Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) Key Indian equity market indices were trading flat on Friday, after three straight days of gains. The key indices, however, opened in the positive territory. Against the previous close at 24,606.99…
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the CBI on a plea by the Delhi government seeking the return of documents that the investigating agency had taken from the…
Chennai, March 4 (IANS) To commemorate the first anniversary of Tamil con thriller “Rajathandhiram”, its makers are set to unveil the first six minutes of ” Rajathandhiram 2″ on March 13. Directed and produced by…
Toronto, March 4 (IANS) An Indian-origin Sikh hockey player was honoured in the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC), a media report said. Assistant deputy speaker of the B.C. Legislature, MLA Raj Chouhan, honoured 92-year-old…
Washington, March 4 (IANS) By pushing NASAs Hubble Space Telescope to its limits, an international team of astronomers has shattered the cosmic distance record by measuring the farthest galaxy ever seen in the universe. This…
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 4 (IANS) With Donald Trump emerging as the undisputed frontrunner in the presidential nomination race, the Republican establishment mounted a concerted attack on the brash billionaire on and off stage…
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Former Lok Sabha speaker P. A. Sangma died of a heart attack on Friday morning. He was 68 years old. Sangma served the sixteenth Lok Sabha as its speaker from…
Chennai, March 4 (IANS) The teaser of Suriya-starrer Tamil sci-fi thriller “24”, with its world class visuals, will leave audiences in awe as well as intrigue them with the time-travel concept on which the core…
By Sandeep Sharma Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) Deepti Naval, who has essayed a melange of powerful and memorable roles in Indian showbiz, will be seen playing a singer in the forthcoming TV show “Meri Awaaz…
London, March 4 (IANS) Overturning an earlier order from the Hamburg data protection authority on Facebook’s “real name” policy, a German court has allowed the social networking giant to prevent its users from using fake…
Jamnagar (Gujarat), March 4 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday presented President’s Standard to 119 Helicopter Unit and President’s Colours to 28 Equipment Depot of the Indian Air Force here. One of the premier flying…
Washington, March 4 (IANS) The New Horizons team has discovered a chain of exotic snowcapped mountains stretching across the dark expanse on Pluto, informally named “Cthulhu Regio”, that has methane — an important trace gas…
Hanoi, March 4 (IANS) Vietnam is experiencing its most severe drought in almost a century, and farmers have adopted measures to save their crops amid the water shortage, the media reported on Friday. In the…
By Vikas Datta Title: The World in Conflict; Author: John Andrews; Publisher: The Economist Books/Hachette; Pages: 320; Price: Rs. 499 The human race’s optimism would have been comic, had it not been frequently belied by…
Jakarta, March 4 (IANS) Indonesian authorities have admitted that most buoys which were installed for tsunami alerts were not working when recently a 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Sumatra island, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said…
Beijing, March 4 (IANS) China is set to raise its defence budget by around 7 to 8 percent this year, an official said on Friday. At a press conference a day ahead of the National…
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) It was a warm morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling at 21.4 degrees Celsius, the weather office said. The day would remain partly cloudy with the…
By Nury Vittachi Airport Counter Staff: “Anything to check in, sir?” Me: “Yes, these three.” Staff: “I’m sorry, you’ll have to take them on board with you.” Me: [sighing]: “Okay, fine. Come on, kids.” I…
Havana, March 4 (IANS) European Union (EU) Foreign Policy chief Federica Mogherini will visit Cuba on March 10-11 to push forward talks that could finalise an agreement on normalising bilateral ties. Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister…
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