Los Angeles, Jan 2 (IANS) The Hollywood Sign, a landmark and American cultural icon located in Los Angeles, was vandalised on Sunday to read “Hollyweed”, celebrating the recent legalisation of recreational marijuana in California. According…
Tehran, Jan 2 (IANS) Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday welcomed the imminent peace talks on Syria in Kazakhstan. Rouhani expressed the hope that the upcoming international peace talks on the future of Syria in…
Los Angeles, Jan 2 (IANS) Singer Jennifer Lopez and rapper-singer Drake’s relationship is not a publicity gimmick, claim their friends. The duo turned the music industry upside down with after announcing their romance with a…
Washington, Jan 2 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Sunday questioned the severity of President Barack Obama’s response to Russia’s alleged election hacking. “I think one of the questions that…
Washington, Jan 2 (IANS) Mama Ayesha’s, a popular restaurant in Washington D.C. known for its Presidential Mural featuring every US President from Eisenhower to Obama, will not add President-elect Donald Trump to the mural until…
Baghdad, Jan 2 (IANS) The death toll in a suicide attack carried out on Sunday against an Iraqi security checkpoint close to Iraq’s Najaf city has increased to seven, including five policemen, according to the…
Hyderabad, Jan 2 (IANS) Hyderabad Hunters opened their Premier Badminton League (PBL) campaign with a 4-3 win over Chennai Smashers here on Sunday. Reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin of Spain overcame Rio Games runner-up P.V….
Kolkata Jan 1 (IANS) Trinamool Congress will keep fighting against the Central government’s “atrocities” till it become a major force at the central level, party Vice President Mukul Roy said on Sunday. “Trinamool Congress will…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) A Station House Officer and four other policemen have been suspended for allegedly hushing up a “suicide” of an accused in the station premises here, a senior police officer said…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Three persons were arrested, following a brief gunfight, for murdering a government-run liquor outlet employee here last month, police said on Sunday. The accused have been identified as Pankaj, 41,…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Swaraj India on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi seemed to have given up the agenda of black money, and demanded he disclose how much illicit-held funds were recovered post-demonetisation…
Ankara, Jan 1 (IANS) At least 39 persons, including two Indians, were killed and 69 injured as a sole gunman opened fire at people celebrating the New Year at a famous nightclub in Istanbul early…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Following the recent spurt in oil prices to well over $50 a barrel, state-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC) on Sunday hiked prices of petrol by Rs 1.29 a litre, and…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) A 30-year-old man, celebrating on New Year’s Eve with his friends at a resturant here, died under mysterious circumstances after hitting himself with a beer bottle while dancing, police said…
Sao Paulo (Brazil), Jan 1 (IANS) A man in Brazil has killed his former wife, son and nine others celebrating the arrival of the New Year, before shooting self, the BBC reported on Sunday. The…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Traffic violations in the national capital on New Year’s Eve this time were double as compared to the last year, police said on Sunday. Senior police officials attribute the increased…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Two Indians were among the 39 people killed in the terror attack at a nightclub in Istanbul early on Sunday, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said. “I have a bad…
Kabul, Jan 1 (IANS) At least 49 armed militants have been killed during a series of operations across Afghanistan since Saturday, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday. The operations, according to the ministry’s statement, covered…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to banks to give preference to the needs of poor and middle class in his address to…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Leading automobile major Hyundai Motor India on Sunday said it has achieved 5.2 percent growth in domestic sales to 5,00,537 units in calendar year 2016, as against 4,76,001 units in…