Giving it back to Pakistan for raking up the Human rights issue, E Gambheer, First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN said "the worst violation of human rights is terrorism." Read More
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, President Obama warned that if communities are not allowed to co-exist, the "embers of extremism will continue to burn" causing sufferings to countless human beings and export of extremism overseas. Read More
The meeting was attended by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Army Chief General Dalbir Singh and senior officials of Home Ministry. Read More
In a show of force, the two bombers jets conducted a low-altitude flight over Osan Air Base in South Korea, which is 77 km (48 miles) from the Demilitarised Zone border with the North and about 40 km (25 miles) from the South’s capital Seoul. Read More
The government launched toll free number 1924 to register postal complaints, over a month after introducing Twitter Sewa for redressal of telecom and postal grievances. Read More
According to a top US diplomat USA and Japan are seeking the strongest possible measure to be taken against North Korea after its latest and the most powerful nuclear test yet. Read More
Inflation warrior Urjit Patel has assumed charge as the 24th Governor of Reserve Bank with several immediate priorities, including clean up of banks and containing inflation without hurting growth. Read More
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday told his British counterpart Theresa May during their first meeting that Britain’s new visa policy could have a “negative impact” on Indian working professionals’ short term business visits to the UK. Read More
The Pope said Mother Teresa put into practice his ideal of the church as a merciful “field hospital” for the spiritually and materially poor. Read More
Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov died today, the government announced, ending over a quarter of a century of his iron-fisted rule in the Central Asian nation with no clear successor lined up. Read More
