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Kanhaiya meets Rahul after support over JNU sedition row

Jawaharlal Nehru University student’s union president Kanhaiya Kumar met Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday, days after the Congress vice-president attacked the government over a sedition row at the university. Kanhaiya met Gandhi along with delegations from the JNUSU and the All India Students’ Federation (AISF). Kanhaiya was booked and arrested on a charge of involvement in […]

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Smith warns Australia must play better in World T20

Australian skipper Steve Smith warned his side faced defeat in coming matches unless they improved after their thrilling three-wicket win over Bangladesh in their World Twenty20 clash in Bangalore on Monday. Opener Usman Khawaja hit a quick-fire half-century as Australia successfully chased down Bangladesh’s total of 156 for five, with nine balls to spare. The

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US Government May Be Able To Unlock iPhone Used In San Bernardino Terrorist Attack

The FBI may have found a way without Apple’s assistance to unlock the iPhone used by one of the shooters in the San Bernardino terrorist attack, Justice Department officials said Monday. Less than 24 hours before a highly anticipated hearing over access to the phone was set to begin, Justice Department lawyers requested a delay.

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Donald Trump sells himself as ‘true friend of Israel’ to Jewish group AIPAC

Donald Trump began his appearance at the annual AIPAC conference in Washington DC by insisting he would not “pander” to his pro-Israel audience, claiming “That’s what politicians do.” But during a lengthy address designed to demonstrate the Republican front-runner’s foreign policy chops to the largest pro-Israel organisation in the US, he did little else. Describing

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Mahaur condolence meeting in Agra: BJP leader arrested for ‘hate speech’

BJP CORPORATOR and the party’s Braj region unit vice-president, Kundanika Sharma, was on Monday arrested in Agra in a case of alleged hate speech given at a condolence meeting for murdered VHP district vice-president, on February 28. She was later before the court, which gave her interim bail till April 2. In the February 28

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On First Full Day In Cuba, Obama Spars With Castro Over Human Rights

In an extraordinary news conference Monday afternoon, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro sparred over human rights, the Guantanamo prison and their views of their own countries and the world, even as both hailed Obama’s historic visit here as a new step in normalizing relations. The event was marked by a jarring juxtaposition

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Jammu & Kashmir stalemate: Mehbooba Mufti has to make up her mind, says Arun Jaitley

Even as the BJP-PDP alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is tottering on brink, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday asked PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti to make up her mind. “The fact is that the PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti has to really make up her mind,” Jailtey told Shekhar Gupta, former Editor of Indian Express in

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Apple’s new iPhone faces challenge measuring up in China, India

Apple Inc’s new iPhone SE has first-rate features and a relatively low price tag, but its prospects in key markets like China and India may be limited by its diminutive size. At the product launch in Cupertino, California on Monday, Apple vice-president of iPhone Product Marketing Greg Joswiak singled out China as a target market,

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‘Miracle drug’ for resistant TB to be rolled out for trial today

A ‘miracle drug’ to battle multi-drug resistant tuberculosis MDR-TB, and extensively-drug resistant TB (XDR-TB), will be rolled out on Monday in six public hospitals across the country. This is part of a co-ordinated programme between the government and Johnson & Johnson, whose pharma arm Janssen has manufactured the drug. Named ‘Bedaquiline’ (trade name Sirturo), the

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Kangna refuses to do Homi Adajania’s next citing date issues

Acclaimed actor Kangna Ranaut, who has been approached by filmmaker Homi Adajania for his next directorial venture has apparently refused to do the film because of date issues. “Homi has narrated (the script) to Kangana and she is keen to work with him, but she is already committed to Hansal Mehta’s film after ‘Rangoon’ and

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Shraddha Kapoor speaks up on working with Sanjay Dutt, says ‘I totally admire him’

Actress Shraddha Kapoor says she has not received any film offer with actor Sanjay Dutt. “I have not been offered any film opposite Sanjay Dutt but I totally admire him and would love to work with him in the future,” Shraddha told IANS. The actress was reported to have been roped in with Sanjay for

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Uproar in Maharashtra assembly over Shreehari Aney’s demand for separate Marathwada state

Maharashtra Advocate General Shreehari Aney’s demand for separate Marathwada state today led to ruckus in the state Assembly which was adjourned thrice as Congress-NCP and Shiv Sena raised slogans and demanded Aney’s resignation. “The government should sack Aney or else it will be construed that it is backing him,” NCP MLA Dilip Walse Patil said.

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Theri Movie Official Trailer Released | Vijay, Samantha, Amy Jackson

The much awaited Vijay Theri trailer is out! Starring Ilaya Thalapathy Vijay, Samantha, Amy Jackson, Baby Nainika in main roles, the film Theri (English: Spark) is an upcoming Tamil action thriller, written and directed by Atlee and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu. The audio launch of the movie was held on Sunday at Sathyam Theatre,

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What I Meant About Bhagat Singh And Kanhaiya: Shashi Tharoor Explains

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor clarified today that he had not intended to equate Kanhaiya Kumar, the student recently arrested on charges of sedition at Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU, with freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. “It was a girl in the audience (at JNU) who mentioned Bhagat Singh, and I said that Bhagat Singh was a

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ICC World Twenty20: Here’s what Team India should learn from Virat Kohli

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s media conference at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, after India beat Pakistan for the 11th time in the ICC tournaments, appeared more like he was addressing his own team-mates. Like a teacher telling his students which classmate of theirs they should emulate, pointing to the most scholarly in the class, India captain sang

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