The Dallas police early Thursday night released a picture of an unidentified man as one of the ‘suspects’ behind the attack that killed five transit officers and and two civilians in the city. They posted a tweet asking help from people in identifying the ‘suspect’. They later added in a tweet that the ‘person of interest’ has ‘turned himself in.’ Within minutes, Read More

Delhi government on Friday approved formation of ‘Mission Swaraj’ to implement its ambitious ‘mohalla sabhas’ project through which people will be empowered and encouraged for participating in governance at the local level. A senior government official said ‘Mission Swaraj’ being the nodal agency of the project, will play a vital role for the idea of ‘swaraj’ to succeed in the national Read More

Congress general secretary in-charge of party affairs in Uttarakhand Ambika Soni on Thursday met Chief Minister Harish Rawat and state party chief Kishore Upadhyay to review relief efforts in the wake of torrential rains and cloudbursts in Pithoragarh and Chamoli districts that killed 21 people. Taking stock of the relief efforts at the Congress office, Soni asked party workers to Read More

Two investigative journalists at the heart of a controversial leaks trial at the Vatican were acquitted on Thursday after judges ruled they did not have the authority to examine their cases. Italians Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi, who had published books based on the documents at the heart of the trial, were not considered to have committed a crime on Read More

Poland’s ruling conservatives rushed an amended version of its constitutional court reforms through parliament on Thursday, apparently in an effort to reassure its Western allies over the issue hours before a NATO summit opens in Warsaw. Opposition critics said, however, the changes fell short of what was needed to keep from undermining democratic checks and balances, a concern expressed by Read More

The prime challenge that the education sector faces in the country is raising the quality of education and ensuring it reaches all, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar, who took charge, said on Thursday. “The major challenge that is there in the education sector is to raise the standard. Quality education is vital as it lays the foundation for life and builds Read More

Tenzin Gyatso Gyatso, who celebrates his 81st birthday Wednesday, is the 14th and current Dalai Lama. Dalai Lamas are priests of the Gelug faculty, a brand new order of Tibetan Buddhism. The Dalai Lama was born in Taktser village, Amdo in Tibet and become decided on as the ‘tulku’ of the thirteenth Dalai Lama in 1937. He turned into formally Read More

Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra on July 6 rubbished the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) notice to former chief minister Sheila Dikshit in the alleged water meter scam as a “letter of request” and “illegal” and demanded registration of FIRs in opposition to ACB leader Mukesh Kumar Meena and Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung. “A record got here ultimate night time that Shiela Read More

Jammu and Kashmir Congress Leader G A Mir on Wednesday strongly condemned the bombing in Medina, terming it as “shameful act” and stated it had hurt the feelings of whole Muslim global. “We strongly condemn the shameful act wherein many precious lives were lost. We explicit serious subject and deep sorrow over the bombings in Madina Sharief,” Mir stated. US Read More

A Lady and her two daughters died after a fire broke out of their house following a suspected fuel leakage in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area, police stated on July 6. The deceased were diagnosed as Mithlesh Devi (42) and her daughters, Kavita (15) and Anjali (20). Anjali turned into married around four months in the past and become reportedly pregnant, Read More