The counting of votes in Madhya Pradesh’s Shahdol parliamentary constituency and Nepanagar assembly constituency began amid tight security on Tuesday morning, an official said. Polls here were held on November 19. Initially the postal ballots were being counted which would be followed by the votes recorded in the EVMs, said an official from the Chief […]
The South Korean cabinet on Tuesday endorsed a bilateral military intelligence pact with Japan amid public and parliamentary opposition. Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Yoo Il-ho, chaired the meeting that approved the pact to directly exchange military intelligence on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s nuclear and missile programs. The signing ceremony of […]
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 struck northeastern Japan’s Fukushima on Tuesday, a weather agency said, while tsunami waves were observed in the area and two persons were injured. The quake registered lower five on the Japanese seismic scale of seven in northeastern Fukushima prefecture, Xinhua quoted the Japan Meteorological Agency as saying. […]
Two foreign militants were killed in a gunfight with the security forces in north Kashmir’s Bandipora on Tuesday, an official said. Following specific information about militant presence in Bonikhan village, troops of the 13 Rashtriya Rifles and the special operations group (SOG) of the state police launched the operation, the police said. As the surrounding […]
The first Hindu elected to Congress, Tulsi Gabbard, crossed her Democratic party line to meet Republican-elect Donald Trump on Monday to discuss Syria, terrorism and national security matters and warn of the risk of a nuclear confrontation with Russia amid speculation that he may be checking out the war veteran for a position in his […]
President-elect Donald Trumps wife Melania will stay in New York city while their 10-year old son Barron finishes his school year, sources said. Melania Trump, who over the course of the campaign has repeatedly talked of how close she is with her and the mogul’s only son together, will remain at Trump Tower with Barron […]
US President Barack Obama said that reality will force his successor to the White House, Donald Trump, to adjust his approaches on many issues he defended during his campaign. Obama, during his press conference at the end of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, advised the world to “take a wait and see […]
British officials are planning to invite Donald Trump to meet the Queen as the government deploys its “secret weapon” to cement close ties with the new American President-elect. Plans to roll out the red carpet for Trump with a state visit in the summer of 2017 are being drawn up at the highest levels in […]
Nepal has decided to terminate all memoranda of understanding (MoU) and decisions reached with an Indian consortium that was preparing to build the Kathmandu-Nijgadh expressway. The Himalayan state was now preparing to build the project on its own as reported by the Kathmandu Post. The 76 km long proposed highway had remained on the government’s […]
US President-elect Donald Trump’s soon-to-be Chief of Staff, Reince Priebus, said the incoming White House counsel will be tasked with making sure that there were no conflicts of interest with the real estate mogul’s business empire. In an interview with CNN on Sunday, Priebus said Americans should not be concerned with potential pay-to-play schemes in […]