Mumbai, July 5 (IANS) Director Anubhav Sinha says filmmaker Shoojit Sircar loved the narrative of his forthcoming courtroom drama “Mulk”. Sinha makes it a point to narrate all his films to his industry friends for…
Manama, July 5 (IANS) The 42nd World Heritage Committee meeting closed on Wednesday in Bahrain’s capital Manama, with 19 new sites inscribed to the World Heritage List. The meeting, which opened on June 24, added…
Berlin, July 5 (IANS) Volkswagen will enter the increasingly-crowded German carsharing market with a fleet of purely-electric vehicles, the Wolfsburg-based company announced on Wednesday. “We are convinced that there is still potential in the carsharing…
London, July 5 (IANS) “Man vs. Wild” host Bear Grylls says he finds cocktail parties more frightening than mountains or jungles. “I’m very bad with cocktail parties. Genuinely, I find those much more frightening than…
Ottawa, July 5 (IANS) A total of 15 people died from complications related to the hot and humid weather which has been rampaging in Eastern and Central Canada since last weekend, according to CTV on…
Cairo, July 5 (IANS) Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit said on Wednesday that Arab countries are in a real battle at the diplomatic level to guarantee the Palestinian rights. Addressing the closing session of…
Vienna, July 5 (IANS) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who’s on a visit here on Wednesday, said that no one will get benefits from US withdrawal from the nuclear deal. “Not the US, not any other…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) A Broadway-style musical based on the classic tale of “Aladdin” enthralled the audience in Delhi at its premiere show, attended by popular names from the capital city’s social circuit. The…
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) The All India Kisan Sabha on Wednesday gave a call for a “jail bhoro” (fill the prisons) struggle on August 9 – the Quit India Day – across the country in…
Bengaluru, July 4 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will on Thursday present his coalition government’s maiden Budget for fiscal 2018-19, an official said on Wednesday. “Kumaraswamy will present the full-fledged Budget for 2018-19 of…
Rome, July 4 (IANS/AKI) Italy’s hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said on Thursday he had signed deportation orders for three alleged Islamic extremists, vowing “zero tolerance” for jihadists. “I have signed expulsion orders for three…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Within hours of the apex court ruling that Delhi’s Lt Governor was constitutionally bound by the “aid and advice” of the elected government, the Delhi government on Wednesday directed officials…
Rome, July 4 (IANS/AKI) NATO is “a pillar of peace and global stability”, Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella said on Tuesday after meeting his Estonian counterpart Kersti Kaljulaid during an official visit to the Baltic state….
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) will provide Braille photo ID cards to visually challenged voters across the country, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) O.P. Rawat said here on Wednesday as he handed…
Geneva, July 4 (IANS) Two UN rights experts have urged Indian authorities to complete investigations into alleged killings by security forces in Manipur, after “officials failed to meet a deadline set by the Supreme Court”…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Delhi Police has arrested a school Principal from west Delhi’s Bawana in the CBSE papers’ leak case, a senior police officer said on Wednesday. Two teachers of Mother Khazani Convent…
Puducherry, July 4 (IANS) Puducherry Chief Minister V.Narayanasamy on Wednesday hailed the Supreme Court decision concerning the division of powers between the Delhi government and the Lt Governor, saying it held that the elected government…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Delhi Police Crime Branch on Wednesday sent notices to eight persons to join the probe into the death by hanging of 11 family members in their north Delhi house on…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday alleged that people who targeted External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Twitter are being protected by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, adding that if he had shown…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Highlighting the need to systemise disaster data by setting up a database on a sustainable basis, Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said it will be…