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…
Los Angeles, Oct 16 (IANS) American filmmaker Woody Allen says he is “sad” for Harvey Weinstein’s “messed up” life as the producer faces numerous allegations of sexual assault. The filmmaker said he had heard rumours…
Pyongyang, Oct 16 (IANS) Continuing its harsh anti-US rhetoric, North Korea has called President Donald Trump a “war merchant and strangler of peace”. Trump’s administration is selling weapons to South Korea and Japan with the…
Washington, Oct 16 (IANS) US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that his country intends to keep negotiating a diplomatic solution with North Korea, which in recent months has carried out a series of…
Mumbai, Oct 15 (IANS) Veteran filmmaker Lekh Tandon, who directed iconic film like “Amrapali”, died on Sunday, his associates said. He was 88. Tandon passed away at his residence in Powai in presence of his…
Mogadishu, Oct 15 (IANS) At least 65 people were killed when a truck bomb went off outside a hotel and market in the centre of the Somali capital of Mogadishu, security officials told EFE on…
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy after US President Donald Trump praised Pakistan, acknowledging its help in securing the release of an…
London, Oct 15 (IANS) British actress Lysette Anthony has claimed Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein raped her. According to variety.com, she reported the assault to the police last week. Anthony, who stars in the British soap…
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Oct 15 (IANS) If Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah’s ‘Congress-mukt Bharat’ (Congress-free India) campaign has hit a wall in any state, it is definitely Punjab. The unprecedented…
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The 2002 riots in Gujarat was “possibly the biggest blot” on the government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and that could have cost the BJP the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, says…
Gurdaspur, Oct 15 (IANS) Maintaining its winning streak from the assembly elections, Punjab’s ruling Congress secured an emphatic win in the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat on Sunday. Congress candidate Sunil Jakhar won by a margin…
San Francisco, Oct 15 (IANS) The toll from massive wildfires raging across California has increased to 40 with thousands more ordered to evacuate from Santa Rosa city as a new blaze threatened the area, police…
Los Angeles, Oct 15 (IANS) The board of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has voted overwhelmingly to expel Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein after the powerful media mogul was accused of sexual abuse…