Lucknow, Oct 17 (IANS) In a damage control exercise after a BJP MLA’s comments on the Taj Mahal sparked outrage, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said the famed monument in Agra was…
Bengaluru, Oct 17 (IANS) The charges against writer Kancha Ilaiah, a staunch critic of the caste system, are an “absurd assault” on the right to freedom of expression, Amnesty International India said on Tuesday. Kancha…
Washington, Oct 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has jokingly encouraged his former presidential rival Hillary Clinton to run against him in 2020, saying that she lost to him last year partly because “she wasnt…
Lucknow, Oct 17 (IANS) Taking a dig at BJP legislator Sangeet Som who called the Taj Mahal a blot on Indian history because it was built by foreign rulers, Samajawadi Party MLA Azam Khan on…
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday asked the Congress party to explain the alleged links between party President Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra and arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari. “Why…
Los Angeles, Oct 17 (IANS) “Ugly Betty” actress America Ferrera says she was sexually assaulted when she was all of 9. Her story comes in the wake of the ‘Me Too’ social media movement, which…
Nay Pyi Taw, Oct 17 (IANS) The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday said nearly 300 Rohingya villages have been torched in Myanmar since the current spate of violence began in late August. The rights…
By Sahana Ghosh & Gokul Bhagabati Kolkata/New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Celebrating Dhanteras? Have you ever wondered where did the gold in your jewellery come from? A cosmic cooking pot may hold the answer. This…
Hyderabad, Oct 17 (IANS) Bodies of five members of a family were found near Narsangi on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Tuesday, police said. The bodies of three women were found lying in the bushes…
Washington, Oct 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump falsely asserted that his predecessor, Barack Obama did not contact the families of American troops killed in duty, the media reported. Trump was responding to a question…
Washington, Oct 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said that pulling his government out of the nuclear pact with Iran is a very real possibility. “I feel strongly about what I did. I’m tired…
New York, Oct 17 (IANS) Oil prices jumped as escalating turmoil in the Middle East raised concerns over exports in the market. The Iraqi security forces on Monday fully recaptured the city of Kirkuk and…
Washington, Oct 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said that he believed Cuba shall be responsible for the illness of the US diplomats working in the island country. The US President, however, did not…
Kolkata, Oct 16 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday lashed out against BJP leader Sangeet Som’s comments on the Taj Mahal, saying it was “a manifestation of the BJP’s political agenda” and…
Moscow, Oct 16 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree to impose a number of bans on North Korea in compliance with the UN Security Council Resolution 2321, a post on Russia’s…
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Cooling of food prices helped ease India’s annual rate of inflation based on the wholesale price index (WPI) in September to 2.6 per cent, official data showed on Monday, even…
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) As Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in poll-bound Gujarat on his second visit so far this month, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday mockingly said that it would see…
Washington, Oct 16 (IANS) Former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of colluding with a Russian intelligence operation to disrupt the 2016 US election and damage her candidacy for President….
Los Angeles, Oct 16 (IANS) Actress Kate Winslet thanked 19 people when she won an Oscar for “The Reader” in 2009. She says she deliberately didn’t mention “nasty” Harvey Weinstein, whose company financed and distributed…
London, Oct 16 (IANS) A common hair loss drug used by none other than US President Donald Trump could ward off the risk of prostate cancer by a third, South Korean scientists have claimed. The…
