🔊 Listen to this By Amulya Ganguli Just when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was hoping for success across the board from panchayats to parliament, the revival of the case against some of its leaders…
🔊 Listen to this Washington, April 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump will make an important announcement about his awaited plan for tax reform next Wednesday. “We’ll be having a big announcement on Wednesday having…
🔊 Listen to this Washington, April 22 (IANS) The US Treasury Department said on Friday it will not issue drilling waiver to Exxon Mobil Corporation to work with a Russian state oil company as prohibited…
🔊 Listen to this Damascus, April 22 (IANS) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stressed that the alleged chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun town was fabricated, and a bunch of lies. There was no toxic attack in…
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) Terming the country’s political situation “terrible”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday reinforced her message to all the regional parties to come together to corner the BJP. “I am…
Chennai, April 21 (IANS) Superstar Rajinikanth’s upcoming Tamil science-fiction action drama “2.o”, which was earlier scheduled to release for Diwali this year, has been postponed to January 25 next year, the makers announced on Friday….
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The Centre on Friday disapproved the decision of some petroleum dealers’ associations to keep fuel outlets shut on Sundays from May 14. “The Petroleum Ministry does not approve or endorse…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Smurfs: The Lost Village”; Director: Kelly Asbury; Voices of: Ariel Winter, Michelle Rodriguez, Julia Roberts, Joe Manganiello, Ellie Kemper, Mandy Patinkin, Rainn Wilson, Jake Johnson, Demi Lovato, Gordon Ramsay; Rating: **1/2…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Noor”; Director: Sunhil Sippy; Cast: Sonakshi Sinha, Purab Kohli, MK Raina, Kanan Gill, Shibani Dandekar, Smita Tambe, Rating: ***1/2 Adapted from Saba Imtiaz’s novel, “Karachi, you are killing me”, Sunhil Sippy’s…
Chennai, April 21 (IANS) Actor Sathyaraj on Friday expressed the deepest regret over comments he made against Kannadigas nine years ago during the Cauvery row and appealed for the smooth release of “Baahubali 2: The…
Washington, April 21 (IANS) The US state of Arkansas carried out its first execution in more than a decade after the Supreme Court, in a last-minute series of orders, rejected requests by a death row…
Jerusalem, April 21 (IANS) US Secretary of Defense James Mattis on Friday said the Syrian regime had chemical weapons and recommended that it should not be used anymore. During an official visit to Israel, Mattis…
Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh), April 21 (IANS) Former BJP MP Ram Vilas Vedanti on Friday said it was he and not former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani who egged a frenzied mob to raze the Babri…
Los Angeles, April 21 (IANS) Reality TV star Kim Kardashian received online backlash after she transformed herself into Virgin Mary for her Kimoji app. Kim posted three new animated images of Kimoji on the app’s…
Los Angeles, April 21 (IANS) Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti vowed that local police would not help the federal government detain undocumented immigrations for deportation. In his State of the City address in English and…
Washington, April 21 (IANS) US President Donald Trump is planning to order a review of key financial rules on Friday, according to a White House official. Trump will sign two presidential memos in this regard,…
By Subhash K Jha Film: ‘Maatr’; Director: Ashtar Sayed; Starring: Raveena Tandon, Madhur Mittal, Anurag Arora; Rating: **** A raucous raga on the aftermath of rape, much of “Maatr” unfolds in a stern humourless no-nonsense…
Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a Joint Investigation Team to probe the involvement of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the Panama Papers case.
Seoul, April 20 (IANS) North Korea on Thursday accused the US of escalating tension in the Korean peninsula by sending Vice President Mike Pence to Seoul, where he warned Pyongyang not to test the resolve…
Canberra, April 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced major changes to citizenship laws, making it tougher for foreign nationals to become Australian citizens. Aspiring citizens will have to undergo tougher tests on their…