Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed has described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise visit to Pakistan as a “right step in the right direction”. “It is the right step in the right direction. The goodwill gesture by Modi will definitely break the ice in the relations between the two neighbours, a process […]
Madrid, Leo Messi has topped Spanish paper Marca’s list of the top 10 players of 2015, the media reported. Cristiano Ronaldo was eighth on the list, reports Xinhua. Rather than picking the players themselves, Marca left the ordering up to reader’s votes. The year 2015 was undeniably the year of FC Barcelona. Luis Enrique’s side […]
Mumbai, Veteran Bollywood actresss Sadhana Shivdasani passed away here on Friday morning in Mumbai after a long battle with cancer, a family friend said here. She was 74 and a widow, and is survived by her foster daughter. “Sadhana breathed her last at her home this morning,” a close friend and BJP city spokesperson Shaina […]
Mumbai, Actor Irrfan Khan will be sharing screen space with veteran star Waheeda Rehman in his next project “The Song Of Scorpions”. Humbled by the opportunity, the internationally acclaimed star says working with the cine icon is “like flash back merging into present”. Irrfan, who is currently shooting for Geneva-based director Anup Singh’s film in […]
New Delhi, A man died in police firing here on Thursday during a protest following the death of a child in a road accident. Wasim, a resident of Shahbad Dairy area in west Delhi, was shot around 11.30 a.m. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared him dead. Police said scores […]
New Delhi, The central government on Thursday said that it will take all possible measures to introduce only eco-friendly vehicles for public transport. The information was given by Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, who inaugurated the first ever international electric vehicle expo “EV-Expo” being held here. Speaking after the inauguration, Gadkari elaborated […]
Srinagar/Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed was on Thursday flown to New Delhi and admitted in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for treatment. A state government spokesman said his “health is absolutely fine”. Sayeed’s daughter and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti accompanied him to Delhi. An official spokesman […]
Guwahati, Anup Chetia, the self-styled general secretary of insurgent group ULFA who was extradited from Bangladesh in November, walked out of jail on Thursday after the Gauhati High Court granted him bail. The founder general secretary of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) said he would soon leave for his home in Jeraigaon in […]
New Delhi, BJP veterans, including former president L.K. Advani, met here on Thursday amid signs that a section of the party is not happy over the suspension of MP Kirti Azad for taking on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over alleged corruption in Delhi’s cricket body. Advani drove to the residence of another former president Murli […]
Moscow, India sees Russia as a reliable friend, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin as the 16th annual summit between the two countries got underway here on Thursday. After exchanging greetings at the start of the talks with the Putin, Modi said India and Russia were now cooperating in the international and […]