By Debayan Mukherjee Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) Ask anyone if Jeje Lalpekhlua can be dropped from the Indian football team on current form, and he will laugh in your face. But ask Jeje, the just-crowned…
Detroit, Dec 30 (IANS) Singer Trey Songz was arrested after he destroyed the stage he was performing on during a concert here, the police have confirmed. According to Detroit Police Department spokesman Dan Donakowski, Songz…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) With his self-imposed 50-day deadline ending on Friday, the Trinamool Congress asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to own up responsibility for the adverse effects of demonetisation and resign. “The Prime…
Lucknow, Dec 30 (IANS) The ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) appeared headed for a split on Friday as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav raised the banner of revolt against his father and party chief Mulayam…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Only moisturising your skin is not enough in winter. Make sure you lock the moisture using oil, says an expert. Vishal Bhandari, founder at Soul Tree, a brand which makes…
New York, Dec 30 (IANS) Giving more controls to the advertisers, Snapchat is using a recently rolled out machine learning technique — goal-based bidding — through which it determines the users who are most likely…
Los Angeles, Dec 30 (IANS) Actor Ryan Gosling will join hands with his “La La Land” director Damien Chazelle to star in the upcoming film “First Man”, a biopic on the life of Neil Armstrong,…
United Nations, Dec 30 (IANS) Outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will be the special guest at the Times Square in New York to help drop the square’s famous crystal ball on Saturday night to usher…
Srinagar, Dec 30 (IANS) Eight protesters and two security men were injured in clashes on Friday in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, the state police said. Earlier, the security forces cordoned off the Galander area of…
By Biswajit Choudhury Mumbai, Dec 30 (IANS) The year 2016 has been the most momentous since India’s Independence for the Reserve Bank on account of a trinity of events — Raghuram Rajan’s exit from the…
Pune, Dec 30 (IANS) Six labourers were asphyxiated to death as they slept inside a locked bakery where a fire broke out early on Friday, the city police said here. The blaze, believed to be…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking the quashing of Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar’s appointment as the next Chief Justice of India. The vacation bench of Justice R.K….
Washington, Dec 30 (IANS) To protect astronauts from the harsh Martian environment, the best building material for a new home on the Red Planet may lie in ice, say NASA researchers. The surface of Mars…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The changing lifestyle, increasing urbanisation and greater exposure to liberal culture caused a huge change in the wedding market of India. According to one survey, 2016 has brought phenomenal change…
By Chinmaya Dehury Bhubaneswar, Dec 30 (IANS) The SUM Hospital tragedy, poor healthcare, shoddy handling of the Mahanadi water-sharing dispute and the CBI inquiry into the multi-crore chit fund scam dogged the Naveen Patnaik-led Odisha…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) On the last day of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 50-day grace period to set right the demonetisation woes, the same set of problems continues to trouble people across the country…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s office was burgled late night on Thursday, the city police said. “There was a robbery at the Patparganj office of Deputy CM late night…
Chennai, Dec 30 (IANS) Superstar Rajinikanth is mighty pleased with the digitally re-mastered version of his iconic 1995 Tamil film “Baashha”, which is gearing up for re-release next month. Directed by Suresh Krissna, the film…
By Parmod Kumar New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The year that is ticking down saw the Supreme Court guarding its turf against the Narendra Modi government’s attempts to have its say in judicial appointments by…
Tokyo, Dec 30 (IANS) Japanese advertising giant Dentsu was investigated 10 times, before one of its employees committed suicide in 2015 due to excessive working hours, over suspicions of forcing its employees to work illegal…