The on-going 44th International Film Festival of India at Panaji in Goa comes to an end this evening. Hollywood actress Michelle Yeoh will attend the closing ceremony as the chief guest. “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom “directed by Justin Chandwick and written by William Nicholsan will be the closing Film at the festival. Popular film […]
The Emperor and Empress of Japan have arrived in New Delhi on a six day state visit to India this evening. The dignitaries were received by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur at Indira Gandhi International airport. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will meet Indian top leadership during their stay in […]
Indian weightlifters continue to break new records at the Commonwealth Youth, Junior and Senior Championships Indian weightlifters continue to break new records at the Commonwealth Youth, Junior and Senior Championships. On the penultimate day of the event in Penang, Malaysia, today, the Indian lifters took their overall medal tally to an unprecedented 102, including 53 […]
India’s rising shuttler PV Sindhu will meet fifth seeded Tsz Ka Chan of Hong Kong later today in the quarterfinal of the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton tournament. Top seeded Sindhu is the lone Indian left in the tournament. Yesterday, Sayali Gokhale and PC Thulasi bowed out of the event, after losing in the […]
The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange rallied 257 points, or 1.3 percent, to close at 20,792, today, on hopes that second quarter GDP growth will beat expectations. The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange rose 84 points, or 1.4 percent, to 6,176. Stock markets in Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore ended […]
Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala has begun formal discussions to form a consensus government in the Himalayan state. He is deliberating with the leaders of other political parties over the issue. The Party has emerged the single largest group in the 601 Constituent assembly by winning 105 direct seats. It is likely to get 91 […]
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has ruled out an early election, following six days of protests aimed at removing her from office. In an interview with BBC, she said, the situation in Thailand was not calm enough for polls. Ms Yingluck has been prime minister since 2011. Yesterday, Ms Yingluck called for an end to […]
The bodies of 18 people kidnapped hours earlier by a group of men wearing military uniforms were found just north of Baghdad today. All of the corpses had gunshots to the head and chest, and were found abandoned in farmland near the town of Tarmiyah, two police officers and a medical source said. The dead […]
Former Supreme Court judge, Justice A K Ganguly, believed to have been accused by a law intern of sexual harassment, has recorded a statement before the three-judge committee. The Committee headed by Justice R M Lodha has submitted the report to the Chief Justice of India after recording the statement of Justice Ganguly. Ganguly demitted […]
Sahara India chief Subroto Roy today said the company would move the Supreme Court regarding the submission of fresh title deeds to market regulator SEBI. While interacting with media persons in Kolkata, he said that the company now going to approach the apex court for an order to submit the title deeds directly to the […]