Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) US House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would block Syrian and Iraqi refugees from entering the US unless they pass strict background checks. (151029) — WASHINGTON D.C.,…
Hyderabad: Stills from Telugu film `Express Raja`. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad: Stills from Telugu film `Express Raja`. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad: Stills from Telugu film `Express Raja`. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad: Stills from Telugu film `Express Raja`. (Photo:…
The Andhra Pradesh government today inked a pact with 16 companies, including Mahindra & Mahindra and ITC, to market products under the DWCRA scheme in the international market. Launched in 1982, Development of Women and…
Mumbai, Nov 19 (PTI) South actress Kriti Kharbanda will be seen romancing actor Emraan Hashmi in the fourth instalment of “Raaz”. Kriti, who has acted in Kannada and Telugu films, is now making her debut…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (PTI) Sikh riots’ victims activist and AAP member H S Phoolka today caused a flutter by demanding that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi be stripped of Bharat Ratna award as he…
Kolkata, Nov 19 (PTI) The hugely popular Indian Premier League is leading a cricket “revolution” in strife-torn Afghanistan where the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament and Bollywood sells like hot cakes. Such was the Indian T20 craze…
Kolkata, Nov 19 (IANS) Weeks after a lower court granted bail to Trinamool Congress lawmaker and Saradha scam accused Madan Mitra, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday cancelled the relief and directed the politico to…
Panaji, Nov 19 (IANS) He may have played a young Ramanujan, India’s greatest mathematician, but for 25-year-old Dev Patel, mathematics as a subject in the school curriculum has always been a scourge. But maths or…
Mumbai, Nov 19 (IANS) In a dramatic development, the CBI here on Thursday evening arrested former media tycoon Peter Mukerjea in connection with the murder of his step-daugther Sheena Bora. Peter — the husband of…
Indore: Geeta, a deaf-mute Indian woman who had been stranded in Pakistan for over a decade arrives at Indore, on Oct 27, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The DNA sample of Geeta,…
Andhra Pradesh: An aerial view of the flood affected areas of the Andhra Pradesh on Nov 18, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh has sought an immediate financial assistance of Rs.1,000 crore…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) An estimated 47 lakh serving central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners, including defence personnel, on Thursday had reason to cheer with the 7th Pay Commission recommending a 16-percent salary…
London, Nov 19 (IANS) Exiled England batsman Kevin Pietersen on Thursday slammed the national selectors for their decision to drop experienced Ian Bell from the Test cricket squad, terming it as “pathetic”. Bell was a…
Chennai, Nov 19 (IANS) An Indian bureaucrat on Thursday regaled an audience here by revealing how he ended up heading the department of chemicals and petrochemicals despite faring badly in chemistry in school. Surjit Kumar…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday accused the Narendra Modi government of pursuing “communal and divisive politics” and said it was “systematically working to dismantle the Congress legacy and rewrite…
Chennai, Nov 19 (IANS) With the rain abating in the last two days, flood relief work was proceeding fast on Thursday in the affected districts in Tamil Nadu where the toll has gone up to…
Jaipur, Nov 19 (IANS) Describing the recent incidents of intolerance as “stray” and “blown out of proportion”, union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said India is the “most tolerant country in the world”….
Paris, Nov 19 (IANS) Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected ringleader of the bloody Paris terror attacks, was killed in a police raid a day earlier, the prosecutor’s office said on Thursday. Papillary prints — which include…
Mumbai, Nov 19 (IANS) Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani’s upcoming production venture “Saala Khadoos”, starring actor R. Madhavan, will release on January 29 next year. “Saala Khadoos” (“Irrudhi Suttru” in Tamil) is a bilingual film that was…
Mumbai, Nov 19 (IANS) Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who will be seen on the big screen with Kajol after five years, says he finds calling her a ‘friend’ strange. Mumbai: Actors Shah Rukh Khan and…