New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called Sister Nivedita an “extraordinary person” who spread the message of the importance of cleanliness and service to mankind. The Prime Minister urged countrymen…
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, Oct 29 (IANS) The electorate in Himachal Pradesh wear their loyalties not on their sleeves but on their heads. In other states, voters may prefer to maintain silence about their affiliation…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) With the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Man Booker Prize — the two most coveted literary honours — having been awarded earlier in October, the literary…
San Francisco, Oct 29 (IANS) Apple has allegedly sacked an engineer after his daughter’s video of an unreleased iPhone X went viral on YouTube, the media reported. In the video posted earlier this week, Brooke…
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday met National Award-winning actor Akshay Kumar and lauded his efforts towards helping the Indian Army. “Met Akshay Kumar… Appreciated his efforts towards supporting the…
Sepang (Malaysia), Oct 29 (IANS) Team Ducati’s Italian rider Andrea Dovizioso won the Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix on Sunday while Spaniard Marc Marquez of Repsol Honda finished fourth. Dovizioso’s victory at the Sepang circuit keeps…
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday talked about the benefits of Chhath Puja, saying it helped to prevent diseases. “Sun prayer or Chhath Puja is a festival of environment protection,…
Bhubaneswar, Oct 29 (IANS) The Odisha government on Sunday said it will implement School Safety Policy designed by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to include lessons on disaster preparedness in school textbooks. “School Safety…
Washington, Oct 29 (IANS) Twitter has suspended the account of US President Donald Trump’s former adviser Roger Stone after he sent a volley of tweets threatening several journalists at the CNN news channel. Stone, a…
Dharmasthala (Karnataka), Oct 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a veiled but scathing attack on the Congress over corruption in development funds, asking which was the “hand” that reduced every rupee of…
London, Oct 29 (IANS) Actor Adam Sandler has come under fire for repeatedly touching actress Claire Foy during a chat on TV show “The Graham Norton Show”, appearing to leave her uncomfortable and embarrassed. In…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Oct 29 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping has told herdsmen in Tibet to “set down roots” near the Sino-India border and safeguard Chinese territory. In a reply to a letter by…
Montreal, Oct 29 (IANS) Actors Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen were spotted cosying up to each other while shooting a scene for their upcoming comedy film “Flarsky”. The actors were filming the comedy directed by…
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) The Khadi Gramodyog Bhavan store here witnessed a record sale of Rs 1 crore on the occasion of Dhanteras, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. In his monthly radio…
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Oct 29 (IANS) A 39-year-old acoustic engineer who worked in a television studio for eight hours a day and six days a week for eight years went to see an ENT…