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Gift of Life USA Gala 2019 held (Insider Bureau) - Gift of Life USA recently celebrated its Annual Fundraising gala this past weekend at the Huntington Hilton wit...
AOC calls new campaign finance complaint 'bogus' (Insider Bureau) Washington D.C. - Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., told Fox News Wednesday that new claims of campaign fi...
Calvin Klein abandons runway division American fashion label Calvin Klein announced Wednesday it is closing its high-end runway division as part of a restructuring by p...
Karl Lagerfeld's final collection for Chanel at Paris Fashion Week Karl Lagerfeld's Fall/Winter 2019-2020 women's ready-to-wear collection show for Chanel was presented at the Grand Palais, Paris ...
Celebrating Ambassadors of Change for Children's Rights (By our staff reporter)- CRY, Child Rights & You America [CRY America], a 501c3 non-profit that works towards ensuring underprivi...
International Women's Day celebrated at The Consulate General of India (By our staff reporter) -The event was graced by the presence of distinguished celebrity guests - National Award winning Bollywoo...
FIRST ANNUAL NJ DEVILS SIKH HERITAGE DAY (Insider Bureau) New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Saikat Chakrabarti, the progressive firebrand's multimillionaire chie...
BRITs 2019 The hottest stars in music headed to London's 02 arena in North Greenwich on Wednesday night in celebration of the 2019 BRIT Award...
Gucci unmasks a harder, more masculine collection Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele says the blackface controversy has had a deep impact on the company and provided a lear...
Bernie crushes 2020 Democratic field in first-day money chase (Agencies)- Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign is off to an impressive start: The Vermont senator crushed other Democratic candidates i...
In "War" Against Pornography, Bangladesh Shuts About 20,000 Sites (Agencies)- Bangladesh authorities have blocked almost 20,000 websites as part of an anti-pornography "war", a minister said Tuesd...
Kylie Jenners Valentines Day surprise! Thursday will be her second Valentine's Day with beau Travis Scott. And with still another day to go, Kylie Jenner has already been gifted wit...
Katy Perry's fashion line under fire Singer Katy Perry was slammed on social media for designing shoes which resembled 'blackface' imagery. The shoes in question wer...
Valentine’s Day 2019 With Valentine’s Day here, chances are you’ve thought at least once about what you’re going to wear. Let Sara Ali Khan, Alia Bhatt...
Pretty in Pink! (Agencies)- Melania Trump talked drug policy and her signature Be Best campaign over lunch Wednesday with her Colombian counterpa...
Come clean when things go wrong Two notable Americans faced firestorms of criticism last week: A governor whose medical school yearbook page showed a racist imag...
"Jaan Meri", composed by Ustad Khan, to be released CAMBRIDGE, MA (By our staff reporter) - Ustad Nishat Khan, a scion of one of the oldest Gharanas of Hindustani music will be the s...
Cardi B steals the show with a risque pink leather ensemble and rainbow hair as she leads stars at Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest She turned down the chance to perform at the Super Bowl Half Time Show with Maroon 5. But Cardi B still turned heads on Saturday ...
Kapil Sharma hosts third wedding reception in Delhi Actor-host Kapil Sharma, who tied the knot with Ginni Chatrath in December, hosted a third wedding reception in Delhi. After the m...
Gauri Khan stuns at Lakme Fashion Week 2019 Gauri Khan attended Lakme Fashion Week summer/resort 2019 on Thursday, wearing what most would define as business attire. Keeping ...
LFW SR19: Suited-booted, flowy and flowery at the fashion week The ongoing Lakme Fashion Week Summer Resort 2019 had all the trends that would be in this season. Take a look: Pantsuits Design...
20 million people in Bangladesh are drinking water laced with arsenic, Human Rights Watch survey finds (Agencies)- Each year, 43,000 Bangladeshis die as a result of drinking arsenic-contaminated water, a figure which has not signific...
Mayor De Blasio appoints reverend Dominiquec atchison as executive Director of the Mayor’s center for Faith and Community Partnership NEW YORK (Insider Bureau)-Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the appointment of Rev. Dominique C. Atchison, MDiv as Executive Director...
35th Annual Dance Pe Chance’ 2019 Organized (By Paresh Gandhi) New Jersey - The Federation of Indian Associations (FIA) of the tri-state, one of the oldest and the largest n...
'Virginity test of brides in india to be banned (Insider Bureau) - Certain communities in the maharashtra state follow a custom whereby a newly-wed woman has to prove that she w...
UP cow shelters get Rs 647 crore in Yogi government’s budget The Yogi Adityanath government of Uttar Pradesh has proposed to spend over Rs 647 crore in the 2019-20 budget on the maintenance o...
Plant 3,000 trees: Delhi high court’s green punishment for 2G accused The Delhi high court on Thursday ordered some respondents to plant 3,000 trees each as a punishment for seeking time to file reply...
19-year-old allegedly raped by 6 men in Bihar, father forced to watch In a shocking incident, a teenaged girl was gang-raped in front of her father by six youths in a village in Bihar’s Kishanganj dis...
