By Nivedita New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Actress Taapsee Pannu, who has impressed many with her strong willed and fearless woman characters in films like “Pink” and “Naam Shabana”, says the film industry has changed…
Lucknow, July 24 (IANS) In a show of solidarity for each other and opposition to the Uttar Pradesh government, the Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, Congress and Rashtriya Lok Dal legislators held a separate ‘symbolic’…
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Lucknow, July 24 (IANS) Short-staffed for very long, the Uttar Pradesh Police will soon be rolling out a major recruitment drive, an official said on Monday. Applications for eligible candidates would be invited some time…
Bengaluru, July 24 (IANS) Udupi Ramachandra Rao, who passed away here on Monday, was an Indian space scientist par excellence who headed the ISRO for a decade. Popularly known as U.R. Rao, the 85-year-old was…
Srinagar, July 24 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday said it has arrested 20 persons accused in the lynching of Deputy Superintendent of Police Muhammad Ayub Pandit over a month ago. Pandit was…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) With global economic recovery remaining on track on the back of better performing emerging economies, growth in India is expected to pick up further in 2017 and 2018, the IMF…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Of all romanticism associated with poetry, the ethereal and carefree life of a poet is perhaps the most adored. But is this — the state of a…
By Sapna Gopal India has to make suitable policy changes by December this year to remove measures it had undertaken to protect its fledgling solar manufacturing sector from foreign competition, according to a recent notice…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) A more liberal FDI policy is currently under consideration to attract FDI in defence sector, sources said. The aim is to attract Rs 35,000 crore investment in the next five…
By Mudita Girotra Palakkad (Kerala), July 24 (IANS) Does eating healthy necessarily mean eating tasteless? A gourmand may well answer that with a resounding ‘Yes’ — but a bunch of chefs at the top of…
By Charu Bahri Morthala (Rajasthan): When the women of this village sit down to eat, it is usually after the rest of the family had finished its meal — the men first, the children next…
Kochi, July 24 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Monday refused to give superstar Dileep bail in the alleged abduction and molestation of a popular Malayalam actress in February. It was on July 20 that…
Dehradun, July 24 (IANS) After a brief lull last week, the monsoon on Monday returned to the hill state of Uttarakhand, the Met office has said. Rains began in some parts of the state since…
Lucknow, July 24 (IANS) The Central Command of the Indian Army will celebrate Kargil ‘Vijay Diwas’ on Wednesday through a series of functions, a defence spokesperson said on Monday. Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated all…
By Vikas Datta Title: A Day in the Life of the Brain; Author: Susan Greenfield; Publisher: Penguin Random House; Pages: 271; Price: Rs 499 It has particular cells stimulated by pictures of Jennifer Aniston (though…
By Sourabh Kulesh New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Two flagship duel-camera smartphones from two Chinese players — one from Huawei under its sub-brand Honor and another from OnePlus — have arrived in India. Claiming to…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed grief over the death of former ISRO chief U.R. Rao. He said Rao’s contribution to India’s space research will always be remembered. “Saddened…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) It was a cloudy Monday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.5 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average. “The sky will remain generally…
Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) The key Indian equity indices on Monday are trading higher in the morning session. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading 53.62 points or 0.17 per cent higher soon after opening….