New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) From Swedish DJ Axwell, DJ Marshmello and cricketer-singer Chris Gayle, several international artistes took to Twitter to wish their Indian fans Happy Diwali in ‘desi’ style. DJ Axwell, who has…
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) The Delhi Fire Service (DFS) has cancelled Diwali leave of all its employees and is ready with 1,500 fire fighters across the city to handle any emergency on Sunday. “We…
Los Angeles, Oct 30 (IANS) British singer Adele is planning to get engaged to long-term boyfriend Simon Konecki after five years and one son together. The star is said to have quietly agreed to marry…
New York, Oct 30 (IANS) US scientists have developed a non-toxic strain of Salmonella to penetrate and target cancer cells which may lead to promising new treatments that actively target and control the spread of…
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) A 39-year-old Delhi Police head constable on Sunday committed suicide here by shooting himself, the police said. The head constable, identified as Gyanendra Rathi, was a resident of north-east Delhi’s…
Turin, Oct 30 (IANS) Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain scored the winning goal against his former football club Napoli, helping the hosts to a dramatic 2-1 victory over their Serie A title rivals at the Juventus…
Shimla, Oct 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday celebrated Diwali with soldiers in a remote and strategic area in Himachal Pradesh, adjoining the Chinese border. Modi also made an unscheduled trip to a…
Panaji, Oct 30 (IANS) In a unique move to promote eco-friendly sightseeing in the coastal state, Goa Tourism will launch the pedibus — pedal-powered group cycling tours — on Monday. Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar will…
Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) Bollywood members like Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Aamir Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui took to Twitter to wish their fans and followers a progressive and joyous Diwali, and urged them to go…
Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) It seems that ace filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has taken an interesting way to send out message to celebrate cracker-free Diwali through a series of sarcastic messages on social media. In…
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 30 (IANS) The IT@School Project of the Kerala government will introduce a revamped SchoolWiki to foster a culture of collaborative content deployment in 15,000 schools on November 1, the Kerala Formation Day. SchoolWiki,…
Srinagar, Oct 30 (IANS) Unknown arsonists on Sunday set ablaze a school building in a south Kashmir village, pushing the number of educational institutes gutted in mysterious fires to 25 during the ongoing unrest. The…
London, Oct 30 (IANS) Oceans may be responsible for making the Earth move in and out of ice ages every 100,000 years, finds a study. According to the study published in the journal Geology, oceans…
Los Angeles, Oct 30 (IANS) Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson are among the names in a lawsuit filed by the band Collage, alleging their “Uptown funk” rips off the band’s 1983 single “Young girls”. According…
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Guru Nanak’s teachings are the guiding principles not only for Indians but for the entire humanity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. In his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address on…
Kathmandu, Oct 30 (IANS) Road connectivity has put Jumla, an under-developed region in Nepal, back on the map. Some 850 km away from Kathmandu and also the largest region in the Himalayan country, Jumla has…
Rome, Oct 30 (IANS) A powerful earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck central Italy’s Umbria region on Sunday morning. Earlier reports said the quake measured 7.1 magnitude. According to the US Geological Survey…
London, Oct 30 (IANS) Pop icon Madonna was spotted kissing actor Idris Elba here. According to The Sun newspaper, the 44-year-old actor and the 58-year-old “Material girl” singer were spotted indulging in a number of…
By K.S. Jayraman Bengaluru, Oct 30 (IANS) Indian astrophysicist Abhas Mitra, whose revolutionary theories challenging the existence of “black holes” and “dark matter” remain uncontested till date, again feels vindicated. Mitra is former head of…
Beijing, Oct 30 (IANS) The contribution of China to the world economy will remain around 30 percent for the next five years, an expert said in remarks published on Sunday. The transition of China’s economy…