Delayed by nearly a week, monsoon this year will hit Delhi and the National Capital Region within the next 48 hours, the weather office said on Friday. “Within the next 48 hours, we are expecting the rains to hit the entire Delhi, NCR and Chandigarh area,” an official at the India Meteorological Department told IANS. […]
The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday inducted two Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) into its ‘Flying Daggers’ 45 Squadron here. Southern Air Command Air Officer Commanding-in Chief Air Marshal Jasbir Walia received the certified documents of the indigenous fighters from state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) Chairman T. Suvarna Raju at a function here. IAF […]
“We are the most successful multicultural nation in the world and barely a day goes past when I don’t rejoice in that and publicly rejoice in that. The foundation of that is mutual respect and barely a day goes past when I don’t talk about that too. We are enriched by the diversity, the cultural […]
ARTISTS LIKE RAGHU DIXIT PROJECT, B.R.E.E.D, MIDIVAL PUNDITS & KARSH KALE AND NUCLEYA TOOK CENTRE-STAGE AT IIFA STOMP IN COLLABORATION WITH MULAFEST This year marked the 17th edition of the most spectacular celebration of Indian Cinema worldwide. Over the spectacular four-day weekend, IIFA saw a host of incredible sub-events including the IIFA Stomp in collaboration […]
Sydney has secured the Australian premiere of Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives, an acclaimed touring exhibition from the British Museum featuring six Egyptian mummies, which will be presented at the Powerhouse Museum this summer. Deputy Premier and Minister for the Arts Troy Grant said Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives will feature items from the British […]
Actor-producer Sreyas Talapade is not very happy with the “Pratichhaya” title of his upcoming movie hopes the makers get an alternative. When the movie was in the making, the working title of the movie was “Mirror Image” followed by “Parchayee” which was liked by all the actors. Finally, the name of the movie was changed […]
The Labour Party is not overrun by anti-Semitism or other forms of racism but there is an “occasionally toxic atmosphere”, an inquiry has found. Shami Chakrabarti, the chairwoman of Labour’s inquiry into anti-Semitism, said on Thursday there was “too much clear evidence… of ignorant attitudes”, BBC reported. The inquiry followed the suspension of MP Naz […]
At least 27 people were killed and around 40 were wounded when two Taliban suicide bombers detonated their explosives in buses carrying police cadets on the western outskirts of Kabul, officials in the Ministry of Interior said. Earlier media reports said that at least 40 people were killed in the attack. The convoy transported newly […]
At least eight persons, including three infants, were killed on Thursday when a massive blaze engulfed a medical store in Mumbai’s Andheri suburb, an official said. Three others, including a fireman battling the blaze were injured, said an official of BMC Disaster Control. The cause of the huge fire is still unknown but it was […]
The toll from bombing attacks in Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport has risen to 42, with 239 others injured, BBC reported quoting Turkish officials. The attack took place on Tuesday night when three attackers arrived in a taxi and began firing at the terminal entrance. Turkish investigators are examining CCTV footage, witness statements and mobile phone video […]