Las Vegas, Aug 27 (IANS) Floyd Mayweather Jr. extended his career record to 50 unbeaten bouts here when he defeated Conor McGregor, the Irish mixed martial arts fighter making his boxing debut. In a highly…
Washington, Aug 27 (IANS) Harvey, which made landfall on Texas’ Gulf coast as the most powerful storm to strike the US in 12 years, has left cities devastated and threatened to bring flooding with water…
San Francisco, Aug 27 (IANS) Many users across the globe faced outage on Facebook and Instagram, with a flash message from the company saying the website undergoing “required maintenance”. Late on Saturday, users started to…
Glasgow, Aug 27 (IANS) India had a mixed day at the World Badminton Championships, with 2016 Olympic silver medallist P.V. Sindhu entering the final, while Saina Nehwal lost in the women’s singles semi-finals here on…
Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) Hurricane Harvey, the biggest storm to hit the US mainland in 13 years, slammed into Texas spawning tornadoes, flooding, fires and widespread power outages across the state on Saturday. The storm,…
Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) US immigration authorities will soon require an in-person interview for certain applicants for green cards, a change that is likely to slow the process of obtaining one and may jam the…
Pyongyang, Aug 26 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw a Korean People’s Army’s target-striking contest held to mark the 57th anniversary of Songun, state media reported on Saturday. A variety of military hardware, including…
Islamabad, Aug 26 (IANS) Shahbaz Sharif, the Chief Minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province, has said it’s time to bid farewell to US aid in the wake of “exaggerated statements” about the financial help both at…
Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) Just a day before the last episode of “Game of Thrones” Season 7 set to hit the screens, the HBO hackers calling themselves as “Mr Smith” have leaked the climax of…
By Haricharan Pudipeddi Film: Arjun Reddy Director: Sandeep Reddy Vanga Cast: Vijay Devarakonda, Shalini Pandey, Rahul Ramakrishna and Sanjay Swaroop Rating: ***** One can’t help but fall in love with “Arjun Reddy”, the film as…
Chandigarh, Aug 26 (IANS) Convicted of rape and criminal intimidation on two counts, Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh continued to get VIP treatment from Haryana’s Manohar Lal Khattar government in prison. The Dera Sacha…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The Union Home Ministry on Saturday said 31 persons were killed in Haryana Dera violence on Friday after a court held Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh guilty…
Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has signed a memo instructing the Defence Department to stop accepting transgender people into the armed forces, following through on his intentions announced a month earlier to…
Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) US President Donald Trump praised his chief of staff, John Kelly, in response to press reports about the controls the retired general has established in the White House to stop the…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) A total of 10 army columns were deployed in different parts of Haryana and Punjab as violence erupted in the two states after Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmit Ram…
Chandigarh, Aug 25 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed on Friday as security forces fired at rampaging mobs in Panchkula town in Haryana after a court held self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh guilty…
Lucknow, Aug 25 (IANS) Following violence in many parts of Haryana and Punjab by Dera Sacha Sauda sect members, police has been put on high alert in the districts of western Uttar Pradesh, officials said…
Hyderabad, Aug 25 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday announced that the state will distribute free sarees to over one crore women on the occasion of Bathukamma, a regional festival. “Bathukamma festival…
Panchkula (Haryana), Aug 25 (IANS) Large-scale violence erupted here in Haryana on Friday as enraged followers of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh torched scores of vehicles and buildings in Panchkula after he…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “The Hitman’s Bodyguard”; Director: Patrick Hughes; Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Salma Hayek, Elodie Yung, Joaquim De Almeida, Kristy Mitchell and Richard E. Grant; Rating: ***1/2 There is…