By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Secret Superstar” Director: Advait Chandan Cast: Zaira Wasim, Meher Vij, Aamir Khan, Raj Arjun, Harsh Jha, Kabir Sajid, Aryan Ashik, Farrokh Jaffer, Manuj Sharma and Tirth Sharma; Rating: **** What one…
Chennai, Oct 18 (IANS) Apologizing for supporting demonetisation, actor Kamal Hassan said he will again salute Prime Minister Narendra Modi if he also accepts that the note ban was a mistake. In an article in…
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Former President Pranab Mukherjee expected to be chosen as Prime Minister on two occasions — first in 2004 when the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) came to power, and later in…
Washington, Oct 18 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has defended the claim that his predecessors did not properly console families of the slain soldiers. “For the most part, to the best of my knowledge, I…
Caracas, Oct 18 (IANS) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said the outcome of last weekend’s regional elections had sent a brutal message to his US counterpart Donald Trump. Sunday’s elections saw the ruling socialist party…
Washington, Oct 18 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday expressed support for a bipartisan initiative to restore the ObamaCare subsidies he suspended last week. “We have been involved and this is a short-term deal…
London, Oct 18 (IANS) Leading American short story writer George Saunders has been declared as the winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize for fiction for his “unique” and “extraordinary” debut novel “Lincoln in the…
Washington, Oct 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s net worth has slid by $600 million to $3.1 billion, the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans showed on Tuesday. Trump ranks 248th on the billionaires’…
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…