Assad regime The…
CPI(M) demands WB govt to publish white paper on chit fund relief fund
Questioning the fate of the 500 crore rupees fund that the West Bengal government has raised to provide relief to small and medium depositors of the Saradha chit fund scheme,…
DoPT secretary asks civil servants to make connect with rural India
Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training, Sanjay Kothari has called on civil servants to make a connect with the rural India. Speaking at a conference in New Delhi Friday ,…
Death toll in rain hit Tamil Nadu rises to 200
The death toll due to rain-related incidents have mounted to nearly 200. Meanwhile, the central team assessed the damages caused by recent floods in Cuddalore district. Its chairman and Home…
Capt Amrinder Singh is news Punjab PCC chief
AMN / Soon after the resignation of Partap Singh Bajwa from the presidentship of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, the Congress President Sonia Gandhi has appointed Captain Amrinder Singh as President…
PM soften stance; starts mixing with opposition leaders
Bisheshwar Mishra / AMN / New Delhi: Contrary to his image of maintaining a distance from other parties leaders in the Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today showed a major…
India successfully test-fires nuclear capable Agni-I missile
India today successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile Agni-I from Dr Abdul Kalam Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast at 10.02 am today. Agni-I is the…