US charges 61 people and entities in India-based call centre fraud racket
The United States on Thursday announced it had charged 61 individuals and entities connected to India-based call centres for allegedly ...
Xi Jinping acquires new status as China’s powerful ‘core’ leader
Beijing : President Xi Jinping was on Thursday elevated as the “core leader” of China’s ruling Communist Party, ...
National Geographic’s famed ‘Afghan Girl’ arrested in Pakistan for possessing fake documents
Islamabad: National Geographic’s famed ‘Afghan Girl’ Sharbat Bibi was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency ...
Tom Hayden, famed civil rights and anti-Vietnam war activist, dies at 76
Santa Monica, California: Tom Hayden, a ’60s anti-war activist whose name became forever linked with the celebrated Chicago 7 ...
Russia says not currently considering new Aleppo truce
Russia said Monday it was not currently considering a new truce in the Syrian city of Aleppo after a brief ceasefire ended at the ...
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw conferred highest French civil distinction
New Delhi : The highest French civil distinction, Chevalier de la L gion d Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) was conferred ...
Cameroon train crash death toll as high as 73 ; nearly 300 injured
Yaound , Oct 22 : At least 73 were killed when a packed passenger train derailed between Cameroon’s two main cities, a hospital ...
India wants pact with UK on short-term visas for students
London, Oct 22 : India hopes to reach a deal with Britain for facilitating short-term visas for Indian students, academicians and ...
Nepal keen to join China’s ‘One Belt One Road’ initiative
Nepal prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Friday reiterated readiness to participate in China’s ambitious “One Belt, One ...
Islamic State seizes 550 families as human shields in Mosul : UN
Islamic State militants have taken 550 families from villages around Mosul and are holding them close to Islamic State (ISIL) ...