India's Hockey Captain Sardar Singh Named In Sexual Harassment Complaint...
A British national has allegedly lodged a complaint of "sexual exploitation" with the Punjab Police against Indian hockey team captain Sardar Singh. The woman is from Leeds in England and was the first...
View ArticleFormer Lok Sabha Speaker Balram Jakhar Passes Away At 92
NEW DELHI -- Veteran Congress leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker Balram Jakhar passed away today. He was 92. Condoling his death, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was a popular leader who enriched...
View ArticleThe BJP And Its 377 Problem
Now that the Supreme Court has made up its mind about reopening the issue of Section 377, will the government have to do the same? In the wake of the court decision to have a five-judge Bench examine...
View ArticleAnupam Kher Rejects Visa Offer From Pakistan High Commissioner
NEW DELHI -- Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit has called up Anupam Kher and offered him a visa to travel to that country if he has applied for the same but the Bollywood actor declined the offer,...
View ArticleSahara Set To Raise $780 Million To Free Subrata Roy
NEW DELHI -- India's embattled Sahara conglomerate is close to raising about 53 billion rupees ($780 million) by divesting assets, a lawyer for the group said, as part of its efforts to free its jailed...
View ArticleZika Outbreak Slams Breaks On Tata Zica
The outbreak of the deadly Zika virus in the Americas has had an unexpected impact on an Indian carmaker. Tata Motors, which was expected to launch its new hatchback Zica on 4 Februry, has announced...
View ArticleMunicipal Corporation Workers Block Major Roads In Delhi, Bring Traffic To A...
NEW DELHI -- The striking workers of MCD today blocked major roads in the capital throwing peak hour traffic out of gear even as the Delhi government suggested that the continuing protests, that have...
View ArticleNo One Can Play Me In My Biopic, Feels Dharmendra
NEW DELHI -- Veteran actor Dharmendra says if a biopic is made on him, there is no one in Bollywood, who can portray him perfectly. The 80-year-old actor, who was in the capital to promote his son...
View ArticleOsama Bin Laden's Deadly 9/11 Attack Was Inspired By A 1999 Plane Crash
JERUSALEM -- Osama bin Laden got inspiration for the deadly 9/11 attacks from a 1999 plane crash in which an Egyptian airline pilot deliberately downed his plane in the Atlantic Ocean, the al-Qaeda has...
View ArticleVHP Protests Against Shah Rukh Khan's 'Raees' Shoot In Bhuj
BHUJ -- Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) members today protested against the ongoing shooting of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's film Raees in the district, for his earlier remarks on "intolerance"....
View ArticleMumbai's Massive Garbage Fire Was Visible From Space
Satellite images released by NASA show that a garbage fire in the Deonar dumping ground in Mumbai could be seen from space. The fire reportedly started on 27 January and raged for four days. Because of...
View ArticleRajkummar Rao Feels Uncomfortable With Clichéd Depiction Of Gay Men In Films
NEW DELHI -- Actor Rajkummar Rao says he is proud to be a part of Aligarh as he feels the movie doesn't take the conventional route of depicting gay characters on screen. Aligarh, also starring Manoj...
View ArticleKapil Sharma Is All Set To Entertain His Audience With His New Show 'Comedy...
Kapil Sharma, the 'comedy king' of Indian television, has some good news for all his fans who were left heartbroken after he announced the end of his mega-successful show Comedy Nights With Kapil in...
View ArticleThis Hindi Sex Education Video Is A Must-Watch For Parents And Teachers
The primary reason why sex education is regarded as some sort of a taboo in India is because adults literally have no idea how to talk to children and young adults about sexuality, sex and human...
View Article'Sanam Teri Kasam' Star Harshvardhan Rane Has No Regrets Rejecting 'Ram Leela'
MUMBAI -- South actor Harshvardhan Rane, who was scheduled to make his Bollywood debut with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Goliyon Ki Raasleela: Ram-Leela (2013), says he turned down the offer to star in the...
View ArticleIndia Becomes World's Second Largest Smartphone Market
India's ever growing clout in the technology world is boosted by the fact that now it has surpassed the USA to become world's second largest smartphone market after China. In a report published by...
View ArticleIndia Sees 3.5 Lakh Cancer-Related Deaths, 7 Lakh New Cases Every Year, Says...
NEW DELHI -- Cancer is the second biggest killer after heart disease in India, with 3.5 lakh people succumbing to the disease every year, a research body said today. Referring to the WHO World Cancer...
View ArticleIndia's Lightest Gun 'Nidar' Launched At Rs Rs 37,400
Dubbed as India's lightest gun, the Rifle Factory in West Bengal's Ishapore has launched a firearm that promises protection to millions of men and women working under unsafe conditions. Built...
View ArticleKarnataka Govt. Says Attack On Tanzanian Woman Was Not Racist, Not Stripped...
NEW DELHI -- Four days after a Tanzanian woman was attacked on a street in Bengaluru, the government of Karnataka has refuted reports that she was stripped and paraded naked, characterizing the...
View ArticleVirat Kohli Seems Like A Mirror Image Of Sir Vivian Richards: Ravi Shastri
NEW DELHI -- In awe of Virat Kohli's meteoric rise, Indian Team Director Ravi Shastri today said the swashbuckling batsman seems like a mirror-image of West Indian great Viv Richards and "wields his...
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