Parrikar moots the idea for raising all women battalion
New Delhi : Pitching for greater role of women in the armed forces, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today mooted the idea of ...
Kuwait posts USD 18B deficit as lower oil prices slash revenue
Kuwait City : Kuwait’s finance minister says the oil-exporting country has posted a budget deficit of USD 18.2 billion ...
Punjab polls : AAP promises 25 L jobs
Amritsar : With an eye on the 2017 Punjab Assembly election, AAP today unveiled its ‘Youth Manifesto’ here ...
UK should keep Brexit options open : Tony Blair
London : Former British prime minister Tony Blair today said “we should keep our options open” on the UK leaving ...
83 killed in Baghdad bombings, firefighters still trying to extinguish blazes
At least 83 people have been killed and 176 wounded in two separate bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital this morning, Iraqi ...
China mulls congestion tax to restrict traffic in peak hours
Beijing : After restricting car sales, China is now considering imposing a congestion tax to try and control heavy traffic in ...
Over 13,000 pilgrims pay obeisance at Amarnath cave shrine
Srinagar : More than 13,000 pilgrims have paid obeisance at the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir during the first two ...
North East music should be given space in B’wood
Mumbai: Manipuri folk singer Mangka Mayanglambam says Bollywood should feature at least “some taste” of North ...
Indian girl among 20 dead in Bangladesh terror attack
New Delhi: An Indian girl was among 20 foreigners who were hacked to death by ISIS militants in a terror attack at a restaurant ...
Bangladesh hostage crisis ends, 6 militants killed
Bangladesh’s worst hostage crisis ended on Saturday when heavily-armed commandos stormed a popular eatery in Dhaka in ...