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  • Indian officials told to avoid Tibetan exile events
    NEW DELHI, March 2 (AP): India has told top officials to avoid events held by Tibets exile government to celebrate the Dalai Lamas life in India, fearful of hurting relations with China, a newspaper reported Fr
    / 2nd March 2018
  • India says its position on Dalai Lama unchanged
    New Delhi, March 2 (IANS): Responding to a newspaper report that cited a Union government advisory asking central and state government functionaries and leaders to stay away from the Dalai Lama-led "Thank You I
    / 2nd March 2018
  • 11 lose vision in one eye after botched up Chhattisgarh cataract surgery: Doctors
    Rajnandgaon, March 2 (PTI): At least 11 people lost vision in one eye after they underwent cataract operations at a private hospital here in Chhattisgarh, doctors said on Thursday.   Cataract surgeri
    / 2nd March 2018
  • Lakhs of women take part in Attukal Pongala festival
    Women devotees prepare Pongala (offering) in makeshift brick stoves to appease the presiding deity of Attukal Bhagavathy temple in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.   Thiruvananthapuram, March 2 (IANS): La
    / 2nd March 2018
  • News in brief
    8 devotees killed after car falls into gorge in Himachal Shimla, March 2 (IANS): Eight devotees from Punjab were killed when a private vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a gorge on the Chandigarh-Man
    / 2nd March 2018
  • Trump-Graham power nexus flows through Franklin
    Pallbearers carry the casket of the Rev. Billy Graham past family members as it returns to the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C. on March 1. (AP Photo)   WASHINGTON, March 2 (AP): The preacher an
    / 2nd March 2018
  • Mourners to say goodbye to Billy Graham, ‘America’s Pastor’
    CHARLOTTE, March 2 (AP): Mourners are gathering to pay their respects to the Rev. Billy Graham at a funeral that marks the culmination of more than a week of tributes to Americas Pastor.   The servic
    / 2nd March 2018
  • 1.5 million penguins discovered on remote Antarctic islands
    An Adelie penguin looking at a drone at breeding colony on Heroina Island, Danger Islands, Antarctica. (AFP Photo)   AntarcticA, March 2 (AFP): A thriving hotspot of some 1.5 million Adelie penguins ha
    / 2nd March 2018
  • Indonesia aims to banish toxic waste from lifeline river
    A woman uses her mobile phone while walking in flood waters after heavy seasonal rains caused the Citarum river to flood in Dayeuhkolot, south of Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia on February 23. (REUTERS
    / 2nd March 2018
  • NATO says Russian warnings against allies 'unacceptable'
    BRUSSELS, March 2 (Reuters): President Vladimir Putin's warnings to NATO allies are "unacceptable" and do not help efforts to calm tensions, the alliance said on Friday, a day after the Russian leader announced
    / 2nd March 2018
  • Attackers hit targets in Burkina Faso’s capital in coordinated assault
    OUAGADOUGOU, March 2 (Reuters): Armed assailants attacked several targets in Burkina Fasos capital on Friday, including the army headquarters and the French embassy, in a coordinated assault that Frances ambass
    / 2nd March 2018
  • Teachers may help reduce mental health problems in children
    New York, March 2 (IANS): Researchers have found that school-based services delivered by teachers and other school-based professionals can help reduce mental health problems in elementary-aged children. &nbs
    / 2nd March 2018
  • Bank union writes to Jaitley against privatising PSBs
    New Delhi, March 2 (IANS): Criticising the demand for privatising state-run banks in the wake of the Rs 12,600 crore PNB fraud, a bank employees' body has written to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley that suc
    / 2nd March 2018
  • Asia fears trade war after Trump plans hefty steel, aluminium tariffs
    SEOUL/SYDNEY, March 2 (Reuters): U.S. President Donald Trumps planned tariffs on steel and aluminium will distort global trade and cost jobs, Australias trade minister said on Friday, highlighting the risk of r
    / 2nd March 2018
  • Trump tweets: “Trade wars are good, and easy to win”
    WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters): A day after announcing steep tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday that trade wars are good, and easy to win.   Trump
    / 2nd March 2018
  • ArcelorMittal to form JV with Nippon Steel to buy India’s Essar Steel
    Mumbai, March 2 (Reuters): The worlds largest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal SA, said on Friday its India unit would form a joint venture with Japans biggest steelmaker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp to buy
    / 2nd March 2018
  • Cabinet clears Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill
    New Delhi, March 2 (PTI): In a bid to tighten noose around fugitives like diamond merchant Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya, the Cabinet today approved the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill that provides for confisca
    / 2nd March 2018
  • Spotted! Jennifer Aniston sans wedding ring
    Seems like Jennifer Aniston has finally said good bye to her wedding ring! The former 'F.R.I.E.N.D.S' was spotted sans the rock on her finger recently outside pal Courteney Cox's Beverly Hills condo, reports En
    / 2nd March 2018
  • 'Pari' my wife's best work ever: Virat lauds Anushka
    Star cricketer Virat Kohli has showered praise on his actress-wife Anushka Sharma's work in her latest release "Pari". He has vouched for it as her best work. "Watched 'Pari' last night. Has to be my Wife's bes
    / 2nd March 2018
  • Sharma shines in Mexico with Georgia on his mind
    Shubhankar Sharma plays his shot from the fifth tee during the first round of the WGC - Mexico Championship golf tournament at Club de Golf Chapultepec. (Credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports)   MEX
    / 2nd March 2018
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