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  • International probe into Kashmir violence crucial, says UN rights chief
    United Nations, September 14 (IANS) Amid continuing unrest in Kashmir, the UN Human Rights chief has said it is crucial that an independent, impartial and international mission be given free access to Indian as
    / 14th September 2016
  • Curfew lifted in Bengaluru as normalcy returns
    Bengaluru, September 14 (IANS) Curfew has been lifted in Bengaluru as normalcy returned on Wednesday, two days after violence shook the country's tech hub in protest against the release of Cauvery river water b
    / 14th September 2016
  • Suu Kyi to meet Obama in Washington for first time as Myanmar leader
    WASHINGTON, September 14 (Reuters) - Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi meets with President Barack Obama on Wednesday in her first visit to the United States since her party won a sweeping victory in last year's elect
    / 14th September 2016
  • Pope says murdered French priest a martyr, on road to sainthood
    VATICAN CITY, September 14 (Reuters) - Pope Francis said Father Jacques Hamel, the French priest knifed to death at his altar by Islamist militants in July, was a "martyr", and indicated on Wednesday he was alr
    / 14th September 2016
  • China warns Taiwan not to allow Dalai Lama to visit
    BEIJING/TAIPEI, September 14 (Reuters) - China on Wednesday warned Taiwan against allowing exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to visit, after a high-profile Taiwan legislator invited him to the self
    / 14th September 2016
  • India to miss target for universal upper-secondary education by 50 Years
    IANS By Silvio Grocchetti and Charlie Moloney   India will not have universal upper secondary education (covering the age group 14-17 years and 9th to 12th standard) till 2085, over half a century
    / 14th September 2016
  • Trump surges among independent voters
    Washington, September 14 (IANS) Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is gaining ground on Hillary Clinton, a new poll revealed on Tuesday.   The NBC News/Survey Monkey Weekly Election Trackin
    / 14th September 2016
  • Kashmir Valley remains shut for 68th day
    Srinagar, September 14 (IANS) Authorities imposed heavy deployment of security forces here and other parts of Kashmir Valley on Wednesday as it remains shut for the 68th consecutive day.   "Sufficien
    / 14th September 2016
  • Cauvery row: Normalcy returns to Bengaluru, partial curfew in force
    Bengaluru, September 14 (IANS) Two days after violence shook Bengaluru in protest against Karnataka releasing more Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, the country's tech hub was back to normal on Wednesday. &
    / 14th September 2016
  • Messi sets hat-trick record as Barca hit seven
    BARCELONA, September 14 (Reuters) - Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar combined to devastating effect as Barcelona swatted Celtic aside 7-0 at the Nou Camp to lay down a marker in Champions League Group C on
    / 14th September 2016
  • India woos new Nepali PM to claw back ground from China
    NEW DELHI/KATHMANDU, September 14 (Reuters) - India is likely to offer Nepal's new prime minister help building an east-west railway line and better access to its ports on his first visit this week, as it tries
    / 14th September 2016
  • North Korea ramps up uranium enrichment, enough for six nuclear bombs a year – experts
    SEOUL, September 14 (Reuters) - North Korea will have enough material for about 20 nuclear bombs by the end of this year, with ramped-up uranium enrichment facilities and an existing stockpile of plutonium, acc
    / 14th September 2016
  • Scientific evidence grows for e-cigarettes as quit-smoking aids
    LONDON, September 14 (Reuters) - Electronic cigarettes may have helped about 18,000 people in England to give up smoking last year and there is no evidence of any serious side effects associated with their use
    / 14th September 2016
  • Obama hits campaign trail for Clinton
    Philadelphia, September 14 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Tuesday hit the campaign trail on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate -- and his former Secretary of State -- Hillary Clinton, going on to
    / 14th September 2016
  • US health officials puzzled by 'unique' Zika case
    Washington, September  14 (IANS) US health officials have updated their progress on a months-long probe into a "unique" Zika case in Utah, saying they are still unable to identify how the person was infected.
    / 14th September 2016
  • Paralympics: Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia wins gold
    Rio de Janeiro, September 14 (IANS) India's Devendra Jhajharia bettered his own world record to win gold in the men's javelin throw F46 event at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.   Devendra won gold in the j
    / 14th September 2016
  • Hillary Clinton to return to campaign trail on Thursday
    Washington, September 14 (IANS) US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will return to the campaign trail on Thursday, spokesman Nick Merrill said.   The Democratic nominee, who was recently diagno
    / 14th September 2016
  • 70 yr old found dead
    Morung Express News Dimapur | September 13   A 70 year-old man was found dead in a suspected case of murder near Longphayimsen village, under Mangkolemba sub-division, Mokokchung. The deceased, iden
    / 13th September 2016
  • Indigenous Minority Tribes of Nagaland (IMTN) formed
    DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 13 (MExN): An organization called the Indigenous Minority Tribes of Nagaland (IMTN) has been formed, claiming the “consent and blessing of the apex bodies of the four Indigenous tribe o
    Nagaland / 13th September 2016
  • ‘Police sniffing kitchens in Haryana’
    DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 13 (MExN): The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has issued a statement expressing concern at what it said was the Haryana State Governments move to put more importance on the protection o
    / 13th September 2016
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