China’s Foreign Minister Pushes Iran on Nuclear Deal
BEIJING: A deal with Iran on its controversial nuclear programme would help it escape from sanctions and allow more efforts to be spent on economic development, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a trip to Tehran. The negotiations between Iran and the United States, Russia, China, France,... read more »
Bihar political crisis: Court to give ruling on decisions taken by Manjhi g...
New Delhi/ Patna: A Bihar court is slated to give its ruling on a petition by the Janata Dal (United) against the decisions taken by the Manjhi government in Bihar. Bihar is undergoing a political crisis as Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi defied his own party JDU and refused to resign from his post... read more »
Bengaluru-Ernakulam train derails; 11 killed, more than 60 injured
Anekal: At least 11 passengers were on Friday killed and over 60 injured, some of them critically, when an express train bound for Ernakulam in Kerala from Bengaluru derailed near Anekal, about 45 kms away here. As per railway officials, about nine bogies of the Bangalore City-Ernakulam Intercity... read more »
Sri Lanka to secure delay of UN war crimes report
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said on Thursday he was optimistic about securing a delay in the release of a UN report on alleged war crimes during his country’s civil war until the government has had time to establish a new judicial mechanism to deal with the allegations.... read more »
President Obama sent ‘secret letter’ to leader of Iran
US President Barack Obama is said to have written a secret letter to Iran’s supreme leader describing a shared interest in fighting Islamic State. The letter, reported by the Wall... read more »
Kerry says ‘driving towards finish’ on Iran nuke deal
US Secretary of State John Kerry today claimed he was ‘driving towards the finish’ to secure what would be a historic deal with Iran over its nuclear programme as a November 24... read more »
Jordan, Palestinians urge UN to stop Israel’s ‘violations’ on Temple Mou...
The Palestinians and Jordanians urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to demand that Israel immediately stop “violations” at Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem, warning that... read more »
Infosys to hire over 2,100 people in US to boost business
Bangalore: Infosys Ltd, India’s second largest software services exporter, on Thursday said it would hire more than 2,100 people in the US. Of these, 1,500 will be experienced... read more »
Modi likely to reshuffle Cabinet by Monday; Parrikar may get defe...
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to reshuffle his Cabinet by Monday amid strong possibility of Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar joining the Union Cabinet. Along with Parrikar,... read more »
