Nay Pyi Taw, Aug 14 (IANS) Former Chairman of Myanmar’s ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), U Aung Shwe, passed away at Yangon’s Victoria Hospital on Sunday night, the media reported on Monday….
San Francisco, Aug 14 (IANS) Neuroscientists at the University of California here have discovered that the animal brain reinforces motor skills during deep sleep. In a study published in Nature Neuroscience on Sunday, the researchers…
Seoul, Aug 14 (IANS) A top US military official landed in Seoul on Monday ahead of talks with the country’s leader amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula, the media reported. Chairman of the Joint…
Shimla, Aug 14 (IANS) Some parts of Himachal Pradesh may experience heavy rainfall till Tuesday, a weather official said on Monday. “There are chances of heavy rainfall in Solan, Shimla, Sirmaur and Bilaspur districts,” Manmohan…
Srinagar, Aug 14 (IANS) Educational institutes remained closed in the Kashmir Valley on Monday following the deaths of two civilian protesters the previous day, authorities said. All examinations scheduled for Monday have also been postponed….
Shimla, Aug 14 (IANS) Rescuers on Monday started the second day of their search operation in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district where a massive mudslide swallowed a 150m stretch of road burying homes, two buses and…
Islamabad, Aug 14 (IANS) Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General QamarJaved Bajwa hoisted the largest national flag at Wagah Border on the eve of the country’s 70th independence anniversary, the media reported on Monday….
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) It was a sunny Monday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.4 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average. The weather department has forecast generally cloudy sky…
Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) In a major setback to the Subrata Roy-owned Sahara Group, the Bombay High Court on Monday put up its prestigious Aamby Valley property in Maharashtra for a public auction. The Official…
Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) The key Indian equity indices on Monday was trading higher in the morning session. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading 156.79 points or 0.50 per cent higher soon after opening….
Lucknow, Aug 14 (IANS) A senior sub-inspector of Uttar Pradesh police was killed and four policemen injured in a road accident in Mathura, an official said on Monday. The deceased – Zakir Ali, posted at…
Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) Three days after a Supreme Court directive, the Bombay High Court on Monday put up the beleaguered Sahara Groups prestigious ‘Aamby Valley city in Lonavala for a public auction. The Official…
Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Aug 14 (IANS) Seventeen persons have been killed and eight wounded in a “terrorist attack” in the centre of the capital of Burkina Faso here, the government said. Witnesses were quoted as…
Los Angeles, Aug 14 (IANS) Reality TV personality Kourtney Kardashian is reportedly planning to go back to school to study law. The “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” thinks she finally has the time to study…
Houston, Aug 14 (IANS) A senior official of China’s Weiqi Association (CWA) said on Sunday that it’ s lucky for both AlphaGo and Weiqi when they met, which brought the best in each other. Riding…
Los Angels, Aug 14 (IANS) Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon, protesting white supremacists violence in Virginia the day before. Holding black placards with slogans like “White…
(170813) — SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13, 2017 (Xinhua) — People take part in a candle light vigil in downtown San Francisco, the United States, on August 12, 2017. Three people were killed and 19 wounded…
Los Angeles, Aug 14 (IANS) Designer Tom Ford thinks fashion labels should keep their creative directors because they need consistency. The 55-year-old is dismayed that contemporaries Riccardo Tisci and Nicolas Ghesqui?re are no longer at…
London, Aug 14 (IANS) Iconic Usain Bolt hopes the younger generation can receive a message from his legendary experience — anything is possible if one works hard. Retiring Jamaican “lightning” Bolt put on one last…
Los Angeles, Aug 14 (IANS) Actors Tim Roth, Michael Madsen and Walter Goggins think Quentin Tarantino would be a great choice to direct the next James Bond film. The 56-year-old thinks his “Hateful Eight” director,…