Bihar MLAs, MLCs to donate blood for poor
Anwarul Hoda / PATNA In a rare gesture, the lawmakers in Bihar have decided to donates blood for poor patients. According to Bihar assembly speaker Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, the Bihar…
Myanmar lifts state of emergency in troubled Rakhine state
Myanmar’s outgoing government today lifted a state of emergency in conflict-hit Rakhine. Rahkine is deeply scarred by communal violence between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims that began in 2012. In a…
HC orders floor test in Uttarakhand Assembly on March 31
AMN / The Uttarakhand High Court today ordered a floor test in the Assembly on Thursday, giving a new turn to the political events in the state.The court was hearing…
Nawaz Sharif cancels upcoming visit to US
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has cancelled his upcoming visit to the US in the backdrop of the deadly terror attack in Lahore. In a statement yesterday, the Foreign Office…
Haryana Assembly passes Jat Reservation Bill unanimously
AMN / Haryana Assembly today passed the Haryana Backward Classes ( Reservation in services and admission in educational institutions) Bill,2016 and Haryana Backward Classes Commission Bill, 2016 unanimously. Haryana Chief…
Trade, investment to dominate PM visit to Belgium
AMN / Trade and investment, science and technology among other items that will be high on agenda during the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Belgium. Mr. Modi leaving for…
India’s ties with Saudi Arabia are special: PM Modi
By Andalib Akhter / New Delhi Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has said that India’s ties with Saudi Arabia are special and robust people-to-people ties constitute a key component of India’s…
EgyptAir plane with 63 people onboard hijacked to Cypurs
TIA NEWS An EgyptAir airliner has been hijacked and forced to divert to Larnaca airport on the south coast of Cyprus. However most of the passengers on board have been…
Vice Chief flags off Indian Army Everest Expedition
Our Correspondent / New Delhi The Vice Chief of the Army Staff Lt Gen MMS Rai today flagged off the Indian Army Everest Massif Expedition to scale Mount Everest and…
Bangladesh court rejects scrapping Islam as state religion
DHAKA / AMN Bangladesh’s high court Monday rejected a petition by secular activists to scrap Islam as the state religion in the wake of nationwide protests by Muslims groups. The…