Congress party Vice President Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to address a public meeting here on Wednesday arranged by the the party’s overseas wing as part of its push to enlist Non-resident Indians (NRIs). On Monday in Washington, Gandhi, who is on a tour of the US, spoke at the pro-Democratic Party think tank, Centre for […]
US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka and India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj discussed here women empowerment and the upcoming Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad. Ivanka Trump, who has the official title of Adviser to the President, tweeted afterwards: “I have long respected India’s accomplished and charismatic Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, and it was an […]
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra stepped out in a figure hugging white custom-made Balmain mermaid creation at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards. She took the stage alongside Anthony Anderson to present the Award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series to John Oliver for “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” at the Microsoft Theater on September 17. At […]
US President Donald Trump once again mocked North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, calling him “Rocket Man”, an allusion to Pyongyang’s recent nuclear tests, as well as speaking ironically about the “long … lines” of people waiting to get fuel in the nation after the sanctions imposed by the UN. “I spoke with President Moon of […]
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the US could stay in the Paris Agreement on climate change under right conditions. “Under the right conditions, the President said he’s open to finding those conditions where we can remain engaged with others in what we all agree is a challenging issue,” said Tillerson in an […]
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley warned that the world body has “exhausted” its options on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue. “We have pretty much exhausted all the things that we can do at the Security Council at this point,” Haley on Sunday said in an interview with the CNN. “None of us want […]
Four teenaged girl students of Bihar were Sunday honoured for their courage in resisting the family’s pressure to marry before turning 18. School students Gudiya Kumari, Puja Kumari, Sonam Kumari and Priyanka Kumari were conferred the Gender Alliance’s Bandhan Tod awards, under its campaign against child marriage and dowry in Bihar. “We have awarded these […]
India rode on Hardik Pandya’s all-round brilliance to thrash Australia by 26 runs by Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-truncated opener of the five-match One-day International series at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here on Sunday. After guiding India to safety with a career-best 83 off 66 balls, the 23-year-old Pandya starred with the ball, picking the […]
Two women died, while four other tourists, including a woman, were missing after being washed away in an overflowing stream at a waterfall near this Karnataka port town on Sunday, police said. “The incident occurred late afternoon when a group of 25-30 tourists from Goa’s Madgaon were in the stream at the Nagarmani waterfall near […]
Indian-American Aziz Ansari and African-American Lena Waithe added a shade of diversity to the winners of the 69th Primetime Awards here as co-writers of a “Master of None” episode on a character coming out to her family as a lesbian. They won for the “Thanksgiving” episode, in which Waithe’s on screen character Denise discovers her […]