Hailstorm in Delhi-NCR brings down temperature, more rains likely at night Several parts of Delhi-NCR witnessed moderate rainfall and thundershowers with strong winds on Thursday evening. Instances of hail...
Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor's Good News gets a new release date, due on September 6 Good News is one of the many upcoming Karan Johar productions along with Kalank, Student of the Year 2 and Takht. The film, starri...
Aryan's Facebook account hacked, posts message The Facebook account of Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan has been hacked. The star kid posted a message to confirm this. Actor Shah...
Kamala Harris represents the rise of the Indian Americans (By a Staff Reporter) The Indian American immigrant population has often been called the "model migrants" and earned high points ...
Indian couple was intoxicated during fatal fall from California's Yosemite Park: Autopsy report (By a Staff Reporter) An Indian couple, who fell to their deaths in October reportedly while taking a selfie at a steep cliff in ...
Donald Trump says little progress at shutdown talks; more on Sunday A delegation of top White House aides led by Vice President Mike Pence will meet again with congressional staff on Sunday after a...
Mamata Banerjee has best chance to be first PM from state: Bengal BJP chief At a time when Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party are bitter opponents, BJP state president Dilip Ghosh on Saturday tri...
US, US travel advisory following Sabarimala row a big setback for Kerala tourism, says minister As fresh incidents of violence continued to mar peace in Kerala following the entry of two women into the Sabarimala temple, state...
Mumbai court grants bail to actor Alok Nath in rape case by writer A Mumbai court granted anticipatory bail to actor Alok Nath in the rape complaint filed by a TV writer-producer, who during the re...
300,000 and more, migratory birds flock to keep their date with Kashmir Around 300,000 migratory birds have arrived in Kashmir so far this month, buoyed by early snowfall which swelled the lakes and wet...
Stunned by allegations; challenging time for my family and me: Binny Bansal BENGALURU: In a strong rebuttal to allegations of personal misconduct by an unnamed complainant, Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal ...
Acharya Lokesh will address the Parliament of World’s Religions in Canada *Founder of Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti eminent Jain Acharya Lokesh Muni will address Parliament of World’s Religions organised from Nove...
Australia seeks to ban schools from expelling students on the basis of homosexuality Australia aims to ban private or religious schools from expelling students on the basis of their sexuality, Prime Minister Scott M...
Sleep is good for brain health, helps your brain organise memories Sleep helps to consolidate memories, as per a new study. Researchers from Ruhr-Universitat Bochum and the University of Bonn have ...
Sundar Pichai met Pentagon officials over AI drone project Maven: Reports Facing the ire of the United States President Donald Trump’s administration over its censored Chinese search engine project, Googl...
Boris Johnson, Indian-origin wife file for divorce (News Agencies) Boris Johnson, who hit the headlines by resigning as UK foreign secretary in July over the Brexit plan of Prime Mi...
Why The Catholic Church Is Its Own Worst Enemy in India Today The Catholic Church traces its origins to that day, approximately 2,000 years ago, when Jesus appointed a leader among his Apostle...
Why India’s tourism sector needs close monitoring The United Nations World Tourism Organisation, a specialised agency of the UN, has said that international tourist arrivals in Ind...
Saudi Plan To Dig Canal Likely To Cut Off Qatar, Turn It Into Island Riyadh: A Saudi official hinted Friday the kingdom was moving forward with a plan to dig a canal that would turn the neighbouring ...
Firecrackers not necessary to bring people together: Supreme Court The Supreme Court on Wednesday was told by the firecrackers’ manufacturers that firecrackers alone were not the sole reason for ri...
Abuse at shelter homes: MPs can’t pass the buck On Monday, police in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria rescued 24 girls from a shelter home amid allegations of a sex racket thriving on its ...
Why Bharat needs to stay connected to its roots Bharat’s deep cultural roots are its identity. Remaining connected to these roots, embedded in our identity (Asmita), is essential...
Why India won’t become a Hindu Pakistan A senior leader of the Congress recently said that if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returns to power, India will become a “Hind...
Mallika Sherawat: Was thrown out of films as I refused to get intimate with co-stars off screen More than a decade ago, actor Mallika Sherawat shocked the audience with her uninhibited expression of sexuality on-screen, but she says the image cam...
Koreas discuss removing North’s artillery from tense border The rival Koreas are discussing the possible relocation of North Korea’s long-range artillery systems away from the tense Korean b...
SCO headquarters in Beijing holds first Yoga Day event For the first time, a Yoga event was organised at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) headquarters on Saturday, kicking of...
