Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor, the wife of India’s Minister of State for Human Resources Shashi Tharoor, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a city hotel room Friday night, stoking renewed speculation over their relationship barely 24 hours after the two declared they were “happily married” following public airing of tweets that hinted about an extra-marital […]
BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Friday took a dig at the Congress-led government, saying the 2G scam affected the growth of the information and communication technology (ICT) industry in the country. “The speed at which India was progressing in the ICT field was badly hurt by this incident. It is a challenge to recover […]
After Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, was found dead in a Delhi hotel Friday night, a security cover has been provided at his office and home here in Kerala. Tharoor represents the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency and his office is located a stone’s throw from the state secretariat while his home is […]
Shia LaBeouf, who headbutted a guy in a pub here, later claimed that he is just like the next guy with faults. “I’m super normal,” tmz.com quoted him as saying. LaBeouf got into an argument with the other bar patron Thursday night in the Hobgoblin pub. After the fight, LaBeouf reiterates the fight was over […]
The US has no virtually no leverage over Iran by keeping the country isolated and it is only the country’s inclusion in the global economic system that will lead to its democratisation, argued two Iranian diaspora authors settled in the West. Reza Aslan and Fariba Hatchtroudi also contended that the spark, for what is now […]
India’s Congress party has filed a motion before the US Federal Court of Southern District of New York seeking dismissal of a human rights violation case relating to 1984 anti-Sikh violence. The motion filed Friday challenges the court’s jurisdiction, the legal standing of Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), a New York based human rights group, to […]
After the “nasty spat” between India and US over an Indian diplomat, the emergence of Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate, may cause even more tension between them, according to Time magazine. Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, whom US authorities charged with visa fraud involving her maid, has returned to India after being granted […]
At least 18 people were killed in a stampede that broke out early Saturday near the Malabar Hill residence of Dawoodi Bohra spiritual leader Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, who died Friday morning, officials said. According to police and BMC Disaster Control officials, the stampede took place around 1.30 a.m. as thousands of community mourners converged near […]
Shashi Tharoor, minister of state for human resource, was hospitalised after he complained of chest pain early Saturday, a day after his wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in a hotel here. Tharoor who was initially admitted to the ICU was later shifted to a ward at the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS). […]
Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez says her five-year-old son Max is the “love of her life”. She became emotional after receiving a love note from him. The “American Idol” judge was reduced to tears after finding a handwritten note from Max on her bed after returning home from a hard day’s work recently. The 44-year-old even shared […]