‘Substantive’ Syria talks to start on March 14: UN
GENEVA UN envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has said that Syria’s cessation of hostilities is “open-ended” and “substantive and deeper” talks will start on March 14. Speaking on Wednesday…
‘Russia’s interventions in Syria, Ukraine unjust’: Turkish president
ANKARA Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has questioned Russia’s interventions in Syria and eastern Ukraine. Addressing a joint press conference with visiting Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko in Ankara Wednesday, Erdogan…
250,000 Syrian children living under siege: report
Fairfield, Conn (US) / AMN / Nearly 250,000 in besieged areas of Syria are facing acute shortage of food, basic medicine, and clean water, according to a new report publishes…
Tezpur University and JNU win annual visitor’s awards for Central Universities
AMN / Tezpur University has won the annual Visitor’s Award for the ‘Best University’ and Prof. Rakesh Bhatnagar and the Molecular Parasitology Group of JNU have won the Visitor’s Awards…
Govt approves PM Ujwala Yojna
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, CCEA today approved an Rs 8,000-crore scheme to provide cooking gas, LPG connections free of cost to women members of…
US new package of military assistance to Israel
United States signaled that it is moving towards a new package of military assistance to Israel. Even as relations between US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
Washington is having a good relationship with New Delhi: John Kirby
AMN United States has dismissed that its ties with India have hit a roadblock in view of its selling fighter jets to Pakistan and New Delhi’s refusal to give visa…
10 killed as Taliban attack police headquarters in Afghanistan
At least 10 people were killed as the Taliban attacked a police headquarters and an intelligence agency office yesterday in Helmand province, where the insurgents have been battling government forces…
Slovenia, Croatia seal borders along Balkan route used by migrants
EU interior ministers meet in Brussels EU interior ministers will meet in Brussels today to discuss the crisis arising ou of western Balkan nations closing their borders for migrants. It…
Babri case: SC judge recuses from hearing criminal appeals
A Supreme Court judge today recused from hearing appeals pertaining to dropping of criminal conspiracy charge against L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti and other BJP-VHP leaders in…