Ambedkar statue vandalised in UP
WEB DESK After the incident of Lenin statue toppled in Tripura and a statue of Periyar was broken in Tamil Nadu by suspected BJP activists, Dalit icon Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar’s…
President Kovind praises AMU role in education, nation building
Annual convocation of the Aligarh Muslim University Our Correspondent / ALIGARH The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind today commended the role of Aligarh Muslim University, AMU in imparting education…
Urdu recitation of Mahabharata performed at Tihar
AMN / NEW DELHI A recitation of the great epic Mahabharata was performed in Urdu at Tihar jail in New Delhi yesterday. ‘Dastan e Karan’ was performed by Mehmood Farooqui,…
PNB fraud: CEO Sunil Mehta appears before SFIO
AMN Punjab National Bank Managing Director and CEO Sunil Mehta today appeared before the Serious Fraud Investigation Office, SFIO, in Mumbai after being summoned for recording his statement in connection…
Gary Cohn resigns as Trump’s top economic advisor
Among those being considered for Cohn’s replacement, per people familiar: Andy Puzder, the fast-food executive who withdrew his labor secretary nomination last year after decades-old reports of domestic assault were…
Donald Trump cautious on N Korea nuclear disarmament talks
WEB DESK US president Donald Trump has reacted cautiously to the news that North Korea is willing to talk about giving up its nuclear weapons if it did not feel…
Sri Lanka: Violence continued as govt declares emergency
WEB DESK Violence continued in some areas of Kandy district even as Sri Lanka promulgated emergency for one week to prevent spreading of violence to other areas. Several mosques were…
Russian military plane crash in Syria, 39 killed
WEB DESK A Russian military transport plane crashed in Syria yesterday killing all 39 people on board, Russian officials said. The Kremlin said in a statement that the plane, a…
President for encouraging participation of women in science
AMN / NEW DELHI President Ram Nath Kovind has said the participation of women in science must be encouraged in every way possible. Addressing the directors of IISc, IITs and…
PM expresses strong disapproval over vandalism
AMN / NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his strong disapproval of incidents of the toppling of statues in some states. Mr Modi talked to Home Minister Rajnath…