Leaders from both the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday refused to confirm reports of an alliance, after an LJP leader claimed a tie-up was on the cards. A senior LJP leader close to party president Ram Vilas Paswan told IANS that the BJP was in touch with the LJP […]
Seven separatist guerrillas were Monday killed by security forces in an operation in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said. An army patrol party was fired upon by guerrillas in a forest area near Dardpora (Lolab) village of Kupwara, 120 km from here. The security forces launched an operation against the militants, […]
World’s biggest mobile messaging service WhatsApp intends to add voice calling feature to its free messaging service in the second quarter of 2014, it was announced Monday. The move is aimed at enabling WhatsApp users to be able to make calls, just as they can now text messages. The latest announcement answers some of the […]
Noted painter Prokash Karmakar, best known for his landscapes and nudes, died Monday evening following age-related illness, family sources said. He was 81. Many of his works are part of the permanent collections of leading museums like the National Gallery of Modern Art, and Lalit Kala Akademi in Delhi, besides the Academy of Fine Arts […]
Italy’s new Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in his first speech in the Senate to ask to vote confidence in his government Monday said his group will work on “radical” choices to give fresh life to troubled Italy. Renzi said he aimed at his coalition government to be a “turning point” for Italy based on concrete […]
For the first time since he came to office more than five years ago, more Americans now believe US President Barack Obama is not respected by world leaders than those who do, a Gallup poll released Monday found. Fifty-three percent of Americans think world leaders do not respect him, whereas 41 percent think world leaders […]
Late South African President Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Monday dissociated herself with an upcoming movie about her life, Xinhua reported. The movie “Winnie Mandela”, which portrays the personal and political life of the activist and ex-wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela, is scheduled to be released in South Africa’s theaters, according to […]
Actor Alec Baldwin “felt sorry” for his former Broadway co-star Shia LaBeouf when he heart that the troubled actor walked a red carpet with a paper bag over his head. LaBeouf, 27, wore a paper bag, which read “I am not famous anymore”, at the premier of his film “Nymphomaniac” during the Berlin International Film […]
A Zimbabwean association of voluntary organisations Monday called on the European Union (EU) to lift the sanctions on Zimbabwe’s president and his wife, while urging the government to carry on with political reforms and address governance issues that led to the fallout between the two. A statement from the National Association of Non-governmental Organisations (NANGO) […]
President of India, Pranab Mukherjee Sunday said tuberculosis (TB) cannot be controlled globally unless it is controlled in India. “India has the world’s highest burden of tuberculosis. TB kills one person every two minutes in India or almost 750 people daily,” the president told a conference on TB and allied diseases here. “Global TB control […]