New York:US President Donald Trump said today he had “decided” on the Iranian nuclear deal and will let people know about it, a day after he described the agreement as the “worst” and “one-sided transactions” that America has ever entered into.

Trump was responding to a question on w

Chandigarh:The Punjab Cabinet today gave its approval to notify the crop loan waiver scheme announced by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh in the state Assembly in June this year.

The decison will directly benefit 10.25 lakh farmers, an official spokesperson said.

Apart from taking over the entire eligible loan

United Nations: Aung San Suu Kyi faced mounting criticism over what some world leaders are now calling the “ethnic cleansing” of Myanmar’s Rohingya minority, despite her plea for patience from the international community.

The head of Myanmar’s civilian administration pledged to hold rights

Geneva/New Delhi:The World Economic Forum (WEF) today said its next Annual Meeting in Swiss resort town Davos will focus on “strengthening cooperation in a fractured world”.

Announcing its 2018 Annual Meeting from January 23-26, the Geneva-based non-profit foundation said the global context has changed dram

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A senior US official today sought to allay India’s concerns on the H-1B visa programme, which is being “reviewed” by the Trump administration, saying there are no “restrictions” in place.

The official said around 70 per cent of the visas issued under the H-1B catego

Mumbai: Iqbal Kaskar, the brother of fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim, was late on Monday detained by the crime branch of the Thane Police in connection with an investigation into an extortion case, the police said.

Iqbal was taken into custody from his house in Nagpada area in Central Mumbai by a team led by encounter spec

Paris: A British cyclist set a new world record Monday by travelling around the globe in 79 days — beating the fictional exploits of Phileas Fogg by a day.

Scottish adventurer Mark Beaumont rode into Paris 78 days, 14 hours and 14 minutes after he set off from the French capital, smashing the previous record of 1

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha today allowed rebel JD(U) lawmakers Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar one more week to respond to the party’s plea for their disqualification from the House, after they sought a month to reply to the House’s communication.

Rajya Sabha Secretary-General Desh Deepak Verma has communicated

Kathmandu: China and Nepal have agreed to start technical works to build a cross-border railway link via Tibet to boost connectivity, according to Nepalese Foreign Ministry.

This was decided during the recent visit of Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara to Beijing.

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Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Monday asked Leader of Opposition Tejaswi Prasad Yadav to vacate the bungalow allotted to him soon without causing any damage to it.

Bihar government has last week turned down Tejaswi’s plea to allow him retain the 5, Deshratna Marg bungalow that had been al