Author: IANS

Mumbai, Sep 30 (IANS) Grammy-nominated Indian-American singer-songwriter Raja Kumari has collaborated with music producer Shah Rule for the first time on “Kaun hai tu”, and she says the song takes a dig at haters and trolls. With lyrics as “Kaun hai tu, hai tu kidhar ka, jaise aaya waise hi[Read More…]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 30 (IANS) The candidates of the three major political parties Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Congress filed their nomination papers for the bypoll to Odisha’s Bijepur Assembly seat. BJD candidate Rita Sahu, BJP candidate Sanat Gartia and Dillip Panda of Congress submitted their nomination[Read More…]

By Manoj Pathak Motihari, Sep 30 (IANS) During Mahatma Gandhi’s first satyagrah in Champaran in 1917, it was Bhitiharwa village in Motihari which caught his attention. Gandhi laid the foundation of a school here but even after 100 years this school is waiting for recognition by the government. Upon reaching[Read More…]

New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Soon after taking over as the new Air Chief Marshal of the Indian Air Force (IAF), R.K.S. Bhadauria said here on Monday that India is ready to deal with any kind of external threat. Asked if India was ready to deliver another blow to terror[Read More…]

Mumbai, Sep 30 (IANS) Hrithik Roshan, who is considered one of the finest actors of the country, feels you cannot declare any one person as the best in a creative field as acting. Hrithik, who made his debut as lead actor in 2000, has essayed several powerful performances over the[Read More…]

Colombo, Sep 30 (IANS) A joint team comprising officials from Sri Lanka’s Wildlife Department, Army and the police on Monday launched a massive probe in the Habarana Forest Reserve after the carcasses of seven elephants were found over the weekend. Department officials said the probe would also extend into the[Read More…]

Lahore, Sep 30 (IANS) The PML-N has criticized the Imran Khan government government for giving C class facilities to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter and party’s Vice President Maryam Nawaz in jail. Maryam Nawaz was sent to jail on a 14-day judicial remand by an accountability court last Wednesday[Read More…]

Mumbai, Sep 30 (IANS) The composer duo of Sachin-Jigar says their new song “Sanedo”, in the Rajkummar Rao-Mouni Roy starrer “Made In China”, has a cheeky and contemporary twist. The song, sung by Mika Singh, Nikhita Gandhi, Benny Dayal and Sachin-Jigar, is a recreation of an iconic Gujarati song. “‘Made[Read More…]

Shahjahanpur (UP), Sep 30 (IANS) At least 80 Congress party workers were arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur and several more in Sitapur on Monday, while holding a public meeting ahead of the ‘Nyay Yatra’ they had planned in support of the jailed law student who has accused the BJP’s Chinmayanand[Read More…]

By Fakir Balaji Bengaluru, Sep 30 (IANS) As the Father of the Nation and a hope for thousands of people during the first half of the 20th century, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was a source of inspiration for a generation of freedom-fighters to leave homes, studies, jobs and give up[Read More…]

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 30 (IANS) Wayanad Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will pay a quick visit to his constituency on October 3 solely with the aim of expressing solidarity with the youth who are on an indefinite protest against the nine-hour traffic ban on the Bangalore-Kozhikode stretch of the National Highway passing[Read More…]

Mumbai, Sep 30 (IANS) The National Basketball Association (NBA) will begin a series of grassroots community, youth basketball and elite development events and programmes to impact thousands of young people, teachers, coaches and families across Mumbai ahead of The NBA India Games 2019, the association announced on Monday. The first-ever[Read More…]

New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) There seems to be a difference in opinion among former cricketers on whether M.S. Dhoni should continue playing or hang his boots. Ever since the culmination of the 50-overs World Cup in England and Wales, speculations have been rife that Dhoni might have played his[Read More…]

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By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Actress Shikha Talsania feels body-shaming jokes are as bad as racist jokes, and says she is still trying to cope up with her body image issues. Since the time she entered the industry, the “Veere Di Wedding” actress has been breaking stereotypes[Read More…]

Tokyo, Sep 30 (IANS) World No.1 Novak Djokovic is in Japan to take part in the Japan Open and decided to visit Ryogoku Edo-Noren in Tokyo, a facility with restaurants that also features a dohyo, a Sumo wrestling ring. Djokovic posted some pics of his experience with the wrestlers on[Read More…]

London, Sep 30 (IANS) Researchers from the University of Liverpool have found that the human ageing processes may hinder cancer development. Ageing is one of the biggest risk factors for cancer. However, the biological mechanisms behind this link are still unclear, the study said in a paper published in the[Read More…]

Los Angeles, Sep 30 (IANS) Veteran singer Debbie Harry claims late music icon David Bowie once flashed his ‘p***S’ to her. In her new book “FACE IT”, Harry recalled a moment when Bowie showed her his ‘p***s’, apparently as a reward for securing him drugs, reports mirror.co.uk. In the extract[Read More…]

Mumbai, Sep 30 (IANS) Actor Gautam Rode has an interesting project this time: A photo series. “They say a picture speaks a thousand words but our social media and the entire consumption of technology is moving us only towards videos. There is a beauty of seeing a picture and making[Read More…]

By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Touted as the innovation of the year, foldable smartphones took a bit long to arrive on the scene and Samsung, which was way ahead in this niche segment, finally unveiled “Galaxy Fold” globally earlier this month which will be available for purchase[Read More…]

Panaji, Sep 30 (IANS) A Goa-Delhi Indigo airline flight, which was also ferrying state Environment Minister Nilesh Cabral, had to make a turnaround and land at the Dabolim International Airport early on Monday, after its left engine caught fire. Indigo airlines in a statement issued here, has denied any occurrence[Read More…]

Mumbai, Sep 30 (IANS) Detecting premature births in advance, developing smart surgery headlight and knowing the correct extent of the spread of a tumour are among the 15 innovations that will be the focus of the Medical Device Innovation Camp (MEDIC 2019) currently underway at the Indian Institute of Technology[Read More…]

San Francisco, Sep 30 (IANS) Future iPhones are expected to feature an LED-illuminated Apple logo at the back of the device and it could be used for notifications, a recent company’s patent suggests. The patent, originally filed before the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is titled as “Electronic Devices[Read More…]