World Environment Day: 3 women to row 3,000 miles across Atlantic to take action against plastic pollution When three ordinary working women pledged to challenge the everyday use of single-use disposable plastic, they set themselves up f...
Trolls and ‘their grandmas’ disapproved of Swara Bhasker’s masturbation scene in ‘Veere…’, but guess who had the last laugh? Even as Veere Di Wedding continues to rake in money at the box office, the trolls seem to be in an overdrive, shaming the actors f...
Miss America says NO to swimsuit round; Twitterati ask ‘Can we have Mr America?’ Miss America pageant is scrapping off its swimsuit competition as the board of directors said they will no longer judge a woman ba...
Akash Ambani-Shloka Mehta’s engagement invite is here and it’s as grand as you can imagine The much-awaited big fat Indian wedding of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta is around the corner. While the official invitation is ye...
How King of Pop Michael Jackson leant 45° without falling over In 1987, Michael Jackson seemingly defied gravity in the video of his song Smooth Criminal, when he leant 45° forward, his spine straight, with only h...
Raazi box office collection day 4: The Alia Bhatt film continues to soar Alia Bhatt’s latest film Raazi has been doing incredibly well at the box office, especially considering the fact that the movie in...
Cannes 2018: Mahira Khan leaves a trail of memorable fashion moments at the French Riviera Mahira Khan is currently in attendance at the Cannes Film Festival and though the Pakistani beauty is not exactly known for her ma...
From a rice mill clerk to south’s first BJP CM, a look back at Yeddyurappa’s political journey From serving as secretary to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to becoming the first BJP chief minister in the south and later...
DU admissions 2018 commence today: Online application, courses offered, fees, exam date, expected cut-off DU admission 2018: Delhi University (DU) will begin online registration to its undergraduate programmes on May 15, that is, tomorr...
Jacqueline Fernandez feted with PETA India's digital activism award Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez has been given the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India's Digital Activ...
Met Gala 2018: Deepika Padukone rocks in a red gown Deepika Padukone arrives for the 2018 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Pics/AFP Deepika Padukone chose a...
Philippine President calls North Korea's Kim Jong Un 'hero of everybody' Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Sunday North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, whom he had previously called a "fool", is no...
Bihar: Viral video shows girl molested, clothes ripped off; 4 arrested The Jehanabad police on Monday arrested four persons for allegedly molesting a teenage girl and trying to rip her clothes while fi...
Jennifer Lopez's First Makeup Product Is Here Jennifer Lopez is giving fans the chance to channel her famous glow with an early launch from her upcoming beauty line. The sta...
Karlie Kloss Joins Estee Lauder, Tackles First-Day Nerves in Funny Video Karlie Kloss has been unveiled as the newest Global Spokesmodel and Brand Ambassador for Estée Lauder. The US supermodel and en...
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Royal Wedding: Here's The Fact Sheet So Far While some aspects of Britain's upcoming royal wedding are still under wraps, the palace has divulged a few details ahead of the m...
Manushi Chhillar walks the ramp with a Down Syndrome patient Almost six months ago, in a long-awaited victory, Manushi Chhillar was crowned Miss World 2017. The beauty queen has since then...
Paradise Towers: Shweta Bachchan Nanda's debut novel will launch in October Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan's daughter Shweta Bachchan-Nanda's debut novel, Paradise Towers, a heart-warming slice-of-life...
These hot pics of Urvashi Rautela will give you major #FitnessGoals. former beauty queen The former beauty queen has not only been stealing hearts for her million dollar smile and killer dance moves, but also for her hotness quotient.
Birthday Special: 5 quotes by Charlie Chaplin that prove he understood life better than anyone else He is more than a comic genius. Born on April 16, 1889, Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin is one of the most prominent and ico...
Pregnant Cardi B performs at Coachella Music Festival Cardi B, the new mom-to-be, is truly one of the best performers and she proved it recently as well at the Coachella Valley Music a...
Dhan Dhana Dhan first impression: The Sunil Grover show has the right dose of laughter but cricket fans would be left disappointed As much as the nation was waiting for the Indian Premier League, fans of Sunil Grover and Shilpa Shinde have been awaiting the lau...
If Justice Gogoi isn’t made CJI, our fears would come true: Justice Chelameswar THE CONCERNS expressed over the Supreme Court’s functioning by four of its most senior judges would come true if the unprecedented...
After 4-day visit to Pakistan, Nobel winner Malala Yousafzai returns to Britain Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai left Pakistan for London on Monday after a four-day whirlwind visit back to her homeland...
In a first, North Korea's Kim Jong Un, wife watch South Korean K-pop stars perform in Pyongyang North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju were among the hundreds in Pyongyang on Sunday watching South Korean K-pop ...
