Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has prorogued Parliament and fixed January 3, 2020 for the start of the new session of the Legislature.

The announcement was made on Monday night, reports the Daily Financial Times.

Rajapaksa will declare open the new session of Parliament on the fixed date at 10 a.m. and deli

To be or not to be? Shakespeare's Hamlet has been haunting all Kashmiri mainstream political parties ever since article 370 was abrogated and the state bifurcated into two union territories.

After endorsing and relentlessly paving the way for Jammu and Kashmir's accession with India in 1947, National Conference(NC) founder

Paris, Dec 3 : The US should reduce tariffs worth $7.5 billion itimposed on the European Union (EU) for providing subsidies to Airbus for the A380 by 2 billion euros since the practice has not had negative effects on Boeing, a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel said.
In a statement on Monday, Airbus touted this asp

New Delhi, Dec 3 : India is keenly watching China's increasing presence in the Indian Ocean region, Indian Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh said on Tuesday, assuring that India is capable of thwarting any threat.
Addressing a press conference here ahead of the Navy Day celebrations on December 4, Singh said: &qu

New Delhi, Dec 3 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that the death sentence of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana for the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, has not been commuted.
Shah made the announcement in the Lok Sabha while responding to Congress MP Ravneet Singh

Cyberabad police investigating the gruesome gang-rape and murder of a woman veterinarian, said on Tuesday that it might intervene to stop the media from telecasting video clippings and photographs of the accused and related documents, adding it was hampering the probe.
The police have taken serious note of "some print and electronic

Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, after being sacked by the Muslim parties on Tuesday, wrote to the Advocate on Record Ejaz Maqbool saying that he accepts the decision "with humility and respect."
Dhavan had represented the Muslim parties in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case in the Supreme Court.
He gave th

Senior lawyer Rajeev Dhawan, who represented the Sunni Waqf Board and other Muslim parties in the Ayodhya dispute case, said that he was sacked from the case on Tuesday. He also denied any association with the filing of a review petition to the Supreme Court verdict pronounced on November 9.

Ina Facebook post, Dhawan said, "Just b

In two days, electors of 15 assembly seats in Karnataka will vote their representative, but are they electing an MLA or a minister directly, has become a fascinating question. With the BJP government led by Yediyurappa showing confidence that it will secure a thumping victory, many victorious candidates are sure to be inducted as ministers.

The Lok Sabha on Monday witnessed dramatic scenes during the debate on the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill with Congress leader in the House Adhir Ranjan Choudhary targeting Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with personal remarks and the FM responding in kind.

To Choudhary’s calling her “Nirbala” (weak), Sitharaman s