By Partha Sarathi Mitra New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Japanese major Nikon, which is celebrating 100 years in business this year, has unveiled its high-end “Nikon D850” — the first full-frame DSLR to earn a…
By Saket Suman Book: Tinman; Author: Sarah Winman; Publisher: Hachette India; Price: Rs 399; Pages: 197 Some novels have simple beginnings but they go a far longer way in constructing the narrative of the story…
Panaji, Oct 30 (IANS) The controversy over former BJP MLA Vishnu Wagh’s book of poems, ‘Sudhir Sukta’, attacking Goa’s elite Gaud Saraswat Brahmin caste, refuses to die with vernacular literateurs and friends of Wagh hitting…
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Senior IPS officer Y.C. Modi, who was part of a Supreme Court-appointed team that probed the 2002 Gujarat riots cases, on Monday took over as NIA chief, succeeding Sharad Kumar….
By Arundhuti Banerjee Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) Actress Taapsee Pannu, who has made her mark with films like “Pink”, “Naam Shabana” and “Judwaa 2”, says she is yet to crack the code of being an…
San Francisco, Oct 30 (IANS) Dismissing reports of a lukewarm demand for its “super premium” iPhone X that becomes available from November 3, Apple has said the demand for the device is “off the charts”….
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) External Affairs Minster Sushma Swaraj on Monday called on visiting Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni and discussed issues of mutual interest. “EAM @SushmaSwaraj calls on Prime Minister of Italy Paolo…
Business Wire IndiaIncreased economic activities, higher urbanization rates, residential and commercial infrastructure modernization, and rising crime are factors driving the need for video surveillance in India. A shift from analog to IP technologies, cloud solutions…
Madrid, Oct 30 (IANS) Real Madrid were the victims of the biggest shock of the football season to date in the Spanish La Liga when they were defeated 1-2 away to newly promoted Girona. It…
Mandya (Karnataka), Oct 30 (IANS) Thirteen persons, including 10 women, and a five-year-old child were killed when a mini-truck they were travelling in rammed into a huge tree here, police said on Monday. “There was…
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Tushar Gandhi on Monday opposed any re-investigation into the assassination of the Father of the Nation but the Supreme Court questioned his locus standi. The querry from…
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre’s response on a plea challenging the mandatory linking of mobile phones with Aadhaar. A bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Ashok…
Riyadh, Oct 30 (IANS) Saudi Arabia will allow women to attend sports events in stadiums for the first time from next year, a part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s major drive to modernise the…
Young hero Naga Shourya who took almost one year gap from films will next be coming up with a pure family entertainer film Chalo. In fact, the reason for Naga Shourya taking such long gap…
By Radhika Bhirani Jaipur, Oct 30 (IANS) The sitar, tabla and flute played on. And the youngsters in the crowd heard the classical ensemble in awe. Sitar maestro Shujaat Khan says it’s surprising and heartening…
London, Oct 30 (IANS) Cambridge University researchers have pinpointed the date of what could be the oldest solar eclipse yet recorded. The event, which occurred on October 30, 1207 BC, is mentioned in the Bible,…
San Juan, Oct 30 (IANS) Puerto Rican authorities have cancelled a $300 million contract awarded to a small US firm to rebuild part of the islands hurricane-ravaged power grid, the media reported. The contract with…
Mumbai/Ahmedabad, Oct 30 (IANS) A Jet Airways Mumbai-New Delhi flight was diverted to Ahmedabad shortly after some “security issues” were detected onboard early on Monday, a statement said. The flight with 122 passengers, including seven…
San Francisco, Oct 30 (IANS) A former Facebook employee is suing the social media giant for allegedly misclassifying employees to exempt them from overtime pay. According to a report in arstechnica.com on Monday, Susie Bigger,…
Raigad (Maharashtra), Oct 30 (IANS) After nearly 18 months, the famed 110-year old Matheran Toy Train resumed partial services on Monday, after it was suspended in May 2016 following several derailments, a top official said….