New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Embark on an adventurous journey of a violin prodigy, the narrative of a 19 century merchant, the account of an adolescent’s lust for revenge and the chronicle of a woman’s…
Mumbai, May 20 (IANS) Key Indian equity markets on Friday opened on a flat note during the early morning trade session. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) edged down by 5.10…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) India on Friday sent two two Naval ships with relief material to the cyclone-hit Sri Lanka. INS Sutlej, a survey vessel, sailed for Colombo from Southern Naval Command in Kochi….
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) It was a warm Friday morning with the minimum temperature recorded at 31.2 degrees Celsius, which was five notches above from season’s average, the weather office said. The day ahead…
San Francisco, May 20 (IANS) In its bid to stop Google employees from leaving the company and begin their own ventures, Indian-born top executive Sundar Pichai has announced the company plans to set up a…
Washington, May 20 (IANS) US President Barack Obama confirmed considering either partially or fully lifting an embargo on arms sales to Vietnam that has been in place for the last three decades. Obama said on…
Washington, May 20 (IANS) Support for gay marriage in the US has reached a new record high with 61 percent Americans saying that same-sex unions should be recognised by the law as valid, a poll…
Paris, May 20 (IANS) France is set to host an international conference to revive peace talks in the Middle East on June 3 in Paris, Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said. The France-led initiative aims to…
Brasilia, May 20 (IANS) Brazil’s Public Prosecutor’s Office denounced former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for allegedly obstructing the course of justice during probe into the scandal-ridden state-oil company Petrobras. TV Globo, which obtained…
Singer Selena Gomez. (File Photo: IANS) Los Angles, May 20 (IANS) Singer Selena Gomez dines on pickles and water while on tour, and keeps chips and chocolates handy too. The “Good for you” hitmaker, who…
Taipei, May 20 (IANS) Leader of Taiwan’s pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (PDP), Tsai Ing-wen on Friday was sworn-in as the first female president of the island nation. Shortly after Tsai was sworn in as president,…
Beijing, May 20 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened lower on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.5 percent to open at 2,792.89 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.78 percent lower at 9,657.75 points….
Beijing, May 20 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 21 basis points to 6.5510 against the US dollar on Friday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading…
Mumbai, May 20 (IANS) Actor Sandeep Bharadwaj hopes that his film “Veerappan”, directed by Ram Gopal Varma creates a similar boost to his career as Varma’s another film “Satya” had done for actor Manoj…
Lagos, May 20 (IANS) The Nigerian Army on Thursday confirmed the rescue of another girl abducted by Boko Haram militants in the northeastern Borno state in April 2014. The Army Colonel’s spokesperson Usman Sani Kukasheka…
Cairo, May 20 (IANS) A translation mistake of EgyptAir’s press release about finding wreckage of the missing flight MS804 has caused misunderstanding, a source from EgyptAir told Xinhua. An EgyptAir source said the Arabic version…
Mahesh Babu’s today release Brahmotsavam is all set to hit screens today. While the trailer and the interviews of Mahesh babu has already upped the anticipation surrounding the movie, the fans who have been eagerly…
Los Angeles, May 20 (IANS) Rapper Kanye West says that he was raised to do something bigger in life, to “make a difference”. During Making an appearance on the “The Ellen DeGeneres” show, the “Gold…
Lagos, May 20 (IANS) Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met the rescued Chibok schoolgirl, Amina Ali-Nkeki, at the Presidential Villa in the capital Abuja. The girl with her months-old baby, her mother and her…
Dar es Salaam, May 20 (IANS) A group of gangsters on Wednesday night stormed a mosque in Tanzania’s northern region of Mwanza, killing three people, including the leader of the mosque, police have said. Ahmed…