New Delhi [India], Oct 26 (ANI): While the unannounced swearing-in of Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on Friday evening took everyone by surprise, the mood for change was building up for the last few days.
New Delhi [India], Oct 25 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat on Thursday said that since the disqualification of 18 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MLAs will create vacancies, the commission will be required to fill those within 6 months by conducting by polls i
New Delhi [India], Oct 25 (ANI): Reports in January this year were that the Taliban claimed that they controlled 70% of Afghanistan where for nearly 17 years the United States (US) had poured in billions to eliminate the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Even though the Taliban were in full control i
New Delhi [India], Oct 22 (ANI): Taking note of 5,133 posts lying vacant in the subordinate judiciary across the country, the Supreme Court on Monday said that the existence of these vacancies is "wholly unacceptable".
New Delhi [India], Oct 20 (ANI): Punjab Congress leader Navjot Kaur Sidhu, who was the chief guest at the Dusshera celebrations organised at the Dhobi Ghat ground in Amritsar, where the tragic train mishap took place killing 59 people, on Saturday said that announcements were made several ti
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Oct. 18 (ANI): The total number of Zika virus infected cases has mounted to 94 in Rajasthan, informed Dr V.K. Mathur, Director of Public Health for Rajasthan.
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 16 (ANI): Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Vice-chancellor Tariq Mansoor on Tuesday clarified that the university administration has not slapped sedition charges against any Kashmiri student. This came following Kashmiri students' demand to drop sedition c
New Delhi [India], Oct 11 (ANI): Amidst suspense over the United States imposing Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) on India for its recent S-400 missile purchase from Russia, Ambassador of Russia to India, Nikolay Kudashev, said that such sanctions will not b
New Delhi [India], Oct 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted four months time to the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh to implement an order passed in August 2016 regarding evacuation of government bungalows.
New Delhi [India], Oct 09 (ANI): World Champion Carolina Marin and Olympic silver medallist P. V. Sindhu were expectedly the most sought after Icon Players as the two 2018 world championship finalists were picked by Pune 7 Aces and defending champions Hyderabad Hunters respectively in the pl
Washington D.C. [USA] Oct 8 (ANI): American rapper Lil Wayne has nabbed the number one spot on the Billboard charts with his latest album 'Tha Carter V.'
New Delhi [India], Oct 8 (ANI): Three-time World Champion Carolina Marin, former world number one Viktor Axelsen and Son Wan Ho are among the big stars that will go under the hammer in the players' auction for the fourth edition of the Premier Badminton League (PBL) here on Monday.