Israel to build giant underground wall around Gaza Strip
Israel is pushing ahead with a project to build a giant underground wall around the Gaza Strip to block tunnels that could be used for attacks. The project comes after…
Unexploded bomb found at Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan
WEB DESK A suspected unexploded bomb has been found at the site of the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. The US is thought to have dropped the 89 cm-long device…
Slogans of making new India should be reverberated: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged people’s representatives and BJP workers to organize Sankalp Se Siddhi programme from 15th to 30th of this month across the country to make a…
Hamid Ansari’s farewell speech in Rajya Sabha
AMN / NEW DELHI In his farewell speech, Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari today said that a democracy could degenerate into a tyranny if free and frank criticism of government…
Rajya Sabha bids farewell to Vice President Hamid Ansari
Andalib Akhter / New Delhi Rajya Sabha today bids farewell to Vice President M Hamid Ansari as member after members laud him for his wisdom and impartiality. Prime Minister Narendra…
Questioning love for India a “disturbing trend”, Says Outgoing Vice President Ansari
Vinit Wahi / New Delhi The outgoing Vice President, Hamid Ansari, has stirred a controversy by asserting that the ambience of acceptance “is now under threat as there is a…
UP govt launches awareness drive along banks of river Ganga
The Uttar Pradesh Government has launched an awareness drive in 25 districts situated on the banks of river Ganga for maintaining the cleanliness and ever-flowing nature of the river. Above…
Muslim clerics urge UN to take action against Hafiz Saeed for anti-India activities
Over one thousand Muslim clerics and imams today urged the United Nations to take action against the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed for his…
Nepal criminalises isolation of menstruating women
AMN Nepal’s parliament Wednesday made an ancient practice that banishes women from the home during menstruation as a ‘criminal offence’. Many communities in Nepal view menstruating women as impure and…
Kenya: Opposition alleges massive fraud in Presidential polls
Kenyaian opposition leader and Presidential candidate Raila Odinga claimed massive fraud during Tuesday’s Presidential polls. However, the country’s Electoral Commission has denied opposition claims that IT system had been hacked…