New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said all opposition parties — even those who did not attend a joint press conference in Delhi — were united on demonetisation and…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Following actor Aamir Khans comments on “intollerance” in November 2015 at an award ceremony, the BJP social media cell organised a campaign to build pressure on Snapdeal to drop Aamir…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday reiterated his demand for an inquiry into allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi receiving bribes from Sahara and Birla corporate houses when he…
Dehradun, Dec 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong pitch for demonetisation on Tuesday and said the move is aimed to weed out corruption from the country and give India its long deserving…
Seoul, Dec 27 (IANS) Twenty-nine deputies from South Korean ruling Saenuri party, who are critical of embattled President Park Geun-hye, have begun the process of forming a new political party after formally resigning from the…
Washington, Dec 27 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump, who will inherit over 100 vacant federal courts, and an open Supreme Court seat, plans to reshape the judiciary after taking office, a media report said. The…
Washington, Dec 27 (IANS) President Barack Obama expressed confidence that he would have been able to marshal enough support to defeat Donald Trump if he had been eligible to run for a third term. In…
By Radhika Bhirani A ‘father figure’ in international music, gone too soon. At 17, George Michael delved into infidelity through his evergreen classic “Careless whisper”, saying “Guilty feet have got no rhythm” — like perhaps…
Bhubaneswar, Dec 26 (IANS) India on Monday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-V from the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast in Balasore district. This is the fourth…
London, Dec 26 (IANS) British singer-songwriter George Michael has died at his home in Oxfordshire, England at the age of 53. “It is with great sadness that we can confirm our beloved son, brother and…
Jerusalem, Dec 26 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded the US ambassador to provide “clarifications” after Washington abstained from a UN vote on the illegitimacy of the West Bank settlements. A statement by the…
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) The government has no plans to impose long-term capital gains tax on share transactions in the upcoming budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley clarified on Sunday, describing media reports of Prime…
London, Dec 25 (IANS) Queen Elizabeth II will not attend Sunday’s Christmas Day church service because she is still suffering from a heavy cold, the Buckingham Palace announced. A spokesman said the Queen would stay…
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced lucky draw schemes for people who use digital payment methods including e-banking, mobile banking and e-wallets. In his monthly radio address to the…
Moscow, Dec 25 (IANS) A Russian military plane, reported missing on Sunday shortly after takeoff from the city of Sochi with 92 people aboard, has crashed, leaving a trail of plane wreckage in the Black…
Jerusalem, Dec 25 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed at the Obama administration on Saturday, after a US abstention in a UN vote that passed a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement construction….
Washington, Dec 25 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump applauded Russian leader Vladimir Putin for saying that Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party have been unable to “lose with dignity”. “Vladimir Putin said today about Hillary…
By Arun Kumar Washington, Dec 24 (IANS) They came, they saw and they stamped their approval of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States.And with that came crashing down a third time…
By Haricharan Pudipeddi Chennai, Dec 24 (IANS) From superstar Rajinikanth’s Tamil gangster drama “Kabali” to Mohanlal’s Malayalam action-drama “Puli Murugan”, southern cinema thrived on the business made by these biggies and at the same time…
By Haricharan Pudipeddi Film: “Vangaveeti”; Director: Ram Gopal Varma Cast: Sandeep Kumar, Vamsi Nakkanti, Vamsi Chaganti and Naina Ganguly Rating: ***1/2 In “Vangaveeti”, based on the gang warfare of the 1980s in Vijayawada, Ram Gopal…