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50 killed, 80 injured in ISIS-claimed twin attacks in Iraq
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], September 14 (ANI):At least 50 people were killed, including some Iranian pilgrims, and over 80 more got injured, when the Islamic State jihadists carried out twin attacks in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah.
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West Indies' task become more difficult after Belfast washout
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Belfast [Ireland], Sept. 13 (ANI): West Indies' challenge of qualifying direct for the ICC World Cup 2019 became more difficult after its match against Ireland in Belfast was abandoned due to rain on Wednesday.
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Vatican priest thanks Indian Govt. for rescuing him
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 13 (ANI): Indian origin Vatican priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil has thanked the Government of India for facilitating his rescue from Yemen over a year after he was abducted by a terror group.
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U.S. Supreme Court allows Trump administration's ban on refugees
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Donald Trump administration to maintain its restrictive policy on refugees, squashing the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that would have eased the travel ban to allow 24,000 refugees to enter the country befo
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Iraqi parliament votes against Kurdish independence referendum
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], September 13 (ANI): The Iraqi Lawmakers on Tuesday voted against the independence referendum planned by Iraqi Kurdish leaders on September 25 and called on the Prime Minister Haider Abadi to negotiate with them for the unity of the country.
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Failed Dynast spoke about his failed political journeys in US: Smriti Iran
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 12 (ANI): Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday unleashed a tirade against Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and asserted that latter highlighting the fact that the grand old party donned arrogance in the 2012 under the helm of her mother Sonia Gandhi and hence
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Trump's travel ban gets temporary relief from Supreme Court
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington (U.S.) September 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday granted the Donald Trump administration's request to temporarily lift restrictions on the president's travel ban.
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Railway Minister Piyush Goyal monitoring Shaktipunj Express derailment: IR
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): Anil Saxena, the Indian Railways PRO, said that the situation is under control, following the Howrah-Jabalpur Shaktipunj Express derailment and that the newly appointed Railway Minister, Piyush Goyal, is monitoring the situation.
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US airstrike kills 11 insurgents in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sep 7 (ANI): At least eleven Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khorasan (ISIS-K) insurgents have been killed in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
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Gauri Lankesh murder aftermath: Condemnations pouring in, protests to be h
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 6 (ANI): In the wake of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh's death on Tuesday, various organisations have planned protests all over the nation, especially in major parts of Karnataka.
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Hope justice is delivered soon: I&B Min. Smriti Irani on Gauri Lankesh's m
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): Union Cabinet Minister of Textiles and Information and Broadcasting (Additional Charge) Smriti Irani on Wednesday condemned the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh, adding that she hoped that justice is delivered soon.
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BRICS leaders urge for early resolution of Middle-East conflict, condemn N
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
Xiamen [China], September 4 (ANI): BRICS leaders unveiled the Xiamen Declaration here on Monday in which member-countries pledged to play an increasingly important role for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in order to achieve peace and stability in the Middle-East, based on the Uni
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