Saudi Arabia intercepts two Houthi missiles

Saudi Arabia's air defences intercepted two ballistic missiles on Wednesday, state television saidColonel Turki Al Malki, the official spokesman for t...

Iran to remain in nuclear deal without US: Hassan Rouhani

Tehran: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Tehran will remain in the nuclear deal with other signatories of the deal without the US....

KCR to address public meeting in Medak today

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will lay a foundation stone for construction of Integrated Collectorate Complex on the outskirts of Medak town on ...

Facebook confirms major management overhaul

San Francisco: Facebook on Tuesday confirmed an unprecedented management team shakeup in the aftermath of a major data privacy scandal that has rocked...

Narendra Modi among Forbes top 10 most powerful people in the world

New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked among the top 10 most powerful people in the world by Forbes in a list that has been topped for...

Google pitches artificial intelligence to help unplug

Mountain View: Google has unveiled an artificial intelligence tool capable of handling routine tasks — such as making restaurant bookings — as a way t...

Taliban captures 2nd district compound in Afghanistan

Kabul: An Afghanistan lawmaker says Taliban fighters have captured a second remote district compound in two days.Mohammad Hashim, a member of parliame...

China launches new satellite to monitor air pollution

BEIJING: China today successfully launched a hyperspectral imaging satellite for comprehensive observation of the atmosphere, including air pollution ...

Park entry fee hikes in Hyderabad

The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) on Tuesday announced an increase in the entry fee to Lumbini Park, Sanjeevaiah Park and NTR Ga...

Traffic restrictions at Tilaknagar railway bridge

For speedy completion of work for laying a VDCC road, a combination of black-top (BT) and whitetop (WT) road, under Tilaknagar railway underbridge (RU...

GHMC proposes special cell for women

A separate cell for women’s rights was proposed by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) at a meeting here on Tuesday. The cell will comp...

KTR holds high level meeting on Textiles schemes

Textiles and Industries Minister K T Rama Rao yesterday expressed displeasure at some apparel parks for violating norms. During a high level meeting w...

Health Minister Laxma Reddy launches 145 new 108 vehicles

With the launch of 145 new vehicles of 108 type for providing better mobile health services, the fleet number is put at 316 now, Health Minister Dr C ...

Saudi Arabia ‘committed to oil market stability’

Saudi's Prince Alwaleed in move to buy New York's Plaza Hotel

Ashkenazy Acquisition and Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s Kingdom Holding Co. have exercised a right of first refusal to match a $600 million offer ...

Calcutta HC directs SEC to accept nominations filed for Bengal panchayat polls

Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal State Election Commission to accept the nominations of those candidates who had filed their papers el...

Delhi Court issues fresh order to attach Mallya's properties in PMLA case

A Delhi court has issued fresh directions to attach the properties of businessman Vijay Mallya, who was declared a proclaimed offender for evading sum...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges remaining parties to abide by Iran deal

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement that he was deeply concerned regarding withdrawal of US from the deal and urged ...

US President announces US withdrawal from 2015 nuclear deal with Iran

President Donald Trump announced US withdrawal from the 2015 landmark nuclear deal with Iran. After the announcement, Trump signed fresh set of sancti...

Birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore being celebrated today

The birth anniversary of the Nobel laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore is being celebrated today. Rabindra Jayanti is popularly called Poncheeshe Boishakh a...

President Kovind gives assent to Delhi's govt Bill to amend Minimum Wages Act

President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to the Delhi government's Bill to amend the Minimum Wages Act. Under the amended law, employers violati...

Dust storm and rain lashes many parts of North India

Dust storm and rain lashed many parts of North India disrupting normal life at several places yesterday. In Jammu and Kashmir, heavy rain and hailstor...

Vijay Mallya loses lawsuit against Indian banks in UK Court seeking USD 1.55 billion recovery

Fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya last night lost a lawsuit filed by Indian banks in the UK High Court seeking to collect from him over 1(point)55 bi...

Electioneering for Karnataka poll campaign heats up

The campaigning for assembly elections in Karnataka reached its peak as only two days have been left for canvassing. Top leaders of different politica...

Indian Navy is playing an important role in advancing national and foreign policy objectives in maritime nations: Nirmala Sitharaman

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that Indian Navy has been playing an important role in furthering the national and foreign policy objecti...

Congress pursuing divide and rule policy: PM Modi

Vijayapura: Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday accused the Congress of pursuing the policy of "divide and rule", and asserted the party would be u...

Jinnah's portrait should be removed: Kalraj Mishra

Mathura: Former Union minister and senior BJP leader Kalraj Mishra yesterday said that the portrait of Mohammed Ali Jinnah should be removed from the ...

Mehbooba calls all-party meeting to discuss situation in Kashmir

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has called an all party meeting of the political parties to discuss the situation in the Kas...

Unnao rape case: BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar shifted from the Unnao Jail to Sitapur Jail

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, prime accused in the Unnao rape case, was shifted from the Unnao Jail to Sitapur Jail on Tuesda...

Inquiry against Nawaz Sharif for allegedly laundering billions of dollars to India.

The heat on refuses to subside with the country's main anti-corruption wing on Tuesday reportedly ordering an inquiry against him for allegedly launde...