Budapest, Oct 22 (IANS) Bajrang Punia is just a step away from becoming Indias second gold medallist at the World Wrestling Championships as he knocked out Alejandro Valdes Tobier of Cuba 4-3 to enter the…
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) A total of 400 petrol pumps, many with CNG dispensing units, began a day-long strike on Monday in protest against Delhi government’s refusal to reduce VAT on fuels. The Delhi…
Rae Bareli, Oct 22 (IANS) Hundreds of posters terming Priyanka Gandhi Vadra an “emotional blackmailer” were seen on Monday in Rae Bareli, the parliamentary constituency of her mother and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. The posters…
Moscow, Oct 22 (IANS) Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has questioned the intelligence behind US President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw from a key Cold War nuclear weapons treaty. Gorbachev, who signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear…
Los Angeles, Oct 22 (IANS) Universal and Blumhouse’s horror film “Halloween” dominated North American box office in its opening weekend with an estimated $77.5 million, scoring the second biggest horror opening weekend of all-time. The…
Taipei, Oct 21 (IANS) At least 22 people died and 171 other passengers were injured Sunday when a train derailed near the Taiwanese capital, the country’s emergency services said. The high-speed Puyuma Express, which was…
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against its own Special Director Rakesh Asthana of accepting bribe to settle a case of meat exporter Moin Qureshi, who is…
Guwahati, Oct 21 (IANS) Opener Rohit Sharma and skipper Virat Kohli scored blistering centuries to help India thrash the West Indies by eight wickets in the first One-Day International match here on Sunday. India dominated…
Bengaluru, Oct 21 (IANS) Kannada actor Sruthi Hariharan on Sunday alleged that she was subjected to “unwanted advances” by south Indian multi-lingual actor Arjun Sarja. “I was subjected to unwanted overtures by Arjun Sarja on…
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his government is committed to taking “big and bold” decisions on country’s security, and that whosoever poses a threat to India’s sovereignty, will…
Mumbai, Oct 21 (IANS) Bollywood actors Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone on Sunday announced that they are set to tie the knot on November 14-15. They shared a note on their Twitter accounts. It read:…
Washington, Oct 21 (IANS) Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was confronted at a restaurant in Kentucky, the media reported on Sunday. McConnell, a Republican representing Kentucky, was dining at Havana Rumba in Louisville, Kentucky,…
Amritsar, Oct 21 (IANS) Angry residents blocked traffic around the Joda Phatak area in Amritsar on Sunday to protest against the apathy of the Punjab government and the railways towards the families of 59 people…
Beijing, Oct 21 (IANS) Twenty-two miners were trapped following a coal mine accident in China’s Shandong province, authorities reported on Sunday. The miners were trapped after a rock burst on Saturday night inside the mine…
Washington, Oct 21 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has announced that America was pulling out of the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) with Russia, a decades-old agreement signed in 1987. “Russia has violated the…
Berlin/Paris, Oct 21 (IANS) Strongly condemning the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi consulate in Istanbul, both France and Germany have called for “further” and “comprehensive” investigation into the incident. “With great dismay, we…
Hyderabad, Oct 20 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) shares Bharatiya Janata Party’s ideology of hatred and divisiveness. In the first direct and bitter attack on the former ally…
Hyderabad, Oct 20 (IANS) Reacting sharply to Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s remark that MIM shared BJP’s ideology of hatred, MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday his party would continue to fight both soft and hard…
Chennai, Oct 20 (IANS) Tamil cinema superstar Rajinikanth on Saturday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict on Sabarimala, but cautioned against interfering with the traditions of temples. He said that every temple had some traditions, and…
Mumbai, Oct 20 (IANS) At least three persons were injured when the fuel tank of an auto-rickshaw suddenly exploded as it was being refuelled at a CNG station in Kandivali West here on Saturday morning,…