Washington, Sep 10 (IANS) Apple Tuesday unveiled a new Apple Watch, touting it as a comprehensive health and fitness device, a mobile wallet called Apple Pay and two bigger screen versions of the iPhone, the 6 and the 6 Plus. “What we didn’t do was take the iPhone and shrink the user interface and strap it […]
Moscow, Sep 9 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko talked over phone about ways to end the crisis in east Ukraine, the Kremlin said Monday. “The two presidents continued the Saturday talk on steps that would facilitate a peaceful settlement of Ukraine crisis,” Xinhua quoted the Kremlin press service as saying, adding […]
New York, Sep 9 (IANS) Croatian Marin Cilic won his first Grand Slam title Monday with a comprehensive straight-sets win over Japan’s Kei Nishikori at the US Open. The 14th seed Cilic won 6-3 6-3 6-3 to become the first Croat to win one of the four tennis majors since his coach, Goran Ivanisevic, at Wimbledon […]
Los Angeles, Sep 9 (IANS) Rapper Jay Z and his singer-wife Beyonce Knowles deny split rumuors by enjoying a close moment in Portofino, Italy. They were sported together holding hands and exchanging “sincere warmth” and body language expert Leil Lowndes believes the action shows they are expressing “sincere warmth”, reports contactmusic.com. The couple were seen getting […]
Budapest, Sep 9 (IANS) Hungraian Defence Minister Csaba Hende Monday said his country will definitely contribute manpower to the rapid reaction force NATO is establishing in response to Ukraine crisis. He was speaking on the public radio about an agreement to set up a new rapid reaction force. The deal was reached last week at the […]
United Nations, Sep 9 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon has called leaders of some countries and organisations to urge more support in the fight against the deadly Ebola, a spokesman said here Monday. “He spoke to UK Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Francois Hollande, Cuban President Raul Castro and President of the European Council […]
Brussels Sep 9 (IANS) The European Union (EU) announced a new package of sanctions against Russia Monday. The European Council, the body that convenes the leaders of EU member states to give policy direction, said in a statement that a package of further restrictive measures against Russia has been adopted through written procedure, meaning those measures […]
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The AAP Monday released a video showing a BJP leader offering money to one of its legislators, inducing him to quit the assembly to improve the BJP’s chances of forming a government in Delhi. The grainy video shot covertly shows Delhi unit vice-president Sher Singh Dagar making the bribe offer to […]
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The Delhi unit of the BJP Monday sought an explanation from party vice president Sher Singh Dagar after he was accused of offering money to an AAP legislator to induce him to quit the assembly to improve the BJP’s chances of forming the government in Delhi. A statement issued by the […]
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The National Waqf Development Corporation (NAWADCO) has identified several properties which are being considered for institutional and commercial projects, Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptualla said Monday. “NAWADCO has identified several waqf properties including one in Delhi, two in Rajasthan, six in Madhya Pradesh and seven in Karnataka, which shall be undertaken […]