Maharashtra Government Justifies Its Beef Ban To HC Saying There's No Right...
MUMBAI -- Maharashtra government today justified in the Bombay High Court its decision to impose the ban on beef contending that the state was empowered to take such a step under the directive...
View ArticleChennai Flood: Madras HC Forbids Encroachments And Garbage Dumping In Water...
CHENNAI -- Coming down hard on encroachments on and along water bodies, which allegedly led to flooding in many areas of Chennai, the Madras High court today made it clear there should be no further...
View ArticleAkshay Kumar Replaces Arnold Schwarzenegger As The Villain In Rajinikanth...
Well, it was clearly too good to be true. Back in October, reports had surfaced confirming that Hollywood action star Arnold Schwarzenegger — best known for the Terminator series — would be making his...
View ArticleSniffer Dog Lalu Beats Disease To Win Silver At The All India Police Duty...
The handlers of Lalu, a police sniffer dog from Karnataka, were told that the canine only had a few months to live. It was discovered that the doberman suffered from prostatic hyperplasia, a condition...
View ArticleHere Is Your First Glimpse Of The Next 'Dhoom' Film
NEW DELHI -- If you were eagerly waiting for the fourth film in the Dhoom franchise, then there's some good news. The poster of Dhoom Reloaded has hit the internet. The Yash Raj Films took to its...
View Article'Court' Is Officially Out Of The Oscar Race
The wait is over, and the news is heartbreaking. Chaitanya Tamhane's Court, India's submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 88th Academy Awards, has not made the short-list of nine...
View ArticleIndian Tech Company iYogi Denies Scamming Accusations By Washington State
PORTLAND -- An Indian-based tech support company on Thursday denied accusations by the Washington state attorney general that it scammed consumers and said it remains interested in creating jobs in the...
View ArticlePakistan Not Focused On Terror Groups Targeting India: US Official
WASHINGTON -- Pakistan is not focusing on taking action against terror groups operating on its soil, that pose a threat to both India and Afghanistan, a top US official has said. "They (Pakistan) have...
View ArticleMother Teresa To Be Made A Saint Of The Roman Catholic Church In September...
VATICAN CITY -- Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the Nobel laureate who dedicated her life to helping the poorest of the poor, will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church in September 2016, an Italian...
View ArticleA Pakistani Man Wants To Be Friends With The Whole World, On Facebook
Recently, one young man from Pakistan--Atif--was breaking the internet after he broke up with his friend, Mudasir, to announce to the world that Salman has taken his place. All the announcements were...
View ArticleCall Money Scam: AP Assembly Suspends 58 Opposition MLAs
HYDERABAD -- The Andhra Pradesh Assembly saw the suspension of 58 Opposition MLAs including YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday. The Members of Legislative Assembly were...
View ArticleUttar Pradesh Government Bans Polythene Bags
LUCKNOW -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday banned polythene bags in the state citing environment degradation as a major reason for the same. "The Polythene ban in the state is...
View Article1993 Mumbai Blasts Convict Dies In Nashik
NASHIK -- Sharif Gafur Parkar, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case, died at a hospital here following illness, jail authorities said today. Parkar...
View ArticlePakistan Foreign Office Says It's Important To Hold Uninterrupted Talks With...
KARACHI -- Pakistan's Foreign Office has said that it is important that the country holds uninterrupted and result oriented talks with India. According to the Dawn, India and Pakistan had agreed during...
View ArticleIndian Oil Firms To Buy 29 Percent Stake In Siberian Oil Project
NEW DELHI -- Indian Oil Corp and Oil India are in talks with Russia's Rosneft to buy up to a 29 percent stake in a Siberian oil project, two sources said, as New Delhi accelerates a push to secure...
View Article'Bajirao Mastani': Three Shows Cancelled In Pune Amidst Protests, Demonstrations
Even as Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus Bajirao Mastani hits the screens this Friday, the accompanying controversies seem unwilling to let the film be. After the serious protests by the Peshwa's...
View ArticleNational Herald Case: 'Naturally' I Will Appear In The Court Tomorrow, Says...
NEW DELHI -- Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday confirmed that she will appear in court tomorrow in connection with the hearing of the National Herald case. Replying to media, she said,...
View ArticleShashi Tharoor To Introduce Bill To Decriminalise Same Gender Sex
In a landmark move, Congress member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor is all set to introduce in the Lok Sabha this Friday a private member's bill to decriminalise homosexuality. According to a report in...
View ArticleISIS Posts Document Detailing Brutal Plan To Use Birds As Suicide Bombers
LONDON -- Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has posted a document detailing the group's plans to use birds as suicide bombers to blow up jets. According to The Daily Star, the ISIS supporter who...
View ArticleArvind Kejriwal Should Reveal The Name Of His Source In CBI, Says Jitender Singh
NEW DELHI -- The government on Friday challenged Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to reveal the name of his source in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) who had informed him that the agency...
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