Chennai, Aug 17 (IANS) In a move aimed at merging the AIADMK factions, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Thursday announced that a judicial Commission will probe the death of Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa….
Washington, Aug 17 (IANS) White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has attacked white nationalists as “clowns” as the fallout from violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, continues. “Ethno-nationalism — it’s losers,” Bannon reportedly said in an…
Chennai, Aug 17 (IANS) Actor-politician Nandamuri Balakrishna, known for his temper, has again slapped a fan — for getting too close for a selfie. The incident happened on Wednesday night when he was in Nandyal…
San Francisco, Aug 17 (IANS) As HBO struggles to stop “Game of Thrones” (GoT) leaks and tackle hackers’ ransom threats, another hacker group has broken into the TV company’s Twitter and Facebook accounts. “Hi, OurMine…
Los Angeles, Aug 17 (IANS) Twitter has suspended the account of The Daily Stormer, an American neo-Nazi and white supremacist news and commentary website. The San Francisco-based social networking giant joined a list of other…
San Francisco, Aug 17 (IANS) Breaking their silence over the violence at a white supremacist rally in the US, Microsoft’s Indian-born CEO Satya Nadella, Apple’s Tim Cook and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg have condemned the incident…
Washington, Aug 17 (IANS) Former US President Barack Obama’s response to the weekend’s violence in Charlottesville in US state of Virginia, has broken the record for most Twitter likes, with a number of over 3…
Washington, Aug 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump slammed Amazon.com, Inc., saying the e-commerce titan was harming physical retailers and triggering job losses nationwide, media reports said. “Amazon is doing great damage to tax paying…
Washington, Aug 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that he was disbaning both the Manufacturing Council and the Strategy and Policy Forum, as business leaders resigned from the council over his remarks on Charlottesville…
Washington, Aug 16 (IANS) In a diplomatic victory for India, the US on Wednesday designated Pakistan-based militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) organisation….
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Hyderabad University Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula did not commit suicide because of any pressure exerted by union ministers Smriti Irani and Bandaru Dattatreya or university’s Vice Chancellor Appa Rao Podile…
Washington, Aug 16 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for appearing to back down on his threat to launch missiles towards the US territory of Guam. In an…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday appointed a panel comprising two of its former judges to examine the justification for closing 241 anti-Sikh riot cases probed by the Special Investigation Team….
A0maravati, Aug 16 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of the Indo-UK Institute of Health (IUIH) Medicity here. The facility is being developed in association with King’s…
Chandigarh, Aug 16 (IANS) The authorities in Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday asked the police in both states to be on alert ahead of a special CBI court’s verdict in an alleged rape of a…
Madrid, Aug 16 (IANS) An upcoming episode of the seventh season of popular fantasy drama TV series was accidentally broadcast in Spain four days before its original scheduled telecast. The sixth episode of the season…
Washington, Aug 16 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has again “blamed both sides” for the deadly violence at a white supremacist rally over the weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, that resulted in the death of a…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Sacked Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra on Wednesday put up banners on different flyovers across the national capital, calling Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal “corrupt” and urging people to join his…
Washington, Aug 16 (IANS) The number of manufacturing council members who have quit following US President Donald Trump’s remarks about white supremacists has risen to six after a key American labour leader said he was…
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Aug 16 (IANS) A city lawyer has filed a plea questioning the contents of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech, claiming it has violated constitutional provisions. In her complaint addressed to Chief…