Delhi: Google CEO Sundar Pichai during a press conference in Delhi on Dec. 16, 2015. (Photo: Sunil Majumdar/IANS) New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Google will build a new campus at Hyderabad, even as it is…
United Nations, Dec 16 (IANS) The election process for the next UN secretary-general that could see a woman ascend to the leadership of the world body has been launched with the promise of openness and…
Washington, Dec 16 (IANS) Republican presidential candidates joined issue with frontrunner Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslims from coming to the US with Senator Ted Cruz citing the example of India to say all Muslims…
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Marathi courtroom drama “Court” is not the only Indian film with a regional flavour vying for a spot in the nominations for the 88th Academy Awards. Malayalam movie “Jalam”, Kannada…
Los Angeles, Dec 16 (IANS) Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has shared that he has had three near-death experiences, including a shark attack, an engine explosion on a plane and a skydiving accident. “A great white jumped…
All Los Angeles Unified School District schools were closed Tuesday morning due to a bomb threat, LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines announced at a Tuesday morning news conference. Cortines said that the threat was made to…
Kollam (Kerala), Dec 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday slammed the opposition for disrupting both houses of parliament, saying it was working on the basis of three Ds — disrupt, destruct and demolish….
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday accused the CBI of raiding his office in search of a file related to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. “Rajendra (Kumar) is an excuse,…
Hyderabad, Dec 15 (IANS) The main opposition YSR Congress party in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday demanded a judicial probe into the call money racket allegedly involving leaders of the ruling Telugu Desam Party. YSR party…
Bhubaneswar, Dec 15 (IANS) Odisha assembly Speaker Niranjan Pujari on Tuesday suspended Congress legislator Nabakishore Das for seven days for allegedly watching obscene video clips inside the house. Das was accused of watching porn on…
Islamabad, Dec 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif are likely to meet next month in Switzerland, the media reported. They will attend the 46th annual meeting of the World…
Washington, Dec 15 (IANS) Ahead of Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate, party frontrunner Donald Trump has climbed to his highest support yet in a new national poll with a broad 41 percent support from Republicans and…
Chennai, Dec 15 (IANS) “The Terminator” star Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was approached by the makers of superstar Rajinikanth-starrer “Enthiran 2” to play the antagonist in the film, may not get to play the role as…
Washington, Dec 15 (IANS) Want to become an astronaut and fly to Red Planet? NASA is now accepting applications for future explorers and the final selection list will be announced in mid-2017. Those chosen may…
Mumbai, Dec 15 (IANS) India’s limited overs skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was the top draw in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 draft here on Tuesday and was picked up by the Sanjeev Goenka-owned Pune…
New Delhi: Security beefed-up outside Delhi Secretariat in the wake of CBI raids on 14 locations in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, including the office of the secretary to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwall; on Dec…
Washington, Dec 15 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Monday said the fight against extremist group Islamic State “continues to be difficult”. “As I said before, ISIL (another acronym for IS) is dug in, including…
Kolkata: Bollywood Music composer Bappi Lahiri receives ‘Life Time Achivement Award’ from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during inauguration of ‘Bangla Sangeet Mela 2015’ in Kolkata on Monday. PTI Photo by Swapan Mahapatra(PTI12_14_2015_000251B) Kolkata,…
Hyderabad, Dec 14 (IANS) Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) chief Moulana Syed Jalaluddin Umri on Monday alleged that the US doesn’t want to eliminate terror outfit IS and there is a big conspiracy behind it to tarnish…
Thrissur (Kerala), Dec 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his maiden visit to Kerala after assuming office, on Monday said people of the state have realised there was a need for a third force,…