No Preconditions Must Be Attached To Afghanistan-Taliban Peace Talks, Says...
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan today said that no precondition should be attached for talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, as a key meeting of a quadrilateral group involving Afghanistan,...
View ArticleNo Preconditions Should Be Attached To Afghanistan-Taliban Peace Talks, Says...
From Sajjad Hussain Islamabad, Jan 11 () Pakistan today said that no precondition should be attached for talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, as a key meeting of a quadrilateral group...
View ArticleMan Deplaned For Allegedly Molesting Woman On Kolkata-Delhi Flight
KOLKATA -- A male passenger on a Delhi-bound flight was today off-loaded and arrested at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International airport for allegedly molesting a woman co-passenger after...
View ArticleWhy The New Juvenile Justice Law Is An Insult To Nirbhaya
Following the widespread public outcry over the December 2012 rape and murder of "Nirbhaya", and the protests that gained momentum again in 2015 due to the release of the juvenile perpetrator of the...
View ArticlePathankot Attack: Pakistan Arrests 'Unspecified Number Of Suspects' After Raids
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani authorities carried out raids at different places following attack on the Pathankot air base in India, leading to some arrests, intelligence officials said today. They said that...
View ArticleMadras HC Stays Order On Dress Code For Entering Temples
MADURAI -- The Madras High court today stayed a single judge's order framing a dress code for devotees and all other visitors to temples under control of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments...
View ArticleWoman Trust Chief Of Maharashtra Temple Won't Allow Other Women On Platform...
MUMBAI -- A 40-year-old housewife Anita Shetye has been appointed as the first woman chairperson of Shani Shingnapur Temple Trust in Ahmednagar district, which was in the news recently for disallowing...
View ArticleBJP In Favour Of Mehbooba Mufti As J&K Chief Minister
NEW DELHI -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday put the onus on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) over the formation of a new government in Jammu and Kashmir, and said that they do not have...
View ArticleOdd-Even Scheme Needs More Infrastructure To Make Travel Comfortable: Ratan Tata
NEW DELHI -- The Odd-Even scheme has worked to an extent in other countries but may require more supporting transport infrastructure here to make travel comfortable for commuters, leading industrialist...
View ArticleVir Das Took Jet Airways Down In Spectacular Fashion On Twitter Today
Actor, comedian, musician, and now Twitter activist — Vir Das wears many hats. On Monday, the 36-year-old entertainer was with actor and frequent collaborator Kavi Shastri in the Jet Airways lounge at...
View ArticleBihar Government's Website Calling Indira Gandhi's Regime Worse Than British...
NEW DELHI -- The Congress Party on Monday said that the report published on the Bihar Government's official website saying former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's regime was worse than the British raj,...
View ArticleWATCH: Comedian Kanan Gill On Palmists
Comedian and equal-opportunity offender Kanan Gill has put out a new episode as part of his ongoing sketch comedy series How Insensitive! This time, he focuses on a practice that's all too common in...
View ArticleSanjay Dutt To Be Released From Yerwada Jail On 25 February
MUMBAI -- Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, serving five-year sentence at the Yerwada central prison in Pune for illegal possession and destruction of an AK-56 rifle in 1993 serial blasts case, will be...
View ArticleSupreme Court Says Sabarimala Temple Cannot Ban Entry Of Women
NEW DELHI -- The Supreme Court today questioned the age-old tradition of banning entry of women of menstrual age group in historic Sabarimala temple in Kerala, saying it cannot be done under the...
View ArticleShah Rukh Khan Is Not Happy With Dilwale's Box Office Performance
KOLKATA -- As 'Dilwale' has failed to create a big mark at the box office dampening expectation arising out of the return of his pairing with Kajol, Shah Rukh Khan today admitted his disappointment. "I...
View ArticleWATCH: Delhiites Share Hair-Raising Experiences Of Getting Waxed For The...
The sight of long hair gracefully curling around women's ankles, wrists and armpits aren't exactly greeted with paroxysms of joy. Instead, one is trotted off to the nearest salon in the vicinity to...
View Article'Saala Khadoos' Boxer-Turned-Actress Ritika Singh Inspired By Ronda Rousey,...
MUMBAI -- Boxer-turned-actress Ritika Singh wants to balance both her training in boxing as well as acting in films. Ritika, a national-level kick boxer, is well-versed with mixed martial arts and...
View ArticleIn Very 'Changa' Punjabi, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Asks People To Bring Him...
Forget Prime Minister Narendra Modi's periodic address to the nation, Mann Ki Baat, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is beginning to be known as a regular on the radio for his many messages urging...
View ArticleSuicide Bombing In Istanbul Kills 10 People, Injures 15
ISTANBUL -- The latest on the explosion in historic center of Istanbul. All times local: 11:35 a.m. The Istanbul governor's office says the explosion at the city's historic Sultanahmet district has...
View ArticleJeep To Begin Sales In India, Will Start With Grand Cherokee And Wrangler Models
DETROIT -- Fiat Chrysler's Jeep Chief Executive Mike Manley on Monday said the SUV brand will announce next month its first sales in India, where volumes will be low for the first few years. Manley had...
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