London, April 28 (IANS) Grammy Award-winning singer Sam Smith is reportedly working with British electronic music group Clean Bandit. According to dailystar.co.uk, Smith is teaming up with the “Rockabye” hitmakers on a follow up to…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Friday registered a money laundering case against some Trinamool Congress leaders over their alleged involvement in the Narada sting in which the accused received money in…
Manila, April 28 (IANS) Foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) met here on Friday to begin a trade and economic integration summit. The summit precedes the Saturday meeting between the…
Bhubaneswar, April 28 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas killed two villagers in Odisha’s Malkangiri district, police said on Friday. The incident occurred on Thursday night. The victims were identified as Bisu Kisani and Ram Padiami. Meanwhile, a…
Visakhapatnam, April 28 (IANS) Naik Bhoota Venkata Ramana was to visit his home here soon. But on Thursday his family received the shocking news of his death in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir….
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) Buoyant gold sales on Akshaya Tritiya brought cheer to jewellers in Mumbai and elsewhere in the country as customers thronged retail outlets to make their customary festive purchases on Friday. All…
Washington, April 28 (IANS) Arkansas has executed a convict after state authorities put a temporary hold to allow the US Supreme Court to consider motions for stays of execution, the media reported. Thursday night’s execution…
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) Indian equity markets were subdued by weak global cues and heavy selling pressure in FMCG and banking stocks during the mid-afternoon trade session on Friday. The key indices traded in the…
By Saurabh Katkurwar New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) After scoring success with the US, Australia and Iran, India is now eyeing the untapped Japanese and South Korean markets for exporting mangoes, a top official has…
Srinagar, April 28 (IANS) The Indian Army on Friday resumed search operations in Kashmir’s Kupwara district for a militant who escaped after a gunfight that killed three soldiers and two militants on Thursday. According to…
By Alison Saldanha Among larger Indian states, Gujarat has the least number of vaccinated children: 50.4 per cent (2015-16 data). The immunisation rate of the fourth-richest state (2013-14) is now worse than that of some…
Tokyo, April 28 (IANS) Japan will not make concessions in its negotiations with the US for a bilateral trade deal, Finance Minister Taro Aso said. Aso, who is also the deputy prime minister, warned that…
Wellington, April 28 (IANS) New Zealand and Australian troops in Iraq will train about 2,000 Iraqi security forces personnel in the next fortnight to fight Islamic State (IS) insurgents, the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF)…
By Subhash K Jha Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) For years now, lyricists of Hindi films have been a neglected lot. This wasnt so earlier. Songs of stature in the past like Pardeeps “Ae mere watan…
By Vinod Behl Three years ago, when Manav Singh, an aviation entrepreneur from Shimla, forayed into real estate with the launch of a mega 100-acre luxury township in the picturesque Auramah Valley, next to popular…
San Francisco, April 28 (IANS) US tech giant Apple is experimenting with wireless charging technologies that could see users charge their iPhones with a Wi-Fi router. “Apple’s patent application for ‘Wireless Charging and Communications Systems…
New York, April 28 (IANS) Facebook Messenger Lite, a stand-alone version of Messenger for Android for markets with slower than average internet speeds is now available in over 132 countries including Vietnam, Nigeria, Peru, Turkey,…
By Nury Vittachi Legislative officials in the European Union have been trying to decide whether robots are people or not. This is idiotic. Of course they are people. The little robot in my smartphone told…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday called on Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades who is on a five day visit to India. “Intensifying cooperation with Cyprus. External Affairs Minister Sushma…
Bagpat (Uttar Pradesh), April 28 (IANS) At least a dozen new expressways would be constructed in the coming year to connect various states in the country, of which three will be started in 2017, it…