Supportive relationships may reverse health effects of childhood abuse Having supportive relationships in mid-life can counteract some adverse health risks - including premature death - caused by child...
Price to pay: How Bitcoin bitterness is making messy divorces even worse Divorces are messy, and cryptocurrencies are helping to make them a whole lot more so. Virtual currencies such as Bitcoin and Eth...
Forget marriage anniversaries. Celebrate these 10 relationship milestones instead Every relationship has its cute moments. And sometimes, in the monotony of daily life, we often forget to stop and cherish the sma...
Parents, beware of your teen’s looming phone addiction, sexting more common than you think (News Agencies) Sexting among teens is on the rise, according to new research published on Tuesday. Owing to an increase in smartp...
Switch off :? Keep the phone away while dining with loved ones to enjoy your experience more (News Agencies) Going out for dinner with loved ones? Keep your phone aside as you may enjoy less if you use your device while din...
Do you and your partner have a wide age gap? Then you could be facing these problems (News Agencies) What’s common between celebrity couples Gautam Rode, 40, and Pankhuri Awasthy, 26; Shahid Kapoor, 36, and Mira Raj...
Five Reasons for Women to Earn In the 1970s, when I was growing up as a teenager in South India, earning for one’s livelihood was not a goal for girls and women ...
Show must go on: New York Fashion Week weathers (News Agencies) Here is a look at the top trends expected to dominate when Fashion Week formally gets underway in New York on Febr...
New York Fashion Week Tom Ford is best known for his sharp suits, which start at $5,000 off the rack. But on Tuesday, the designer unveiled an underpant...
Sexual arousal makes a woman’s brain react differently than a man’s. Here’s how Turns out, a woman’s mind is much more complex than a male’s when it comes to intimacy. According to a recent McGill University st...
Are you rich? Being wealthy may cause people to prefer having flings or short term relationships, a study has found. Researchers studied the ...
Is your hug left-sided or right? If you are feeling emotional, you are more likely to embrace others from the left side than from the right, a study has found. Hu...
Did you catch your partner lying? While love just happens, it takes time to ‘build’ trust. Would not it be a wonderful world if we could trust people easily? Or, b...
Questions a person should ask a partner before getting married Before marrying a person, most of us discuss a lot of things related to money, future and family. But very few musters the courage...
Are you rich? It’s likely that you’ll prefer short affairs over long-term relationships Researchers studied the relationship preferences of 151 heterosexual male and female volunteers (75 men and 76 women) by asking th...
Excessive social media use reduces sleep among children According to a recent study published in a journal named Acta Paediatrica, the excessive use of social media can lead to reduced ...
Milan Fashion Week 2018 (News Agencies) With social and political crises unsettling the globe, Milan Fashion Week was all about slogans this season. “Time...
‘Coolest monkey in the jungle’: Racist ad lands clothing giant H&M in trouble (News Agencies) A racism scandal at H&M is the latest indication of management problems at the Swedish clothing giant, once the da...
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s first India visit aims to deepen trade ties The three bronze statues at Teen Murti represent the Hyderabad, Jodhpur and Mysore Lancers who were part of the 15 Imperial Servi...
Check Out All The Deets About Virat Kohli & Anushka Sharma’s Exquisite Wedding Ensembles If there is anything one has been talking about for the past two days it is undoubtedly Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma’s private w...
Miss America CEO apologises, resigns after charges of derogatory emails surface The top leadership of the Miss America Organization, implicated in an email scandal that targeted past pageant winners for abu...
AWESOME TOP MODEL 2018 Unveiled ! (By Babita Sharma) With prestigious designers and an innovative thinking, New Jersey saw some interactive celebration of fashion, ...
Drop a traditional restobar with a twist Located in Bandra, Drop promises to be an ideal spot to unwind. A partnership between Indorama (by Prashant Gunjalkar) and Corum Hospitality (by Mihir...
5 lessons to learn from celebrity closet designs If you fall for those exquisite and lavish walk-in closets owned by celebrities every time and want to replicate the experience inside your home, you ...
Restaurant Review: Mr. Baozi - Asian Gastro-pub It was the interesting name, 'Mr. Baozi', which propelled us to visit Juhu's new gastro-pub. It was also the fact that it has the same owners as my fa...
Toxin makes litchi lethal, especially for kids: Study Luscious litchis are usually a favourite with most, but it's not without its deadly side, literally. The summer fruit could be rich in Vitamin C but h...
Nicole Kidman to pen 'tell-all book' According to a source, the Oscar winner has decided to pen a tell-all book which will go into detail about her 2001 divorce from Tom Cruise and her li...
Here’s what you can gift her on Valentine’s Day! The month of love is here and you ought to pamper you wife, girlfriend or even the potential ones. So, if you’re still not sure what girls really like...

