New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Tuesday visited 17th century Jama Masjid, prior to his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Amid heavy security, Sharif toured the mosque built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Sharif came to India Monday to attend Modi’s swearing-in-ceremony.
When Narendera Modi was sworn in as India’s 14th prime minister on Monday evening, the world’s largest democracy was marking the ushering in of a new era. Over 2,500 privileged guests witnessed not only the culmination of a perfect storm generated by the Modi-led BJP but also the burial of the Nehruvian legacy which the […]
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Rakesh Roshan, his wife Pinkie, and their children Sunaina and Hrithik were here in a rarely captured picture perfect moment for the launch of “To Dad, With Love”, a pictorial biography on the filmmaker by his daughter. She says once she worked closely with her dad, she realised that “this man […]
Lucknow, May 27 (IANS) All retired Ranji trophy players from Uttar Pradesh would now get pension, an official of Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) said Tuesday. The decision was taken at a meeting of the working committee of the sporting body in Kanpur Monday. Under the new scheme, all the 61 ex-Ranji trophy players from the […]
Los Angeles, May 27 (IANS) Actress-designer Nicole Richie is “so excited” that her brother-in-law Benji Madden is reportedly dating Hollywood A-lister Cameron Diaz. Richie, who is married to Benji’s twin brother, Joel Madden, recently played matchmaker and set “The Other Woman” star up on a date with her brother-in-law, and is thrilled it went pretty well, […]
Santiago, May 27 (IANS) A group of students discovered a 7,000-year-old mummy in northern Chile, the media reported Monday. The mummy was found in El Laucho beach at the foothills of Morro de Arica, La Tercera newspaper reported, according to Xinhua. The students were part of an archaeology workshop and were investigating the site of a […]
Washington, May 27 (IANS) The White House inadvertently revealed the name of the Central Intelligence Agency’s top officer in Kabul during President Barack Obama’s weekend trip to the Afghan capital. A list of 15 senior US officials, first provided to journalists traveling with Obama and then forwarded to other reporters on the White House mailing list, […]
Rome, May 27 (IANS) Italy’s former environment minister Corrado Clini Monday was put under house arrest on embezzlement charges, the media reported. Clini, 67, allegedly misappropriated 3.4 million euros (or $4.6 million) in public money for a water treatment project in Iraq, Xinhua quoted the ANSA news agency as saying, quoting police sources. The sources said […]
Abuja, May 27 (IANS) Nigeria’s military have acquired the location of abducted schoolgirls, but could not rescue them by force for fear of civilian casualty, the media reported Monday. Defence Chief Alex Badeh reportedly told News Agency of Nigeria that “the good news for the parents of the girls is that we know where they are,” […]
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The scene of action at the Rashtrapati Bhavan during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in Monday was a distant spectacle for the hundreds of media persons, including many from the print media, invited to cover the ceremony. With no giant screens to show the action going on in the front, the thousands […]