Section 377 Decision By Supreme Court Needs Relook Say Jaitley, Chidambaram
Two top leaders of BJP and Congress on Saturday unanimously came out in support of gay rights, saying that the Supreme Court ought to relook its 2013 judgment upholding Section 377 that criminalizes...
View ArticleIndia Shouldn't Play Cricket With Pakistan Until Border Situation Becomes...
RANCHI -- India should not resume its cricketing ties with Pakistan until the situation at the border becomes "normal", feels veteran actor Anupam Kher. Kher, 60, is in Jharkhand to shoot for an...
View ArticlePM Modi To Leave For Paris Climate Conference Today
lNEW DELHI -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave for France on Sunday to take part in the Climate Conference in Paris. During his two-day visit, the Prime Minister will deliver a speech on India's...
View ArticleAboobacker Musalyar, Kerala Muslim Scholar, Says Gender Equality 'Against Islam'
An influential Sunni Muslim leader in Kerala, Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musalyar, has decried reservations for women in elections arguing that "they (women) were only fit to deliver children," and that...
View ArticlePeople Have Been Bashed For Their Opinions In Last Few Years, Says Priyanka...
MUMBAI -- Actress Priyanka Chopra feels one is entitled to his or her opinion, but in the last few years people in India have been "bashed" for expressing their point of view. When asked about the...
View Article88-Year-Old Former Joint Secretary Jailed For Corruption
NEW DELHI -- An 88-year-old former joint secretary in the Ministry of Commerce has been sentenced to one year in jail by a Delhi court in an over 30-year-old case for amassing disproportionate assets...
View ArticleFinance Ministry To Review 'Slow Response' Of Gold Monetisation Scheme On 1...
NEW DELHI -- The Finance Ministry will hold a review meeting with banks and Resrve Bank of India (RBI) representatives on Tuesday to assess the gold monetisation scheme, which has seen a "slow...
View ArticleIndia, France To Launch Global Solar Alliance
PARIS -- French President Francois Hollande and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday launch an international solar alliance aimed at eventually bringing clean and affordable solar energy...
View ArticleShiv Sena Demands PM's Response To Farooq's Statement On PoK Being Part Of...
INDORE -- Asserting that Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir is an "integral" part of India, the Shiv Sena today sought reaction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh on National...
View ArticleRBI May Keep Rates Unchanged Banking On Likely, Healthy Q2 Performance
NEW DELHI -- India's economic growth likely picked up in the July-September quarter, outpacing China on improving domestic demand and manufacturing activity that could persuade the Reserve Bank of...
View ArticleMission Innovation: India, 19 Other Countries Commit To USD 20 Billion On...
PARIS -- Twenty countries, including India, the US and China, will today launch an initiative to double their clean energy research and development budget over the next five years as part of global...
View ArticleCostly Cleaner Coal Technology Fighting Competition From Renewable Energy
NEW DELHI/ TOKYO -- The global coal industry is trumpeting "cleaner coal" technology to fight bubbling competition from renewable energy, but the high costs of greener plants are proving a major...
View ArticleNestle Resumes Maggi Noodles Production At All Plants In India
NEW DELHI -- Nestle India today said it has resumed production of Maggi noodles at all five facilities in India. Nestle, which relaunched Maggi noodles on 9 November after a five-months ban, has...
View ArticleFrom Coal Mining To Turmeric Farming In Meghalaya's Jaintia Hills
KHLIERIAT, Meghalaya -- The National Green Tribunal ban on coal mining and transportation of coal in Meghalaya's Jaintia Hills region has resulted in many of those engaged in the activity switching to...
View ArticleWATCH: This 'Diwale' Trailer Works Better When Set To Scenes From 'Despicable...
Didn't love the trailer for Rohit Shetty's upcoming Dilwale? Join the club. The Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol starrer, which releases on December 18, had a star-studded trailer launch recently. However, while...
View ArticleCentre To Introduce Special Identity Cards For The Differently Abled
NEW DELHI -- Revealing that the Centre was planning to introduce special identity cards for all persons with disabilities in the country, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand...
View ArticleDaisy Shah Would Love To Do Bhagyashree's Role In 'Maine Pyaar Kiya'
MUMBAI -- Actress Daisy Shah says her dream role would be the one played by Bhagyashree in superstar Salman Khan's film Maine Pyaar Kiya (1989). "I would want to work with Sanjay Leela Bhansali and...
View ArticleDeepika Padukone Wants To Turn Producer
MUMBAI -- Unperturbed by box office profits and losses, actress Deepika Padukone says she wants to venture into film production in near future because she likes to organise things. The 29-year-old...
View ArticleSridevi Is A 'Goddess Of Beauty', Confesses Ram Gopal Varma
NEW DELHI -- His admiration for Sridevi is not known to many but filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has opened up about it in his autobiography by dedicating a chapter on his celebrity crush. In the book titled...
View ArticleSC Dismisses PIL On Rahul Gandhi's Citizenship As 'Frivolous'
NEW DELHI -- The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea seeking a direction to CBI to register a case against Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for allegedly declaring himself as a British national...
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