Melbourne, Jan 13 (IANS) Defending champion Roger Federer on Sunday said his opponents will need to play well to beat him during the upcoming Australian Open, the first grand slam of the year. Federer is…
Lucknow, Jan 13 (IANS) The Congress will contest all the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming general elections, party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad announced on Sunday. Azad spoke a day after…
Madrid, Jan 13 (IANS) Real Madrid’s Argentine coach Santiago Solari has said Spain midfielder Fransico Alarcon, best known as Isco, is wise enough to figure out on his own how to deal with his current…
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals have roped in experienced coach Paddy Upton for the forthcoming season of the lucrative Twenty20 tournament. “Upton has outstanding credentials and has been closely…
Shimla, Jan 13 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court has refused to stay the transfer of forest land to an Asian Development Bank-funded hydropower project in the state’s Kinnaur district being executed by the state-run…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Portfolio management company Equity Intelligence, whose investors’ wealth was eroded by almost 44 per cent in the current fiscal, has apologised to its investors admitting that investing in LEEL Electricals…
Jammu, Jan 13 (IANS) A soldier was injured on Sunday in sniper fire from Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. Defence Ministry sources said the incident took place…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised a red-flag on the spike in non-performing assets (NPAs) under the government’s flagship scheme to support micro enterprises in the country –…
Los Angeles, Jan 13 (IANS) Actress Jada Pinkett Smith says it’s heartbreaking how some people have criticised victims for speaking against singer R. Kelly, who has been accused of sexually assaulting several women. On a…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the BJP government is committed to ensuring justice to the 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims and asked why the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara was allowed…
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) As the festive fervour has set in with festivals like Lohri, Makar Sankranti, Pongal and Bihu, Bollywood celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Anupam Kher and Hema Malini wished love and happiness to…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Jan 13 (IANS) China and India, the world’s two largest greenhouse gas emitters, are keen on joint ventures in manufacturing electric vehicles as companies from both countries held talks at a…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) It is exactly something that the BJP had a sense of foreboding about. The alliance between the SP & BSP in UP is a monumental leap of faith between two…
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Ranveer Singh starrer “Simmba”, backed by Reliance Entertainment, Rohit Shetty Picturez and Dharma Productions, has become the biggest Bollywood box office earner for all three production houses by collecting Rs 350…
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Bollywood playback singer Dev Negi, who has sung “Aala re aala” from “Simmba”, says the popularity of a song now depends on its promotion on mainstream platforms. “I think the popularity…
Srinagar, Jan 13 (IANS) Five civilians were injured on Sunday in clashes between security forces and demonstrators in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district following the killing of a militant commander. Stone-pelting youth clashed with the…
By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Actor Anupam Kher says he couldn’t care less about adverse reviews to his latest film “The Accidental Prime Minister”, based on former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s life….
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The cultural fabric and ethos of India is being unmade with every passing day, says activist Harsh Mander, fearing that “hatred and bigotry” may become “the new normal”. In his…
Los Angeles, Jan 13 (IANS) Singer Kanye West pulled out of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival because the event organisers wouldn’t build him a giant dome. According to billboard.com, on January 1, just…
By Rohit Vaid Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Key inflationary trends, combined with the ongoing quarterly result season, are expected to determine the movement of equity indices next week. The sharp deceleration in the rate of…