New Delhi [India], Jan 22 (ANI): CPM leader Prakash Karat was on Wednesday denied permission to enter Ambedkar University here, where he had been invited by a Left-backed student body to talk over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), citing the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for the ensuing Del
Karimnagar (Telangana) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Hyderabad lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday questioned the customary 'halwa ceremony' of the Finance Ministry before printing of Union Budget documents, citing the Arabic origin of the sweet delicacy's name.
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 21 (ANI): Two rockets have landed near the US embassy in Baghdad located in the heavily fortified Green Zone, reported Al Arabiya citing security sources.
San Antonio [US], Jan 20 (ANI): At least two people were killed and five others suffered injuries in a shooting on Sunday evening in the city of San Antonio, Sputnik reported citing local media.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Citing preoccupations, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee didn't attend a meeting called by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to discuss issues pertaining to two Bills, a Raj Bhavan official said here on Friday.
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Citing "betrayal" by Congress in Rajasthan, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Monday said that her party will not attend the meeting of opposition parties, scheduled to take place later in the day, over the current political situation in the country
Beijing [China], Jan 13 (Sputnik/ANI): Police officers in the autonomous Chinese region of Inner Mongolia in the north of the country have shot dead an armed man who was holding three people hostage, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing local police.
Patna (Bihar) [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Bihar which figures fourth on the national crime chart for riots in 2018 has registered a decline of over 8,000 cases from the previous year, state police said on Sunday citing data published recently by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 12 (Sputnik/ANI): Nearly 60 people, including 48 police officers, were injured in clashes between security forces and students outside the University of Wasit in Iraq's eastern Wasit province, media reported on Sunday, citing a security source.
Herat [Afghanistan], Jan 12 (ANI): At least 16 people have been killed due to heavy snowfall and rains in Afghanistan's western province of Herat and southern province of Kandahar, Sputnik reported citing Afghan media.
Tehran [Iran], Jan 11 (Sputnik/ANI): Iranian authorities are planning to announce the cause of the crash of a Ukrainian Boeing 737 passenger plane on Saturday, the Fars news agency reported citing a source.