Washington, March 10 The US has reiterated a call asking for Iran’s help in finding a retired agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and raised the bounty for his whereabouts. Secretary of State John Kerry’s appeal on Monday came on the eighth anniversary of Robert Levinson’s disappearance, who Washington said went missing on […]
New Delhi, March 10 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday saluted the “bravery” and “sense of duty” of CISF personnel on force’s 46th Raising Day. “On 46th Raising Day of CISF, I salute the CISF personnel for their bravery and sense of duty with which they have served our nation for years,” Modi tweeted. “Providing […]
United Nations, March 10 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed British lawmaker Stephen O’Brien as the new UN humanitarian aid chief, a UN spokesperson said on Monday. He will succeed Valerie Amos and serve as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Xinhua reported citing […]
Washington, March 10 Pakistan had about 120 atomic weapons, 10 more than India, in its nuclear arsenal last year, according to a new interactive infographic unveiled by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Designed by the Bulletin, founded in 1945 by University of Chicago scientists who had helped develop the first atomic weapons in the Manhattan […]
Moscow, March 10 Russian authorities confirmed on Monday to have detained two more suspects in connection with the assassination of Russian opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov, according to media reports. The two suspects were caught in a special operation carried out on Sunday evening in Shelkovskoy district of Russia’s Chechen Republic, Xinhua […]
London, March 9 Various events were held across the world on Sunday to celebrate the International Women’s Day. British singers Annie Lennox and Paloma Faith were joined by actress Gemma Arterton at a march in London to demand respect for women’s rights. Hundreds of feminists, including some dressed like the suffragettes of the early 20th […]
Mumbai, March 9 A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), plunged 327.55 points or 1.11 percent as banking stocks plummeted on Monday. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading at 104.55 points or 1.17 percent down at 8,833.20 points. The Sensex of the S&P […]
Patna, March 9 Two policemen shot each other dead, following an argument on Monday in Bihar, police said. The incident took place at Bikram block office in Patna, where they were on duty, Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Jitendra Rana said. “We have started the investigation to ascertain the actual reason behind the incident,” he […]
Ghaziabad, March 8 Four children were burnt to death in Ghaziabad on Sunday afternoon when fire crackers kept inside a car in which they were sitting exploded, police said. The incident took place in Farookh Nagar locality in Sahibabad. Police said the explosion took place in the car in which fire crackers were kept to […]
The Taj Mahal on Sunday had special visitors — widows from Vrindavan and Varanasi.As the women, dressed in white sarees, walked on the red sandstone pathways in twos and threes, foreign tourists stopped and got themselves photographed with them.The visit on the International Women’s Day was sponsored by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The […]