By Lalit K Jha Washington, Dec 21 (PTI) US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis will retire “with distinction” at the end of February, President Donald Trump has said, amid indications that the two had differences over…
New York, Dec 21 (IANS) The US dollar fell as Federal Reserve’s interest rates hike and slower path of monetary tightening in 2019 added weakness to the greenback amid fears of an economic slowdown across…
By Lalit K Jha Washington, Dec 20 (PTI) US President Donald Trump Thursday refused to sign the Senate’s stopgap spending bill as it lacks funding provisions for border security, including his long-desired wall along the…
Mumbai, Dec 21 (IANS) Actor Mohit Malik is shooting for some intense sequences where he will be heading for a divorce. He says that personally, he dreads it and wishes it never happens to anyone….
Mumbai, Dec 21 (IANS) Actress Priyanka Chopra and her singer husband Nick Jonas hosted their third wedding reception in Mumbai on Thursday. The newlyweds partied with some of the top Bollywood stars at Taj Lands…
Jerusalem, Dec 21 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he held a phone call with US President Donald Trump over Iranian military’s presence in Syria. The call came a day after Trump announced…
Mumbai, Dec 21 (IANS) Television host-turned-actor Shiv Pandit, who will be seen in the upcoming web show “Selection Day”, hopes that he has built certain credibility as an actor. “I think people don’t have an…
Tirupati: TCL Chairman Li Dongsheng and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu at the ground breaking ceremony of TCL’s first integrated smart manufacturing industrial park in India, at Tirupati on Dec 20, 2018. (Photo:…
Tirupati: TCL Chairman Li Dongsheng in a conversation with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu at the ground breaking ceremony of TCL’s first integrated smart manufacturing industrial park in India, at Tirupati on Dec…
The Hague, Dec 21 (IANS/AKI) An arbitration tribunal in The Hague will decide in July if Italy or India will try two Italian marines accused of killing two fishermen off southern India in February 2012…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Dec 21 (IANS) Praising the “resilience” of Sri Lanka’s democracy, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the resolution of the island nation’s political crisis in a peaceful and constitutional manner,…
Mumbai, Dec 20 (IANS) State-owned ONGC on Thursday announced a buyback of 1.97 per cent equity shares at a price of Rs 159 per stock for a consideration not exceeding Rs 4,022 crore. The buyback…
Bengaluru, Dec 20 (IANS) A pontiff and three others, including a woman admitted to have poisoned the food (prasad) resulting in the death of 15 people at a village temple in Karnataka on December 14,…
Mumbai, Dec 20 (IANS) Filmmaker Rohit Shetty, who is returning to television as a host for the 9th season of “Khatron Ke Khiladi”, on Thursday said there is immense amount of hard work involved in…
Lucknow, Dec 20 (IANS) As part of its exercise towards improving the doing business environment across the states, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) under the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry and…
Ram Gopal Varma who tries to be in the news for all wrong reasons is back at it again. This time he is taking on Nadendla Manohar and advising Pawan Kalyan and his fans to be…
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday arrested Suman Chattopadhyay, editor of a leading Bengali daily, in I-Core Group chit fund scam, an official said. Chattopadhyay had allegedly received money in…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The BCCI has confirmed the appointment of former India batsman W.V. Raman as head coach of the women’s team. Raman’s selection was based on recommendations of the ad-hoc committee comprising…
Mumbai, Dec 20 (IANS) Debt-laden Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) on Thursday said it has initiated two separate processes to sell the group’s interests in education and the ‘Alternative Investment Management’ businesses. According to…