Gift of Life USA Gala 2019 held

(Insider Bureau) - Gift of Life USA recently celebrated its Annual Fundraising gala this past weekend at the Huntington Hilton wit...

AOC calls new campaign finance complaint 'bogus'

(Insider Bureau) Washington D.C. - Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., told Fox News Wednesday that new claims of campaign fi...

Calvin Klein abandons runway division

American fashion label Calvin Klein announced Wednesday it is closing its high-end runway division as part of a restructuring by p...

Karl Lagerfeld's final collection for Chanel at Paris Fashion Week

Karl Lagerfeld's Fall/Winter 2019-2020 women's ready-to-wear collection show for Chanel was presented at the Grand Palais, Paris ...

Celebrating Ambassadors of Change for Children's Rights

(By our staff reporter)- CRY, Child Rights & You America [CRY America], a 501c3 non-profit that works towards ensuring underprivi...

International Women's Day celebrated at The Consulate General of India

(By our staff reporter) -The event was graced by the presence of distinguished celebrity guests - National Award winning Bollywoo...

FIRST ANNUAL NJ DEVILS SIKH HERITAGE DAY

(Insider Bureau) New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Saikat Chakrabarti, the progressive firebrand's multimillionaire chie...

BRITs 2019

The hottest stars in music headed to London's 02 arena in North Greenwich on Wednesday night in celebration of the 2019 BRIT Award...

Gucci unmasks a harder, more masculine collection

Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele says the blackface controversy has had a deep impact on the company and provided a lear...

Bernie crushes 2020 Democratic field in first-day money chase

(Agencies)- Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign is off to an impressive start: The Vermont senator crushed other Democratic candidates i...

In "War" Against Pornography, Bangladesh Shuts About 20,000 Sites

(Agencies)- Bangladesh authorities have blocked almost 20,000 websites as part of an anti-pornography "war", a minister said Tuesd...

Kylie Jenners Valentines Day surprise!

Thursday will be her second Valentine's Day with beau Travis Scott.
And with still another day to go, Kylie Jenner has already been gifted wit...

Katy Perry's fashion line under fire

Singer Katy Perry was slammed on social media for designing shoes which resembled 'blackface' imagery. The shoes in question wer...

Valentine’s Day 2019

With Valentine’s Day here, chances are you’ve thought at least once about what you’re going to wear. Let Sara Ali Khan, Alia Bhatt...

Pretty in Pink!

