ICC Test rankings: India back to No 1 after beating New Zealand at Eden Gardens
NEW DELHI: India have reclaimed the No 1 spot in the ICC Test rankings following their 178-run win over New Zealand at Eden Gardens on Monday. Points gained from victories in the Kanpur and Kolkata Tests saw Virat Kohli’s team move past Pakistan and back to the top spot, which it had briefly held onto in August. India will hold […]
Hiten Tejwani bags Star Plus’ next
Actor Hiten Tejwani will soon be back on TV with yet another prized role. After essaying performance-oriented roles in shows Balika Vadhu and Gangaa, Hiten will now be part of a show that will touch the lighter vein of the TV viewing audience. News coming in is that Hiten will be part of the Sanaya […]
Kishwer to now become Brahmarakshas; Apara Mehta to enter
Viewers of Zee TV’s Brahmarakshas (Balaji Telefilms) can gear up for major twist in the show. As we know its ‘The End’ for Parag Tyagi aka Brahmarakshas. His character has already been shown dead in the last episode. Now, we have heard that, in the coming sequence, Kishwer who plays the character of Aparajita, will be the new Brahmarakshas. After Parag Tyagi it […]
Dhoni biopic scores Rs 60 crore-plus on opening weekend
“M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story”, the biopic on India’s star skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, has netted Rs 66 crore on its opening weekend at the Indian box office, the makers have said. Directed by Neeraj Pandey, the film features Sushant Singh Rajput in the role of Dhoni. He has been lauded for his form and […]
Regret deportation of Indian students on F1 visas: US ambassador Richard Verma
By Dileep Thekkethil Four days after a San Francisco-bound Air India airline refused to accept 19 Indian students who had secured admission in two California universities that are allegedly under the scrutiny of the US government, the US embassy in Delhi said they are still collecting facts. According to the US ambassador to India, Richard […]
Legal Immigrants from India on H-1B and F1 visas surpass Mexicans entering the US
By Raif Karerat Immigrants from India and China, many with student or work visas, have overtaken Mexicans as the largest groups coming into the U.S., according to U.S. Census Bureau. While Mexicans still dominate the overall composition of immigrants in the U.S., accounting for more than a quarter of the foreign-born people, of the 1.2 […]
Indian film producers ban Pakistani actors ‘for ever’ over Kashmir crisis
The Indian Motion Picture Producers’ Association has banned Pakistani actors, singers and technicians from working on Indian films. The organisation’s president, TP Aggarwal, said: “No Pakistani will be hired by their producer members for ever.” However, as a crisis between Indian and Pakistan over attacks in the disputed territory of Kashmir escalates, other reports stated […]
Tata Global Beverages: in search of tea drinkers
A presentation that Tata Global Beverages Ltd made last week to US-based investors gave a spring to its share briefly, before it cracked along with the market in the aftermath of India’s “surgical strike” across the border. After gaining 5% mid-week, it closed the week ended 30 September below the previous week’s close. One item […]
Vedanta pays over $2 billion in royalties, taxes to India in FY16
NEW DELHI: Mining giant Vedanta Resources has paid more than $2 billion (over Rs.3,300 crore) in taxes, royalties, licence fees and other payments to India in the last financial year ended March 2016. In total, the firm led by billionaire Anil Agarwal has paid about $ 2.18 billion in taxes, royalties, licence fees and other payments to […]
India’s Rafale deal is leaving China rattled: Here’s why
India’s move to buy 36 French Dassault Rafale jets has raised anxiety in India’s eastern neighbour China. State-run Global Times carried an article recently highlighting China’s worries about India’s increased military strength and how the nuclear-capable Rafales will add to India’s nuclear deterrence capability. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar commented on Sunday that India may start […]
India ratifies Paris deal, Modi stresses commitment to fight climate change
India on Sunday ratified the Paris climate-change deal, a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the surprise announcement of New Delhi joining the effort to control global warming. The pact that is expected to kick in by year-end requires countries to come up with plans to limit greenhouse gas emission to keep global temperature […]
Stone throwing, anti-India slogans by Pak gallery sully Wagah border ceremony
The prevailing tension between the neighbours spilled onto a usually peaceful exercise, as a stone was hurled into the Indian gallery from the Pakistan side at the Wagah border and anti-India slogans were shouted during the retreat ceremony on Sunday. A Border Security Force official confirmed the incident. Ever since the Uri terror attack and India’s subsequent surgical […]
India has never attacked another country: Modi amid tension with Pakistan
India has neither coveted any territory nor attacked any country, but its men have made supreme sacrifices for the national cause and freedom of others, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. His remarks came in the backdrop of escalating India-Pakistan tension after the September 18 attack at the Uri army base in Jammu and […]
