Washington, Sep 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Washington for his summit with US President Barack Obama. He is set to have his first meeting with Obama later Monday evening at a private dinner in the Blue Room of the White House.
London, Sep 30 (IANS) Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld says that young designers have ego problems. “Most of the designers, especially the young ones, have ego problems. I couldn’t care less. The label is the label and I try what I can do,” femalefirst.co.uk quoted the 81-year-old as saying. “If you’re not detached you mess everything up. […]
Washington, Sep 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi set the tone for his summit with US President Barack Obama Monday saying India and US should think of what they can do together for the whole world even as they agree to disagree on some issues. India and US do not have to be comfortable with all […]
United Nations, Sep 30 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday congratulated Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on his inauguration as the new Afghan president and called for a new Afghanistan government’s formation at the earliest. Ghani was sworn in Monday, marking the first ever peaceful power transition in the history of the conflict-ridden country. “The secretary-general notes the […]
Moscow, Sep 30 (IANS/EFE) Some 400 bodies, mostly of civilians, were taken to the morgues of Donetsk and other cities in eastern Ukraine now controlled by pro-Russian rebel militias after they were retrieved from mass graves, the insurgents said Monday. “Currently there are about 400 bodies in morgues, 350 of which are of civilians, and many […]
New York, Sep 30 (IANS) Terrorism has been exported to India and it is not home-grown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here Monday, adding that the Indian Muslims will fail the Al Qaeda. Answering a query at the Council of Foreign Relations here, Modi said India has the second largest Muslim population in the world. He […]
Santiago, Sep 30 (IANS/EFE) A 23-year-old Chilean man died after two years in a persistent vegetative state as a result of being shot in the head unintentionally by a law enforcement officer during a student protest in October 2012, his family said Monday. Angelo Estrada, who died Sunday at his home in Peñaflor, 40 km southwest […]
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) An India-US military exercise, underway in Uttarakhand, has seen combined training between detachments of both armies’ special forces as well as given a platform for both sides to share their experiences in UN-mandated counter-insurgency/counter-terrorism missions, a defence ministry release said Monday. “Yudh Abhyas 2014” brought together troops of a mountain brigade […]
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Sunday congratulated the medal winners in the 2014 Asian Games and said their “achievement is an example of what can be accomplished through hard work and dedication”. In a statement, the president congratulated Rajat Chauhan, Sandeep Kumar, and Abhishek Verma for winning the gold medal in men’s archery […]
London, Sep 28 (IANS) Syrian militant group Nusra Front has denounced the US-led airstrikes as “a war against Islam”. In a statement, the Al Qaeda linked group called on jihadis across the world to target Western and Arab countries involved in it, BBC reported. Nusra Front spokesman Abu Firas al-Suri threatened the coalition nations. “These states […]