Panaji, Nov 29 (PTI) Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur feels the solution to the ongoing intolerance debate in the country does not lie in returning awards. The 69-year-old director said he fails to understand the issue of…
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) Ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s fifth bi-monthly policy review for this fiscal next week, industry chamber CII on Sunday said the country’s overall financial conditions have shown a…
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) Former Delhi Police chief Neeraj Kumar says that nabbing the mastermind of Punjab chief minister Sardar Beant Singh’s assassination was the most dangerous operation he ever undertook. But as luck…
Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders player Sunil Narine during a practice session at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, on April 7, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Dubai, Nov 29 (IANS) West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine was suspended from…
Mumbai, Nov 29 (IANS) Rohit Shetty’s “Dilwale” and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Bajirao Mastani” are releasing together on December 18, but the actors in the two films are nonchalant about the clash as they believe the…
Washington, Nov 29 (IANS) The US National Security Agency (NSA) on Sunday ended its mass phone surveillance programme and replaced it with a focused and targeted domestic surveillance programme. Under the new programme, the NSA…
Contrary to the general impression, the defeat in the Bihar assembly elections has not dealt any blow to the reforms agenda of the ruling National Democratic Alliance. Rather, it has proved to be a blessing…
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) Proposing to turn the ‘Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat’ idea into a scheme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said it could be a “binding force to unite every individual in…
Pune, Nov 28 (IANS) Given the atmosphere in India, “intolerance” is an inadequate word to describe the “fears” under which minorities are living, author Arundhati Roy said here on Saturday. Arundhati Roy , Writer…
“The RJD of Lalu Prasad emerged as the largest single party and the JD-U of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is the second largest party. Here lies the problem, as both will fight for supremacy,” said…
New York, Nov 28 (IANS) When soon-to-be-dad Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg decided to go on two-months’ paternity leave before his daughter is due, the corporate world took notice. Now the four-month paid paternal leave policy…
Valletta (Malta), Nov 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said for sustainable peace, Pakistan is ready for dialogue with India without preconditions, Geo News reported. He also said Pakistan intends to maintain friendly relations…
Chennai, Nov 28 (IANS) Popular southern cinema composer Devi Sri Prasad, who has over 50 albums to his credit, has finally decided to don the greasepaint for a yet-untitled Telugu project, which will be directed…
Hyderabad, Nov 27 (IANS) A YSR Congress Party MP was booked on Friday for allegedly slapping an official of Air India at Tirupati airport, police said. The MP has denied the charge. A case for…
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 27 (IANS) Terming Kerala a filmmaker’s paradise, celebrated film director S.S. Rajamouli said the best thing about the state is that one does not need to wander more for locations. “It is a…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lavished praise on Jawaharlal Nehru and hailed all previous governments as he struck a conciliatory note after…
The Telangana government triggered an outrage among activists on Friday after it told the High Court in Hyderabad that lavish weddings and fees of private educational institutions contributed to farmer suicides. Responding to a petition filed by…
Hyderabad, Nov 27 (IANS) Traders in Sultan Bazar market here downed shutters on Friday to protest against the decision of the Telangana government not to change the original alignment of Hyderabad Metro Rail. A day…
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during the swearing-in ceremony of the new JD-U-RJD-Congress coalition government in Patna, on Nov 20, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Patna, Nov 27 (IANS) In a bid to keep up another…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday took a veiled dig at the Congress, saying those who imposed Emergency rule in the country were now talking about constitutional principles….