Thirsty Pak boy crosses border, BSF returns him
In a noble gesture amid heightened tension between the two countries, the BSF on Monday handed back to Pakistan authorities a 12-year-old boy who had accidentally crossed over to the…
Kejriwal should not play politics in matters of national security: BJP
TIA NEWS Senior BJP Leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has lambasted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his remarks on Surgical strikes carried out by Indian forces across…
NSA Doval meets new Chinese ambassador
National security adviser Ajit Doval on Monday met the new Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui. The meeting came amid China’s extension on the veto delaying a ban on Masood…
India-Singapore sign key MoUs on skill development
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today termed Singapore as one of India’s strongest well-wishers. Addressing a joint press statement after the two countries signed three MoUs, PM said that the visiting…
Asaram’s medical condition stable, AIIMS board tells SC.
New Delhi / All India Institute of Medical Sciences’ AIIMS, medical board today informed the Supreme Court that the health condition of self-styled Godman Asaram – accused of allegedly raping…
Deadly suicide bombings in Syria’s Hama city; 2 killed
In Syria, at least two suicide bombers detonated explosive belts in Central Hama city today, leaving two people dead and 12 others wounded. Citing a police source inside the city,…
Britain’s Treasury Chief warns of turbulence amid Brexit talks
Britain’s Treasury Chief, Philip Hammond, has warned of turbulence in the coming years as the country negotiates its exit from the European Union. Hammond told the BBC today that Britain…
Medicine Nobel for Japanese Biologist
Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan won the the 2016 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. Ohsumi was awarded the prize for discoveries about autophagy – the study on how the body…
Poverty has declined but challenges remain to be addressed: VP Ansari
Vice-President Hamid Ansari today said that though poverty in the country has declined substantially, yet there were challenges that remained to be addressed. Delivering the 2015 Indira Gandhi Memorial Lecture…
No more rail ticket concessions for foreigners, NRI senior citizens
Foreign national and Non-Resident Indian senior citizens will no longer be able to avail the railway ticket concessions as the Railways has modified the rules. Railways have decided to grant…