Congress President Rahul Gandhi has said that his plan is to transform the Congress from bottom upwards and he will like to bring in many new, young, exciting and dynamic faces. In his first interview as party president with National Herald and Qaumi Awaz, Gandhi rubbished BJP’s claims that his party fought the recently held […]
People in the US city of San Francisco voluntarily turned over about 271 firearms in a gun-for-cash campaign Saturday, the event’s organiser said. The annual Gun Buy Back campaign, sponsored by San Francisco-based violence prevention group United Playaz, encouraged San Franciscans to bring in their firearms in exchange for money, in a show of their […]
Egypt’s Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel-Aal said on Sunday that Egypt is preparing a UN resolution against the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Speaking during a parliament session, Abdel-Aal said Egypt has begun contacting all Arab leaders and a number of foreign officials for the resolution. Xinhua news agency reported. Abdel-Aal stressed that Jerusalem […]
At least nine people have been killed, including two of the attackers, and another 30 injured after four armed insurgents attacked a Methodist church on Sunday in Quetta in Pakistan. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack on the Bethel Memorial church on Imdad square, where around 400 people were present, […]
A day before counting in the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly elections, the Election commission on Sunday decided to set up a committee having representation from three union ministries to examine provisions of Representation of People Act and the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) about provisions relating to last 48 hours before polling in the […]
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he is not considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller. Mueller is investigating allegations of Russian interference in the last year’s US presidential election and collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow, Xinhua news agency reported. When asked if he was considering dismissing Mueller, Trump responded, “No, I’m […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin called US President Donald Trump to express gratitude to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)’s information that helped foil terrorist attack attempts in St Petersburg, the Kremlin said on Sunday. Russia’s Federal Security Service said Friday that it detained seven Islamic State supporters earlier this week for plotting to blow up the […]
Key indices of the Indian equities markets recovered on Monday after early indications of a possible BJP defeat in Gujarat sent the market plunging during early morning trade session. Both the S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty took an early beating but recovered from the day’s low levels as value buying helped pair initial losses […]
The BJP was set to take power in Himachal Pradesh as its candidates were on the victory lap in 36 of the 68 Assembly elections on Monday. Trends from counting centres across the hill state showed the Congress was ahead in 21 constituencies while smaller parties and independents had inched ahead of all others in […]
Gujarat’s ruling BJP on Monday pledged to retain power as its candidates forged ahead of the main opposition Congress in 98 of the 182 Assembly seats, six more than the half-way mark needed to control the House. Trends from counting centres had indicated a see-saw battle for about 45 minutes, with the Congress at times […]