Ranjeev Puri elected as first Indian-American Speaker of Michigan House

Washington, Nov. 6 -- Democrat Ranjeev Puri has been elected as the Speaker of the Michigan House, the first Indian-American to hold the coveted post. "Today, I'm humbled to be elected by my colleagu... Read More

Deeply honoured to be your next Mayor: Indian-born Nithya Raman scripts history in Los Angeles

New York, Nov. 6 -- Indian-born democratic socialist Nithya Raman has been elected Mayor of Los Angeles, scripting history as she becomes the first South Asian mayor of the nation's second-largest cit... Read More

Magnitude 4.2 earthquake strikes Nepal's Humla district

Kathmandu, Nov. 6 -- A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck Humla district in Nepal on Friday morning, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre. The earthquake struck Humla distr... Read More

Old Delhi building collapse: Three contractors held from Faridabad

New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- Three contractors have been arrested from Faridabad in connection with the collapse of an under-construction building in Delhi's Chawri Bazar area that killed two people and injur... Read More

Burst green crackers, stick to specific timings: Delhi government appeals to citizens

New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- Ahead of Diwali, the Delhi government has appealed to the public to comply with the Supreme Court's directions on the sale and use of certified green firecrackers in Delhi-NCR dur... Read More

Delhi inches towards 'severe' AQI two days ahead of Diwali

New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- A thick layer of smog hung over the national capital on Friday as the air quality deteriorated sharply and edged closer to the 'severe' category, with the overall Air Quality Inde... Read More

Stock markets trade higher in early session on sustained foreign fund inflows

Mumbai, Nov. 6 -- Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading higher after volatile early session on Friday as sustained foreign fund inflows and relatively moderate crude oil prices instilled opt... Read More

Rescue efforts enter 2nd day at Old Delhi building collapse site

New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- Rescue operations at the site of a three-storey building collapse in Old Delhi's congested Chawri Bazar area are still underway 24 hours after the incident that left two people de... Read More

India calls for better-resourced, protected UN peacekeeping missions, cites 300,000 troop deployments

United Nations, Nov. 6 -- India has called for holding perpetrators of attacks against UN peacekeepers accountable, underlining that Blue Helmets face asymmetric and technologically enabled threats. I... Read More

Lesson for those who want to be citizens of democratic country: Chidambaram on US mid-term polls

New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said liberalism, secularism and tolerance triumphed in the US mid-term polls, and asserted that there is a lesson in it for all who ... Read More

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