Never needed to scold a bureaucrat, PM Narendra Modi says
NEW DELHI:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he never had a reason to be disappointed or lose his cool while dealing with the bureaucracy. “After my long experience in government, I can say with confidence that I have never scolded a civil servant or felt the need to raise my voice at them … […]
IPL 9: It’s Dhoni’s experience vs Kohli’s vigor
NEW DELHI: Smarting from two consecutive defeats, Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore take on MS Dhoni-led Rising Pune Supergiants on Thursday. IPL newbie Pune and RCB – the team with arguably the best batting line-up in the league – are on equal footing as both have lost two consecutive matches after winning their opener. Both […]
Indian-American scientist creates T-cells to treat pancreatic cancer
NEW YORK: An Indian-American scientist has engineered T-cells – a type of immune cells – to break the pancreatic cancer’s physical and immunological walls using immunotherapy. Dr Sunil Hingorani, member of the clinical research and public health sciences divisions at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and colleagues created T-cells with a high affinity to a […]
Posture correction tips to avoid lower back pain
The trickiest part about lower back pain is that you cannot always pinpoint its cause with utmost accuracy. The problem could be in the bone, disc, muscles or nerves. Can we blame our anatomy? Well not much, but yes we can blame the evolution. Did you know our spine was not designed for vertical use, […]
Indian celebrities mourn demise of Prince
A singer, songwriter, arranger and multi-instrumentalist, Prince recorded more than 30 albums. His best known hits include “Let’s go crazy” and “When doves cry”. While some reminisced the hit songs that the singer had delivered, some expressed their sense of losing another great musician after the late ‘King of Pop’ Michael Jackson (MJ) died in […]
Tashan-E-Ishq: Yuvi will donate his blood to Kunj if Twinkle agrees to divorce him?
High level drama is taking place in Tashan-E-Ishq as Kunj (Sidhant Gupta) is ill and has been admitted to the hospital. The last episode showed that Kunj was very sick and suffers from anemia, and the doctor had said that he needed to be given blood as soon as possible. Just when Twinkle (Jasmin Bhasin) and Leela (Vaishnavi […]
Bipasha Basu is having pre-wedding JITTERS few days ahead of her wedding with Karan Singh Grover!
Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover’s upcoming wedding is just round the corner and with so much buzz around the wedding and so many things still left to do, the actress is going through something that most of us in her place would feel. Precisely eight days ahead of the mega wedding of this season, the […]
Swara Bhaskar’s Nil Battey Sannata declared tax-free in Delhi!
Swara Bhaskar‘s Nil Battey Sannata trailer indeed touched every individuals heart and today the film has released in the theaters and it has been receiving a heartwarming response from the audience. The viewers are simply going gaga over Swara’s effortless performance and this actress has indeed proved us that she is one the best actress we […]
In pics: Kate Middleton, William attend a royal Bollywood reception
What happened when Bollywood royalty like Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan met the royals, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton? Instant shock and awe! Khan, who met the royal couple at a meet-and-greet organised in Mumbai, told PTI, “It was very nice. They are so elegant and beautiful. […]
Curfew in Mehsana after violent Patel stir; protesters call for shutdown
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home district in Gujarat was brought under curfew and internet services suspended on Sunday after more than two dozen people were wounded as Patidar pro-reservation campaigners clashed with police, demanding jailed leader Hardik Patel’s release. Violence revisited Mehsana , which is chief minister Anandiben Patel’s home district too, when thousands of members […]
India may make citizenship process for Pakistani Hindus easier
NEW DELHI: The government on Sunday announced that it proposes to simplify procedures for grant of Indian citizenship to minority Hindus from Pakistan. The proposal also envisages allowing “minority communities of Pakistan staying in India on a Long Term Visa” to buy property, open bank accounts and obtain permanent account number (PAN) and Aadhaar number, […]
UK parliament panel opens inquiry into treatment of Indian students
LONDON: A British parliamentary panel has launched a formal inquiry into the treatment of international students, majority of them Indian, who were accused of cheating on English language tests and forced to leave the UK. The House of Commons’ home affairs select committee, chaired by Indian-origin Labour MP Keith Vaz, launched the inquiry into the […]
US to take action against Indian students extending their stay
WASHINGTON: The US will take action against 306 Indian students caught in a sting operation for allegedly trying to extend their stay in the country illegally, a top US State Department official said on Tuesday. “For the most part, they all came on legitimate student visas. It was actually when they were in country that […]
Investors cheer Infosys’s upbeat guidance
Infosys Ltd’s March quarter revenues have grown by 1.6% sequentially to $2.446 billion, slightly lower than the Street’s expectation of 1.9% growth. Profit margins were higher than expected, but largely because of a squeeze on hiring and partly due to a write-back of provision for doubtful receivables. The key US market grew just by 0.6% […]
India, US pledge increased cooperation to crack down on tax evasion
New Delhi: India and the US will work together to ensure that information under the latter’s Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA, is fully reciprocal. Under FATCA, which came into effect last year, Indian financial institutions are mandated to report accounts maintained by US taxpayers to the US government. But so far there has been […]
The Jungle Book has earned Rs 74 crore in first week and it’s a big deal
The critics and fans are equally pleased with this one. Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book is running strong at the Indian box office and has collected over Rs 70 crore in its opening week. Released in India in four different languages (English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu), the film brings a story straight from the enchanting […]
TOIFA 2016: Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra ROCK the stage with their performances!
Bollywood superstars Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan enthralled the stage with their mesmerising performance at the TOIFA Awards in Dubai tonight.Recently, the reigning stars’ pictures went viral while they were rehearsing for their particular performances and now we get you the inside pictures from the awards. SRK like always was a show-stealer, he did his signature […]
