London, Dec 27 (IANS) If you are thinking of hiring someone through Facebook to remove your waste, think again. The person(s) on the other end might be a “fly-tipper” who pose online as legitimate waste…
Dubai, Dec 27 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday announced that Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah has been provisionally suspended after being charged with violating rules under the sport’s anti-doping code. According to the…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the government’s “Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme” has received a place in the Guinness World Records as the largest direct benefit transfer scheme. “It…
London, Dec 27 (IANS) Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer (5SOS) and One Direction fans have united to fight back after the hashtag #5SOSisDeadParty started trending online. The hashtag is believed to have been started…
London, Dec 27 (IANS) Interpreting the data collected from volunteers’ own smartphones — which has the potential to emulate randomised trials — can boost research into human behaviour, finds a new study. Fani Tsapeli from…
Los Angeles, Dec 27 (IANS) Singer Lily Allen’s husband Sam Cooper has reportedly moved out of their marital home and has been seen without his wedding ring. Cooper, who wed the Air Balloon hitmaker in…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Even as India signed a Rs. 98,000-crore pact with Japan for a high-speed bullet train linking Mumbai and Ahmedabad, the on-time performance of the country’s express trains remains a…
Chennai, Dec 27 (IANS) Actress Wamiqa Gabbi, who is making her Tamil debut with forthcoming romantic-drama “Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam”, says she couldn’t have asked for a better launch for her career. “I’m playing a character…
Mumbai, Dec 27 (IANS) Actor Rohit Roy confirmed that he’ll soon turn a full-fledged director for a prominent filmmaker of the country and that the film will roll next year. “This year was interesting because…
Beijing, Dec 27 (IANS) China’s top legislature on Sunday adopted the country’s first bill against domestic violence in a landmark move to bring silent abuse victims under legal protection. The legislation was approved by a…
Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) Expressing alarm over the policies of the Narendra Modi government at the centre and the Mamata Banerjee regime in West Bengal, CPI-M veteran and former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi on Sunday cautioned against any form of vigilantism during the odd-even vehicle movement restriction plan here, saying volunteers intended to be deployed…
London, Dec 27 (IANS) An Indian-origin corporate banking worker has set up his own political party and called for Britain to throw open its borders, a media report said. Harjinder Singh, a former UK Independence…
Shimla, Dec 27 (IANS) Very little could have gone right for 15-year-old Baksho Devi, poor and fatherless, and with a stone in her gall bladder. And very little has, actually, but for her courage and…
newborn baby foot in incubator New York, Dec 27 (IANS) Premature birth, a leading cause of death of newborns worldwide, could be prevented by blocking a molecule in the uterus, suggests a new research. Premature…
Bengaluru, Dec 27 (IANS) Even as disruptive technologies rolled out game-changing products and software majors vied for more outsourcing, the start-up revolution and the government’s Digital India initiative dominated the Indian IT industry landscape in…
Lahore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi being received by the Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, at Lahore, Pakistan on Dec 25, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Moscow: Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi with the President of…
London, Dec 27 (IANS) Taking the selfie craze to an all new level, a Los Angeles man went to the brink of an active volcano to click one. Nik Halik was climbing the Benbow volcano…
Chennai, Dec 27 (IANS) Actor-comedian Santhanam is currently working on the sequel to his highly successful 2013 Tamil comedy “Kannada Laddu Thinna Aasaiya”. “Santhanam is playing the lead as well as producing it. The film…
Mumbai: Actress Priyanka Chopra during the promotion of her upcoming film Bajirao Mastani in Mumbai on Nov 28, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Dec 27 (IANS) “Bajirao Mastani” actress Priyanka Chopra doesn’t believe in the number…