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Musharraf ready to challenge Sharif, Zardari politically
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov. 16 (ANI): Stressing the need for a third political force in the country, former Pakistan military dictator General (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf has said he would try to unite all political forces to challenge the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif-led Pakistan Muslim League-N
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Railway cop turns teacher for rag-picking children in Gaya
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Gaya (Bihar) [India], Nov. 15 (ANI): Platform number 1 at Gaya railway station is bearing a different picture these days, as a policeman, Praveen Kumar, with the Railway Police, who used to chase rag-picking children once, has turned teacher and is now teaching 'k', 'kh',
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Rock 'n' Roll Leon Russell dies at 74
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 13 (ANI): The Rock 'n' Roll man with long white mane and a rich, hearty voice Leon Russell, a session pianist in the 1970s, died on Sunday in Nashville.
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NSW Varsity VC distributes spectacles to underprivileged school children i
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad [India], Nov.14 (ANI): Professor Ian Jacobs, President and Vice Chancellor of the University of New South Wales (UNSW), along with Dr G N Rao, Chairman of LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) and Mrs Ayesha Rubina, Corporator from Ahmednagar,distributed free spectacles to 47 underprivil
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New currency notes: Snake-like queues form outside ATMs from wee hours
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 11 (ANI): With the ATMs opening today nearly 48 hours post Prime Minister Narendra Modi's radical announcement about scrapping of the 500 and 1000 rupees notes, long queues made by anxious citizens were seen across the nation with the new currency notes available
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Abe sets up meeting with Trump in New York
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Nov. 10 (ANI): A day after Republican Donald Trump won the keys to the Oval Office, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a 20-minute teleconference Thursday morning with the president elect and agreed to meet him on November 17 in New York, if possible.
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Industry, academia should work closely to find solutions to socio-economic
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov.10 (ANI): The three-day FICCI Higher Education Summit 2016, was kicked off here, with N. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, urging industry to associate with academic institutions to find innovative solutions to issues that embrace the economy and soc
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DMK taunts BJP's "dubious" stand on Jallikattu
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Nov. 10 (ANI): The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(DMK) on Thursday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)- led NDA government was adopting a dubious stand on the issue of Jallikattu, a traditional event held in Tamil Nadu as a part of Pongal celebrations.
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Javadekar, N. Chandrababu Naidu to flag off FICCI Higher Education Summit
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 10 (ANI): The highly coveted FICCI Higher Education Summit 2016 on the theme 'Education for Tomorrow: Learn in India-Learn for the World' will be held on Thursday at Vigyan Bhavan here.
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Misbah's replacement still undecided: PCB chairman
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Nov.7 (ANI):Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shahryar Khan has confirmed that the replacement of Test skipper Misbah-ul-Haq, who is expected to step down from the helm after the upcoming New Zealand and Australia tours, has not been decided yet.
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Pak National Assembly Speaker says no talk about PM's replacement
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Nov. 6 (ANI): Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has said that there has been no talk in the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on an alternate Prime Minister in the wake of the Supreme Court hearing the Panama Papers leaks case.
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OROP storm: CPI slams Parrikar's 'pacifier', calls on Centr
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 6 (ANI):Criticising Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's remark that 95 percent of veterans were happy with the One Rank, One Pension (OROP) scheme, the Communist Party of India (CPI) on Sunday said such a statement does not behove of a government representative a
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