Bhubaneswar, March 6 (IANS) Former Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray on Monday passed away following prolonged illness, family sources said. He was 91. Suffering from age-related illnesses, Ray was admitted to SCB Medical College and…
Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh), March 6 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to polarise voters on communal lines. Addressing a gathering here, Akhilesh Yadav said it…
Mumbai, March 6 (IANS) Actress-filmmaker Nandita Das says veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar is part of her directorial “Manto”, a biopic on late writer Saadat Hasan Manto. “My next movie is titled ‘Manto’. Preparations are going…
Washington, March 6 (IANS) The FBI is helping the hunt by the Seattle city police for an attacker who told a Sikh man to “go back to your own country” and shot him — in…
Mumbai, March 6 (IANS) Samajwadi Party leader Abu Asim Azmi on Monday questioned Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar for becoming a single father through surrogacy. “What is this drama of surrogacy? He could have adopted children…
Toronto, March 6 (IANS) Researchers have shown that synthetic DNA motors can work in living cells and help early detection of deadly diseases such as cancer and also make drug delivery more precise. “This is…
Patna, March 6 (IANS) A group of motorcycle-borne assailants on Monday shot dead a bank official and a security guard of a cash van in Bihar’s Patna district and looted Rs 60 lakh, police said….
Bengaluru, March 6 (IANS) A wicketless third session helped India reach 213/4, and get a sizeable 126-run second innings lead at stumps on the third day of the second cricket Test against Australia at the…
Varanasi, March 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday sought support and votes for the BJP, and attacked the ruling Samajwadi Party, saying the state was in the “throes of anarchy” and law and…
Kathmandu, March 6 (IANS) Buddhist leader and active environmentalist the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa — the spiritual head of the 800-year-old Drukpa Order — was bestowed with a US Congressional resolution for empowering women in the…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Former Pakistan National Security Advisor (NSA) Mahmud Ali Durrani on Monday admitted that a terrorist group from his country carried out the 2008 Mumbai terror attack and hoped Islamabad will…
Mumbai, March 6 (IANS) Adoption of connected home solutions is still at an early adopter phase, with only 10 per cent of households in the US, Britain and Australia having such home solutions, market research…
Mumbai, March 6 (IANS) Acclaimed actress Mita Vashisht, known for some of her remarkable performances in the TV and cinema space, says irrespective of the medium, she shares a special bond with the camera. The…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) A court here on Monday asked the Delhi Police to file its action taken report against those who allegedly raised anti-national slogans at Delhi University’s Ramjas College. Metropolitan Magistrate Abhilash…
Berlin, March 6 (IANS) Germany’s best-form football club at the moment is not any of the usual suspects like Bayern Munich or Borussia Dortmund, but rather Borussia Monchengladbach. After five wins in the six games…
Mumbai, March 6 (IANS) Criticising US President Donald Trump’s plan to have a border wall with Mexico, veteran actor Rishi Kapoor said there should be only one type of bridge between neighbours — a bridge…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) The Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup India 2017 on Monday launched its volunteer programme. The programme aims to reach out to people over 18 years,…
Jakarta, March 6 (IANS) Dozens of foreign delegates and officials on Monday attended the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) summit in the Indonesian capital. About 100 people, including representatives from the 21 IORA member countries…
Bengaluru, March 6 (IANS) The Indian pharmaceutical industry growth is projected to be in single digit this fiscal (2016-17) due to several headwinds, a study said on Monday. “The aggregate growth of the Indian pharma…
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