Chennai, Jan 15 (IANS) National Award winning Malayalam film “Ottaal” has been selected in competition for the Generation Kplus section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival February 11-21. Jayaraj-directed “Ottaal”, an adaptation of a…
Washington, Jan 15 (IANS) Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump stuck to his guns over his controversial proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the US as seven top candidates sparred two weeks before the first…
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg during a programme in New Delhi on July 2, 2014. (Photo: IANS) New York, Jan 15 (IANS) After Facebook CEO and his wife making a pledge in December to give away…
Washington, Jan 15 (PTI) An Indian-origin convenience store owner in the US has become a celebrity overnight after he sold one of the three Powerball winning lotteries with a record jackpot of USD 1.6 billion….
Los Angeles, Jan 15 (PTI) “My Heart Will Go On” singer Celine Dion’s husband Rene Angelil has passed away after a prolonged battle with throat cancer. He was 73. Angelil, who discovered the songstress when…
(AP Photo/ Richard Shiro, File) Washington, Jan 15 (PTI) Asian American leaders have termed the call given by supporters of Donald Trump to deport Indian-American Republican Governor Nikki Haley as “silly” and “unfortunate” while criticising…
Lahore, Jan 15 (IANS) Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar has been taken under “protective custody”, Dawn quoted Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah as saying. Speaking on DawnNews talk show ‘News Eye’, Sanaullah, while responding…
Washington, Jan 15 (PTI) Aiming to leave an impression on the US presidential election race and play the role of a “king-maker” in key states, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders have launched a political action…
San Francisco, Jan 14 (AFP) The widow of a man killed in a terrorist attack is suing Twitter for serving as a propaganda platform that has fueled the Islamic State group’s “explosive growth.” A suit…
Kadapa (AP), Jan 14 (PTI) Forest officials today seized red sandalwood logs, estimated at Rs three crore, from a container truck and nabbed its driver at Balapalli check post in the district. “The truck container…
Bengaluru, Jan 14 (IANS) Global software major Infosys Ltd on Thursday appointed noted investment manager Punita Kumar Sinha, wife of union Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha, as an independent director on its board….
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the spirit of sacrifice was part of basic Indian thought and called for efforts to spread…
Los Angeles, Jan 14 (IANS) Alejandro González Iñárritu’s The Revenant has topped the nominations list for the 88th Oscars having bagged nominations under 12 categories, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film, a semi-biographical…
Mumbai, Jan 14 (IANS) Hamid N. Ansari, a techie from Mumbai who went missing in Pakistan on November 10, 2012, is reported to be alive and in custody of the Pakistan Army, an activists’ group…
Imphal, Jan 14 (IANS) In this age of technology and medical marvels, a remote village in Manipur along the international border with Myanmar that is yet to get electricity connection saw a baby being born…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 14 (IANS) The 11-day-long Dhanu Yatra, the world’s biggest open-air theatre, kick-started in western Odisha’s Bargarh town on Thursday. Dhanu Yatra sees the biggest assembly of theatre artists, with almost all the residents…
Tehran, Jan 14 (IANS) Iran has removed the core of its Arak heavy water reactor as the major step toward removal of international and western sanctions against the country, Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman of the Atomic…
New Delhi, Jan 14 (PTI) BJP leader Ram Madhav today denounced actor Aamir Khan’s remarks on ‘intolerance’, saying he should not preach only to an auto-rickshaw driver about country’s prestige but also his wife. Madhav…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) Muktsar (Punjab), Jan 14 (IANS) Launching a fierce attack on the ruling Badal family in Punjab, AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday urged…
New York, Jan 14 (IANS) A US court has acquitted an Alabama police officer who was arrested for brutally assaulting an Indian elderly man in February last year, media reported on Thursday. In an apparent…