Lucknow, May 30 (IANS) Re-polling in five polling booths of Shamli and 68 booths in Saharanpur falling under the Kairana parliamentary constituency is underway amid tight security, an official said on Wednesday. Voting began at…
Jakarta, May 30 (IANS) In a strong reaffirmation of India’s growing ties with southeast Asia, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that India and the Asean regional bloc can jointly ensure peace and…
London, May 30 (IANS) Actress Emilia Clarke has praised “Game Of Thrones” for its balance of male and female nudity. She has starred as the powerful Daenerys Targaryen on the hit HBO series for seven…
San Francisco, May 30 (IANS) Apple has introduced a software update for HomePod just ahead of next week’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2018 that will bring features such as AirPlay 2 or multi-room audio and…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy sky on Wednesday in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 29.6 degrees Celsius, three notches above the seasons average, the Met said….
San Juan, May 30 (IANS) Hurricane Maria killed more than 4,600 people in Puerto Rico, 70 times the official death toll of 64, the media reported on Wednesday. A Harvard University study estimated that a…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) A special court here on Wednesday granted interim protection to P. Chidambaram from arrest till June 5 in the Aircel-Maxis deal case. Special Judge O.P. Saini announced the order and…
San Salvador, May 30 (IANS) The US has quietly funded and equipped elite paramilitary police officers in El Salvador who are accused of illegally executing gang members, according to a report. A police unit –…
San Francisco, May 30 (IANS) Facebook did not anticipate the massive Cambridge Analytica data leak scandal nor did it see the abuse of its platform to sway election results coming, said Sheryl Sandberg, the social…
London, May 30 (IANS) The “Roseanne” sitcom has been cancelled after its star Roseanne Barr went on a racist Twitter rant. The ABC network cancelled the hit series on Tuesday, reports cnn.com. “Roseanne’s Twitter statement…
Mumbai, May 30 (IANS) When Sridevi, who had an impeccable dressing and style sense, saw bits of her daughter Janhvi’s yet-to-release Bollywood debut “Dhadak” before she passed away, she was happy but gave her some…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday raided the residence of Delhi Health and Power Minister Satyendra Jain in connection with hiring of creative teams for Mohalla clinics, schools and…
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) If you have a little over Rs 30,000 and wish for a top-of-the-line smartphone, there aren’t many good options available in India although the price segment is…
By Mohammed Shafeeq Title: Day and Dastan (Two novellas); Author: Intizar Husain; Translated by: Nishat Zaidi and Alok Bhalla; Publisher: Niyogi Books; Pages: 190; Price: Rs 395 “Din Aur Dastan” is one of the more…
Beijing, May 30 (IANS) The imposition of 25 per cent tariffs on certain Chinese products with industrially significant technology announced by the US goes against the consensus reached by both parties during the negotiations held…
Mississauga (Canada), May 30 (IANS) There are signs of tension between the Indian Consulate General in Toronto and the regional police over a hotline set up by the diplomatic mission after the explosion at a…
San Francisco, May 30 (IANS) Microsoft has surpassed Alphabet, the parent company of Google, in the market capitalisation for the first time in three years, becoming the third most valuable firm after Apple and Amazon…
Chennai, May 30 (IANS) The two day bank strike by over 10 lakh bankers demanding early wage settlement starting Wednesday has evoked good response nationwide, said a top leader of the All India Bank Employees’…
By Arul Louis New York, May 30 (IANS) The US has accused Indian authorities of not prosecuting cow protection vigilantes attacking Muslims suspected of slaughtering the animals or consuming beef amid “reports of hundreds of…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) As the world grapples with the challenge of climate change, a top Indian scientist has called for the opening of more Indian research stations in the Arctic. “India’s observer status…