New Delhi, Vietnamese Ambassador to India Ton Sinh Thanh on Saturday invited Indian filmmakers to shoot their movies in Vietnam to boost the two millenia-old cultural ties between the two countries. “Besides enhancing the exchange of artists, cultural troops, students and think tanks, we should try new areas such as exchange of movies and promoting […]
Las Vegas, Singer Britney Spears has reportedly put her backing dancers on a sex ban. According to a source, the 34-year-old, who has returned to her “Piece of Me” residency here, is so obsessed with impressing fans with her dance moves, infectious music and dazzling costumes that she’s put her staff on a strict routine, […]
New York, Republican front-runner Donald Trump late on Saturday won the South Carolina Republican primary. The victory is seen as a tremendous show of strength in the heart of the Deep South that validates his status as the GOP’s national front-runner, CNN reported. Trump’s win, following his victory in New Hampshire earlier this month and […]
Srinagar, An army official was killed on Sunday when security forces raided a multi-storeyed building near Pampore town in Kashmir to flush out hiding guerrillas. “A captain of 10 para regiment was martyred when security forces entered the building on Sunday morning in which militants are holed up,” a senior police official told IANS. “Heavy […]
Chandigarh, Thousands of people continued to suffer as the violent agitation by Jat community protesters in Haryana entered the eighth day on Sunday. The agitation paralysed life in the entire state, cutting off all northern states from Delhi. With trains to and from Delhi and other places being cancelled, buses not plying, all major highways […]
Patna, Amid a political furore over JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar’s arrest, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday asked the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to explain their definition of ‘desh-drohi’ (anti-national). “One week has passed (since Kanhaiya’s arrest) but government agencies concerned have failed to come out with evidence against Kanhaiya. Is it […]
Rohtak/Chandigarh, The Haryana government on Friday called in the army to contain the situation in eight districts of the state severely affected by the ongoing Jat agitation, including in Rohtak town, where one person was killed and over 10 were injured, including a BSF trooper, as a violent mob went on the rampage. Haryana Director […]
Australian ultra-marathon legend Pat Farmer has exited Mumbai, India’s biggest and busiest city and has continued north to his final destination in Srinigar, Kashmir. After arriving just outside the city on the evening of February 16, the Spirit of India Run crew were welcomed by both state officials and the Ministry of Tourism which operates […]
Hyderabad, India defeated China 3-2 in the men’s category of the Badminton Asia Team Championships at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium here on Thursday. Kidambi Srikanth, Ajay Jayaram and H.S. Prannoy won their respective singles matches to give the hosts victory. India lost the two doubles matches. India’s men’s and women’s teams have already made it […]
New Delhi, The much-hyped launch of the world’s cheapest “Made in India” smartphone was thrown into disarray on Thursday as a mad rush to book the Rs.251 (less than $4) device caused the firm’s website to crash within hours of opening up for pre-orders. Besides utter chaos at the company’s Noida-based head office, there were […]