(Agencies)- Melania Trump talked drug policy and her signature Be Best campaign over lunch Wednesday with her Colombian counterpa...

Come clean when things go wrong

Two notable Americans faced firestorms of criticism last week: A governor whose medical school yearbook page showed a racist imag...

"Jaan Meri", composed by Ustad Khan, to be released

CAMBRIDGE, MA (By our staff reporter) - Ustad Nishat Khan, a scion of one of the oldest Gharanas of Hindustani music will be the s...

Cardi B steals the show with a risque pink leather ensemble and rainbow hair as she leads stars at Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest

She turned down the chance to perform at the Super Bowl Half Time Show with Maroon 5. But Cardi B still turned heads on Saturday ...

Kapil Sharma hosts third wedding reception in Delhi

Actor-host Kapil Sharma, who tied the knot with Ginni Chatrath in December, hosted a third wedding reception in Delhi. After the m...

Gauri Khan stuns at Lakme Fashion Week 2019

Gauri Khan attended Lakme Fashion Week summer/resort 2019 on Thursday, wearing what most would define as business attire. Keeping ...

LFW SR19: Suited-booted, flowy and flowery at the fashion week

The ongoing Lakme Fashion Week Summer Resort 2019 had all the trends that would be in this season. Take a look: Pantsuits Design...

20 million people in Bangladesh are drinking water laced with arsenic, Human Rights Watch survey finds

(Agencies)- Each year, 43,000 Bangladeshis die as a result of drinking arsenic-contaminated water, a figure which has not signific...

Mayor De Blasio appoints reverend Dominiquec atchison as executive Director of the Mayor’s center for Faith and Community Partnership

NEW YORK (Insider Bureau)-Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the appointment of Rev. Dominique C. Atchison, MDiv as Executive Director...

35th Annual Dance Pe Chance’ 2019 Organized

(By Paresh Gandhi) New Jersey - The Federation of Indian Associations (FIA) of the tri-state, one of the oldest and the largest n...

'Virginity test of brides in india to be banned

(Insider Bureau) - Certain communities in the maharashtra state follow a custom whereby a newly-wed woman has to prove that she w...

UP cow shelters get Rs 647 crore in Yogi government’s budget

The Yogi Adityanath government of Uttar Pradesh has proposed to spend over Rs 647 crore in the 2019-20 budget on the maintenance o...

Plant 3,000 trees: Delhi high court’s green punishment for 2G accused

The Delhi high court on Thursday ordered some respondents to plant 3,000 trees each as a punishment for seeking time to file reply...

19-year-old allegedly raped by 6 men in Bihar, father forced to watch

In a shocking incident, a teenaged girl was gang-raped in front of her father by six youths in a village in Bihar’s Kishanganj dis...

Hailstorm in Delhi-NCR brings down temperature, more rains likely at night

Several parts of Delhi-NCR witnessed moderate rainfall and thundershowers with strong winds on Thursday evening. Instances of hail...

Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor's Good News gets a new release date, due on September 6

Good News is one of the many upcoming Karan Johar productions along with Kalank, Student of the Year 2 and Takht. The film, starri...

Aryan's Facebook account hacked, posts message

The Facebook account of Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan has been hacked. The star kid posted a message to confirm this. Actor Shah...

Kamala Harris represents the rise of the Indian Americans

(By a Staff Reporter) The Indian American immigrant population has often been called the "model migrants" and earned high points ...

Indian couple was intoxicated during fatal fall from California's Yosemite Park: Autopsy report

(By a Staff Reporter) An Indian couple, who fell to their deaths in October reportedly while taking a selfie at a steep cliff in ...

Donald Trump says little progress at shutdown talks; more on Sunday

A delegation of top White House aides led by Vice President Mike Pence will meet again with congressional staff on Sunday after a...

Mamata Banerjee has best chance to be first PM from state: Bengal BJP chief

At a time when Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party are bitter opponents, BJP state president Dilip Ghosh on Saturday tri...

US, US travel advisory following Sabarimala row a big setback for Kerala tourism, says minister

As fresh incidents of violence continued to mar peace in Kerala following the entry of two women into the Sabarimala temple, state...

Mumbai court grants bail to actor Alok Nath in rape case by writer

A Mumbai court granted anticipatory bail to actor Alok Nath in the rape complaint filed by a TV writer-producer, who during the re...

