JD (U) backs Hamid Ansari, says minorities being targetted by NDA governmen...
The Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday backed Vice President Hamid Ansari’s comments on minorities, saying they are being targetted by the present NDA regime. “The minorities are being targetted since this government assumed power. There is discrimination on the basis of religion, because... read more »
China says 197 punished in crackdown on online rumors
People recently punished in China’s campaign against online rumors include those who circulated an inflated death toll in the Tianjin blasts and who alleged a man committed suicide because of the country’s stock market woes, state media reported Monday. The official Xinhua News Agency... read more »
In Yemen, 34 civilians killed in bombing of water bottling factory
A Saudi-led airstrike on a water bottling factory in Yemen left 34 dead and dozens injured, the Yemeni Defense Ministry said. Saudi Arabia authorities have not responded to CNN’s request for comment on the attack. According to Reuters, Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asseri, coalition spokesman, said the... read more »
Death toll rises to 11 in Saudi fire, 200 injured
Eleven people are dead and over 200 are injured after a fire swept through an oil workers residential compound in Saudi Arabia. Saudi national oil company Saudi Aramco said the cause of the fire which broke out in a basement of the Radium residential compound in Khobar was not known. Cars and... read more »
Indian Institute of Science ranked 5th among best universities in BRICS nations
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore has been ranked fifth among the best universities in the BRICS countries by an international ranking body, making it thus the best performance by an... read more »
Gujarat University MCA and MBA seats vacant
The Gujarat University has said that 72 per cent of the seats in the Master of Computer Application (MCA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) will stay vacant this year because the... read more »
Thai consulate in Istanbul attacked after Uighurs deported
Some 200 Turkish demonstrators stormed the Thai consulate in Istanbul in protest at the deportation of dozens of Uighur Muslims to China, reports said Thursday. The attack was the latest in... read more »
Two Indonesian pilots may pose security threat
Australian authorities believe two Indonesian pilots may pose a security threat after being radicalised by Islamic State, a leaked intelligence document obtained by an investigative website... read more »
New dinosaur with ‘halo’ of horns found in Canada
Scientists have discovered one of the oldest horned dinosaurs – a one-tonne behemoth that roamed the Earth about 79 million years ago and had a ‘fantastically adorned’ skull with... read more »
