Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the spirit of sacrifice was part of basic Indian thought and called for efforts to spread…
Los Angeles, Jan 14 (IANS) Alejandro González Iñárritu’s The Revenant has topped the nominations list for the 88th Oscars having bagged nominations under 12 categories, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film, a semi-biographical…
Mumbai, Jan 14 (IANS) Hamid N. Ansari, a techie from Mumbai who went missing in Pakistan on November 10, 2012, is reported to be alive and in custody of the Pakistan Army, an activists’ group…
Imphal, Jan 14 (IANS) In this age of technology and medical marvels, a remote village in Manipur along the international border with Myanmar that is yet to get electricity connection saw a baby being born…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 14 (IANS) The 11-day-long Dhanu Yatra, the world’s biggest open-air theatre, kick-started in western Odisha’s Bargarh town on Thursday. Dhanu Yatra sees the biggest assembly of theatre artists, with almost all the residents…
Tehran, Jan 14 (IANS) Iran has removed the core of its Arak heavy water reactor as the major step toward removal of international and western sanctions against the country, Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman of the Atomic…
New Delhi, Jan 14 (PTI) BJP leader Ram Madhav today denounced actor Aamir Khan’s remarks on ‘intolerance’, saying he should not preach only to an auto-rickshaw driver about country’s prestige but also his wife. Madhav…
Hyderabad, Jan 14 (PTI) Celebrations for the three-day Makara Sankranti, the harvest festival of Telugu people, began across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana with ‘Bhogi’ being held on the first day today. Young and the old…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) Muktsar (Punjab), Jan 14 (IANS) Launching a fierce attack on the ruling Badal family in Punjab, AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday urged…
New York, Jan 14 (IANS) A US court has acquitted an Alabama police officer who was arrested for brutally assaulting an Indian elderly man in February last year, media reported on Thursday. In an apparent…
Kanpur, Jan 14 (IANS) Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia has said that construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya will be done by enacting a law in parliament and Hindus cannot wait endlessly….
London, Jan 14 (IANS) If you are in awe of the Grand Canyon in the US, brace yourself for this: The world’s largest canyon – over 1,000 km long and in places as much as…
Kangra (Himachal Pradesh), Jan 14 (IANS) Preparations began on Thursday for installing a goddess idol made of 1,500 kg of clarified butter in the famous Brajeshwari Devi temple here, officials said. The idol, prepared by…
Patna, Jan 14 (IANS) Posters have come up in Nawada parliamentary constituency regarding its BJP MP and union minister Giriraj Singh, accusing him of not visiting the segment since after the May 2014 win and…
Islamabad, Jan 14 (IANS) Talks between the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan, which were to be held here on Friday, have been postponed, the Foreign Office said on Thursday. “Both countries are in contact…
Islamabad, Jan 14 (IANS) Praising Indian and Pakistani leaders for not allowing the Pathankot terror attack to develop into a full-blown crisis, a daily here on Thursday urged the government to “permanently” dismantle the Jaish-e-Mohammad…
Panaji, Jan 14 (IANS) US national Caitanya Lila Holt – who died mysteriously in north Goa’s Korgao village – was alive when pulled out of a marshy paddy field but died moments after his rescue,…
Munford, Jan 14 (AP) An unprecedented USD 1.6 billion Powerball jackpot that became a national fascination will be split three ways, by mystery winners in Florida, Tennessee and California. The winners did not immediately identify…
Hyderabad, Jan 14 (IANS) Eminent Muslim leader Abdul Raheem Quraishi died here on Thursday following a prolonged illness, his family said. He was 82. Quraishi was president of the Majlis-e-Tameer-e-Millat, a socio-religious organisation working for…
Sagar Island (West Bengal), Jan 14 (IANS) On the occasion of Makar Sankranti, more than half a million of pilgrims will be taking a dip in the Ganga where it flows out into the Bay…