Fire at Bharat Petroleum refinery in Mumbai’s Chembur; no casualties reported.
Mumbai: A massive fire broke out at a fuel refinery in Mumbai on Wednesday. However, there were no reports of any casualties in the incident. […]
Month: August 2018
Amitabh Bachchan shares heartwarming note after attending Rajan Nanda’s funeral.
Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan recently rushed to Delhi from Bulgaria after learning about the tragic demise of Rajan Nanda, Chairman and Managing Director of Escorts […]
Dalit groups call for Bharat bandh on August 9, govt urges people not to participate.
NewDelhi: Dalit organisations have called for a Bharat Bandh on August 9 against the Supreme Court ruling on the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act. […]
Russian think tank calls for sale of Su-35 fighters to Pakistan in retaliation to India opting out of FGFA.
NewDelhi: Is Russia unhappy with India’s decision to pull out of the project to jointly develop a Fifth-Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) and planning to sell […]
Angelina Jolie accuses Brad Pitt of evading child support.
Washington/D.C.: In a court filing on Tuesday, Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie alleged that her former husband Brad Pitt has not paid any ‘meaningful’ child support […]
Sunita Williams, 8 others to fly on Boeing, SpaceX spacecraft: NASA.
Houston: Indian-origin US astronaut Sunita Williams is among the nine astronauts named by NASA on Friday for its first human spaceflight programme since the retirement […]
Strong Indian economy continues to lead global growth: IMF.
Washington: India is a source of growth for the global economy for the next few decades and it could be what China was for the […]
Imran Khan questioned by Pakistan’s anti-graft body.
Peshawar: Imran Khan, who is set to become Pakistan’s new prime minister, was questioned today by the country’s anti-graft body in connection with the misuse […]
Facebook seeking customer data from US banks: Report.
SanFrancisco: To offer new “financial services” via its messaging app Messenger, Facebook is seeking customer data from some US-based banks regarding their card transactions, shopping […]
Chose Aug 15 as it’s a commercial date, says John Abraham on ‘Satyameva Jayate’.
Mumbai: Actor John Abraham has said the makers of his upcoming film “Satyameva Jayate” chose August 15 as the film’s release date as it is […]
‘Can I call you Appa for one last time,’ MK Stalin pens heartfelt tribute for Karunanidhi.
Chennai: “Can I call you Appa for one last time my leader,” DMK leader MK Stalin penned an emotional letter to his departed father and […]
Wheelchair-bound 10-year-old boy stands for national anthem in Tennessee.
NEWYORK: In a heart-warming moment witnessed by many, a 10-year-old wheelchair-bound boy managed to stand for the national anthem at a Tennessee fair on Sunday night. […]
Karunanidhi and Jayalalithaa: Divided by blood feud, united in federalism.
Chennai: In less than two years, Tamil Nadu has lost its two biggest political leaders – J Jayalalithaa and M Karunanidhi. The vacuum their deaths […]
M Karunanidhi dead: PM Narendra Modi pays homage to departed DMK leader at Rajaji Hall in Chennai.
CHENNAI: In a major development, the Madras High Court on Wednesday allowed the burial of departed DMK leader M Karunanidhi near Anna Memorial at Chennai’s Marina beach – demand […]
Air India again delays salaries; employees yet to get pay for July.
Mumbai: For the fifth consecutive month, debt-laden Air India has not paid salaries to its employees on time and is yet to communicate the possible […]
Explosion causes fire near Italy’s Bologna Airport.
Italy/ROME: Two trucks collided on a motorway near Bologna airport in northern Italy on Monday, sending a huge ball of fire and billows of black […]
Salman Khan’s Sultan to release in over 11,000 screens in China, to lock horns with Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible – Fallout.
Mumbai: After delivering a thunderous Box Office performance in India, Salman Khan-Anushka Sharma-starrer ‘Sultan’ is en route China. The sports drama directed by Ali Abbas […]
Light showers in Delhi-NCR, intermittent rains predicted for the week.
NewDelhi: Parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region witnessed light rains on Tuesday with the minimum temperature recorded at 25.9 degrees CelSius, a notch below […]
Kerala family murder case cracked; black magic, revenge behind crime, claims police.
KOCHI: The authorities in Kerala claimed to have cracked the mystery behind the gruesome murder of four members of a family in Idukki nearly a week […]
Wall collapses in waiting room at Patna Junction, kills 70-year-old.
Patna: At a time when Indian Railways is trying to ramp up its facilities and offer services and an experience at par with flying, infrastructure […]
DCW to conduct social audit of all shelter homes in Delhi after Muzaffarpur sex scandal.
NewDelhi: The Delhi Commission for Women has set up an expert committee to conduct a detailed social audit of all shelter homes in the capital after […]
Shashi Tharoor’s ‘outlandish headgear’ remark on PM Modi draws flak, BJP demands apology.
NEWDELHI: BJP has demanded an apology from the Congress party after its Kerala MP Shashi Tharoor made fun of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for wearing ”all sorts of […]