New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “silence” along with the silence of institutions like the Sahitya Akademi is permitting a new “degree of thuggish violence” in India, said celebrated author Salman Rushdie….
Chandigarh, Oct 13 (IANS) Amid the growing number of litterateurs giving up their literary awards over growing intolerance and attempts to muzzle freedom of speech and expression, eminent Punjabi writer Dalip Kaur Tiwana on Tuesday…
Hyderabad, Oct 13 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will rename the country’s key missile complex here after noted scientist and former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on his birth anniversary on October 15, an official statement…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Deposits in accounts opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana have exceeded Rs.25,000 crore, the government said on Tuesday. The deposits have come as low-cost deposits. According to an…
Mumbai, Oct 13 (IANS) A day after blackening the face of veteran journalist and BJP leader Sudheendra Kulkarni, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday called him a “Pakistani agent”. Such “elements” may be the handful in…
Guntur, Oct 13 (IANS) Police foiled YSR Congress party president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy’s fast early on Tuesday by shifting him to a hospital, where he was forcibly administered fluids. The leader of opposition was on…
Bengaluru, Oct 13 (IANS) Chinese technology start-up OnePlus said on Monday it would make in India smartphones through contract manufacturing at Taiwanese Foxconn’s Rising Stars factory in Andhra Pradesh’s Sri City. “Producing smartphones in India…
Hyderabad, Oct 12 (IANS) Bathukamma, the floral festival of Telangana, got off to a colourful start on Monday with women enthusiastically participating in the festivities across the state. A festival atmosphere prevailed in the state…
Guntur, Oct 12 (IANS) YSR Congress party president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy’s condition deteriorated further on Monday as he continued for the sixth day his indefinite fast to demand special category status to Andhra Pradesh. The…
Hyderabad, Oct 12 (IANS) The Taj Falaknuma here has been awarded number one position among the best palace hotels in the world category for 2015 by the world’s leading travel and tourism website – Trip…
Varanasi, Oct 12 (IANS) Phil Scanlan, a member of a US delegation in India to assess NGO Sulabh’s work, on Monday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Swaccha Bharat’ initiative, saying it has made India cleaner…
Los Angeles, Oct 12 (IANS) Steven Tyler is threatening to sue Donald Trump over the use of Aerosmith’s song “Dream on”. On Saturday, the Aerosmith frontman sent a ‘cease and desist’ letter to the Republican…
Patna, Oct 12 (IANS) Tens of thousands voted or stood in serpentine queues at polling booths on Monday in the first round of assembly election in Bihar — the country’s biggest popularity test since the…
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) GMR Infrastructure announced on Sunday its subsidiary Kakinada SEZ Pvt Ltd has signed an agreement with Japan’s JGC Corporation for co-developing an export-oriented food processing park at its Kakinada Special…
Vijayawada, Oct 11 (IANS) The indefinite fast by YSR Congress party president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy for special status to Andhra Pradesh entered its fifth day on Sunday. A large number of party workers gathered at…
Kathmandu, Oct 11 (IANS) Communist leader Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli was on Sunday elected prime minister of Nepal — the first premier of the Himalayan nation after the September 20 promulgation of a federal constitution….
Hyderabad, Oct 11 (IANS) Five members of a family attempted suicide and two of them died in Telangana’s Mahabubnagar district on Sunday, police said. The incident occurred in Gollapalli village. A land dispute is believed…
Islamabad, Oct 11 (IANS) The US has given Pakistan $265 million during the current fiscal year under Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for capacity enhancement in counter terrorism and counter-insurgency, revealed a US State Department report….