2016 will mark re-emergence of my music: Mandy Moore (Interview)

2016 will mark re-emergence of my music: Mandy Moore (Interview)

After lying “dormant” in the music world since the release of her last album “Amanda Leigh” in 2009, Hollywood actress and songstress Mandy Moore is confident that she’ll be back with a bang in 2016. She says she feels “unfulfilled” without creating music. “I’ve been working on music steadily for the last couple of years. […]

After 29 years of trial, court grants man probation

After 29 years of trial, court grants man probation

In a breather for a man who has undergone 29 years of trial for allegedly possessing secret documents of the commerce ministry, a court has released him on probation of a year. While the man has not been awarded a prison term due to the long-drawn trial he underwent, a telling commentary on IndiaÂ’s judicial […]

15-year-old gensets to be phased out in Delhi

15-year-old gensets to be phased out in Delhi

Fifteen-year-old generators being used in the natioanl capital for residential and commercial purposes are to be phased out to bring down the city’s air and noise pollution, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has been told. The Centrral Pollution Control Boad (CPCB) informed the NGT that generators would be deactivated after completing 15 years from the […]

Manjhi’s son detained with Rs 4.65 lakh

Manjhi’s son detained with Rs 4.65 lakh

Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s son Parween was on Sunday detained with Rs.4.65 lakh in cash in Jehanabad district, police said. “Parween Manjhi was detained after Rs.4.65 lakh was found in his vehicle during ongoing checking for unaccounted cash…,” a district police official said. The Income Tax department along with Bihar Police have […]

Meat Ban: Thackeray, Jain leaders meet, close the row

Meat Ban: Thackeray, Jain leaders meet, close the row

A delegation of top Jain religious leaders met Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday and drew curtains on the controversy over meat ban in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra during the ongoing Paryushan festival. “As far as Shiv Sena is concerned, this controversy has ended. But we must find out how it all […]

Modi to visit Facebook HQ in US, thanks Zuckerberg

Modi to visit Facebook HQ in US, thanks Zuckerberg

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Facebook headquarters in California, US, later this month, the social networking site’s co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Sunday. “I am excited to announce that Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India will be visiting Facebook HQ later this month for a Townhall Q&A. Prime Minister Modi and I […]