300,000 and more, migratory birds flock to keep their date with Kashmir

Around 300,000 migratory birds have arrived in Kashmir so far this month, buoyed by early snowfall which swelled the lakes and wet...

Stunned by allegations; challenging time for my family and me: Binny Bansal

BENGALURU: In a strong rebuttal to allegations of personal misconduct by an unnamed complainant, Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal ...

Acharya Lokesh will address the Parliament of World’s Religions in Canada

*Founder of Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti eminent Jain Acharya Lokesh Muni will address Parliament of World’s Religions organised from Nove...

Australia seeks to ban schools from expelling students on the basis of homosexuality

Australia aims to ban private or religious schools from expelling students on the basis of their sexuality, Prime Minister Scott M...

Sleep is good for brain health, helps your brain organise memories

Sleep helps to consolidate memories, as per a new study. Researchers from Ruhr-Universitat Bochum and the University of Bonn have ...

Sundar Pichai met Pentagon officials over AI drone project Maven: Reports

Facing the ire of the United States President Donald Trump’s administration over its censored Chinese search engine project, Googl...

Boris Johnson, Indian-origin wife file for divorce

(News Agencies) Boris Johnson, who hit the headlines by resigning as UK foreign secretary in July over the Brexit plan of Prime Mi...

Why The Catholic Church Is Its Own Worst Enemy in India Today

The Catholic Church traces its origins to that day, approximately 2,000 years ago, when Jesus appointed a leader among his Apostle...

Why India’s tourism sector needs close monitoring

The United Nations World Tourism Organisation, a specialised agency of the UN, has said that international tourist arrivals in Ind...

Saudi Plan To Dig Canal Likely To Cut Off Qatar, Turn It Into Island

Riyadh: A Saudi official hinted Friday the kingdom was moving forward with a plan to dig a canal that would turn the neighbouring ...

Firecrackers not necessary to bring people together: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday was told by the firecrackers’ manufacturers that firecrackers alone were not the sole reason for ri...

Abuse at shelter homes: MPs can’t pass the buck

On Monday, police in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria rescued 24 girls from a shelter home amid allegations of a sex racket thriving on its ...

Why Bharat needs to stay connected to its roots

Bharat’s deep cultural roots are its identity. Remaining connected to these roots, embedded in our identity (Asmita), is essential...

Why India won’t become a Hindu Pakistan

A senior leader of the Congress recently said that if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returns to power, India will become a “Hind...

Mallika Sherawat: Was thrown out of films as I refused to get intimate with co-stars off screen

More than a decade ago, actor Mallika Sherawat shocked the audience with her uninhibited expression of sexuality on-screen, but she says the image cam...

Koreas discuss removing North’s artillery from tense border

The rival Koreas are discussing the possible relocation of North Korea’s long-range artillery systems away from the tense Korean b...

SCO headquarters in Beijing holds first Yoga Day event

For the first time, a Yoga event was organised at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) headquarters on Saturday, kicking of...

World Environment Day: 3 women to row 3,000 miles across Atlantic to take action against plastic pollution

When three ordinary working women pledged to challenge the everyday use of single-use disposable plastic, they set themselves up f...

Trolls and ‘their grandmas’ disapproved of Swara Bhasker’s masturbation scene in ‘Veere…’, but guess who had the last laugh?

Even as Veere Di Wedding continues to rake in money at the box office, the trolls seem to be in an overdrive, shaming the actors f...

Miss America says NO to swimsuit round; Twitterati ask ‘Can we have Mr America?’

Miss America pageant is scrapping off its swimsuit competition as the board of directors said they will no longer judge a woman ba...

Akash Ambani-Shloka Mehta’s engagement invite is here and it’s as grand as you can imagine

The much-awaited big fat Indian wedding of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta is around the corner. While the official invitation is ye...

How King of Pop Michael Jackson leant 45° without falling over

In 1987, Michael Jackson seemingly defied gravity in the video of his song Smooth Criminal, when he leant 45° forward, his spine straight, with only h...

Raazi box office collection day 4: The Alia Bhatt film continues to soar

Alia Bhatt’s latest film Raazi has been doing incredibly well at the box office, especially considering the fact that the movie in...

Cannes 2018: Mahira Khan leaves a trail of memorable fashion moments at the French Riviera

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