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Archive - May 2019
The Academy Awards in 2020 may also end up having no host, just like this year’s Oscar’s ceremony, if ABC Entertainment head Karey Burke is to be...
The Sri Lanka military on Wednesday said the situation in the country was now “totally under control” following anti-Muslim violence earlier this...
As the Lok Sabha battle in West Bengal reaches the home stretch, Bengal Renaissance figure Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar has now become a poll issue following the...
In 1976, Apple Inc made and sold the first ever Apple computer. Fewer than half of the 200 Apple-1 computers, ever made, have survived and one of them could be...
A rare Ferrari sports car worth $2.2 million, once owned by former F1 driver Eddie Irvine, was stolen by a car “collector” during a test drive...
In a bid to expand its airborne ambitions, e-commerce giant Amazon is investing $1.5 billion in building a three million square-foot Prime Air airport...
The opposition Congress and CPI-M sought directions from the Supreme Court to hold fresh polling for the Tripura West Lok Sabha seat, although the constituency...
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday said that “no civilization is superior over others” and urged countries not to “close their doors...
As the heat of the Lok Sabha elections reaches its pinnacle, a BSP candidate has gone missing. An FIR registered in a Varanasi police station accuses him of...
BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday claimed that his party would win over 300 seats on its own in the Lok Sabha polls, while opposition parties may not even...
One of three election rallies of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Kolkata on Wednesday was cancelled after miscreants vandalised the stage and...
With declared assets of over Rs 1,107 crore, Ramesh Kumar Sharma is the richest candidate in the Lok Sabha elections, as per his affidavit. An independent...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has an advantage in the seventh phase of the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday as the caste and community arithmetic...
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said that she does “not understand” why the US has not passed stronger gun laws in the aftermath of...
A high polling percentage in Delhi’s Muslim-dominated areas on May 12 has turned out to be a worrying cause for the three major political parties —...
The political discourse this election season has grabbed the attention of the voters, but it offers little to soothe them as the Indian economy is far from...
Twice over the course of the ongoing all-encompassing multi-disciplinary Chanda Kochhar-Videocon Industries probe has chairman Venugopal Dhoot accepted...
Captain Aarohi Pandit, a 23-year-old pilot from Mumbai became the world’s first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo in a Light Sports Aircraft (LSA)...
It’s easy to wait for a magic weight-loss pill as many online advertisements tend to promise customers than to alter your lifestyle to incorporate...
Clashes erupt during BJP president Amit Shah’s mega road show in Kolkata on Tuesday when a large group of youths gathered in the College Street area in front...
The row over the decision of St Stephen’s College Principal John Varghese to include a member of the Supreme Council in the interview panel for selection...
The heart of Kolkata was drowned in a deluge of saffron on Tuesday as thousands of BJP workers — many of them dancing, singing and chanting “Modi...
Cyclone Fani that hit the Odisha coast on May 3 damaged Rs 524 crore worth of assets, according to the Housing and Urban Development Department assessment...
When she walked in for polling duties in Lucknow carrying an EVM, earlier this month, her svelte figure and canary yellow sari made heads turn. One of her...
Twenty-three Nepali girls, who were victims of human trafficking, were rescued in Mizoram and handed over to Nepalese authorities, police said here on Tuesday...
With four films in his kitty and a quiz show on a digital platform, “Fukrey” famed Bollywood actor Varun Sharma says this is an exciting year for...
The 120-year-old satta bazar, or betting market, at Indore has rarely been so quiet during election season as this time around. The IPL cricket championship...
North Korea on Tuesday demanded that the US should release a cargo ship seized on suspicions of violating UN sanctions, denouncing the seizure as an...
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has rejected a “bribe” from an 11-year-old girl who wrote asking the government to conduct dragon...
The Government of India (GoI) has extended the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for five years with immediate effect, a notification issued...