Mumbai, Nov 5 (IANS) Santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma has been named for this year’s ‘Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar’ for lifetime achievement in Hindustani music, an official said here on Thursday. The Aditya Vikram…
Washington, Nov 5 (IANS) For the second time in less than two months, a US judge declared a mistrial in the case against an Alabama police officer charged with slamming an Indian grandfather to the…
Washington, Nov 5 (IANS) More than 30 members of US Congress joined about 1,000 people at the annual Diwali event on Capitol Hill, the seat of US legislature, to celebrate the accomplishments of the Indian…
Islamabad, Nov 5 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed and over 70 others injured late Wednesday after a four-storey building of a factory collapsed in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore, local media and officials…
Washington, Nov 5 (IANS) The latest US intelligence suggests that the crash of a Russian passenger plane in Egypt was most likely caused by a bomb planted by the terror group Islamic State (IS) or…
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Justice T.S. Thakur, the seniormost judge after Supreme Court Chief Justice H.L. Dattu, will become the next Chief Justice of India and would be at the helm of the country’s…
New York, Nov 4 (IANS) An Indian-American nurse has filed a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against her employer because she was fired for taking a break as she was suffering from nausea, a media report said. Saijal…
Los Angeles, Nov 4 (IANS) Late actor-comedian Robin Williams’s widow Susan Schneider says he was suffering from Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) before his death. Schneider believes Williams committed suicide in August 2014 as a result…
Sydney, Nov 4 (IANS) A team of Australian scientists has discovered a gene in a “magical” plant that will open the door for space-based food production, especially during deeper human missions, including to Mars. Professor…
New York, Nov 4 (IANS) A New York accounting firm, run by Indian-Americans, has received threat calls accusing them of being members of a ‘white supremacist hate group’, a media report said. K.K. Mehta accounting…
New York, Nov 4 (IANS) Almost all children under age four in the US have used a device like a tablet or a smartphone, a new study finds. The kids are using them at younger…
Mumbai, Nov 4 (IANS) A 14-year old schoolboy, who was trying to take a selfie on his cellphone atop a stationary train wagon, was electrocuted and died a few hours later on Tuesday evening, officials…
Washington, Nov 4 (IANS) After two straight days of deliberation, a US federal Jury has sought another day to debate the case against an Alabama police officer charged with slamming an Indian grandfather to the…
Hyderabad, Nov 4 (IANS) A former Congress member of parliament, his wife and their son have been detained for questioning about the death of the ex-MP’s daughter-in-law and three grandsons in a fire at his…
Hyderabad, Nov 4 (IANS) After the death of his daughter-in-law and three grandsons under mysterious circumstances, Congress party’s Siricilla Rajaiah has decided to opt out of November 21 by-election to Warangal Lok Sabha constituency. According…
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Nestle India on Wednesday said Maggi noodles has cleared the tests ordered by the Bombay High Court at three accredited laboratories and that the effort will now be on to…
Hyderabad, Nov 4 (IANS) Former Congress MP Siricilla Rajaiah’s daughter-in-law and three grandsons died in a fire at his house in Andhra Pradesh’s Warangal town early Wednesday, police said. Rajaiah immediately withdrew from the Warangal…
Los Angeles, Nov 4 (IANS) “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling is worried she will die before she finishes writing her new children’s books. The 50-year-old is busy working on new material and revealed she has…
TAM’s super singer Competition had super energy and was a super success. Congratulations to Kalyani Reddy for the novelistic idea and TAM president Mr. Srinivas Kukatla, TAM board and executive committee and cultural committee for…
Toronto, Nov 3 (IANS) The men with the broadest smile on their face may actually be toiling a little harder than you. Researchers have found that those men who offer fair contribution to household chores…