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  • Ed Sheeran sued for copying 'Thinking Out Loud'
    Singer Ed Sheeran has been sued for allegedly copying his hit "Thinking Out Loud". Marvin Gaye and Ed Townsend, who co-wrote the 1973 classic song, "Let's Get It On," are suing the pop singer for copyright infr
    / 10th August 2016
  • Nargis Fakhri didn't learn Music because she could 'not afford it'
    Actress Nargis Fakhri said that as a child, she could not take any music lessons as she grew up "really poor." In her upcoming film Banjo, Nargis plays a DJ from New York. "For me, I regret being really poor wh
    / 10th August 2016
  • Drake declares love for Rihanna during concert
    Rapper Drake declared his love for singer Rihanna at a concert here in front of a huge crowd. "If you've got love for Rihanna in New York City... 'cuz you know I've got love for Rihanna," Drake told the audienc
    / 10th August 2016
  • Shilpa Shetty is ‘petrified’ of her old films
    Actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra, who has been part of the industry for more than two decades now, is not fond of watching her old films. In fact, the actor says that the way she looks in them scares her. I get scare
    / 10th August 2016
  • The Devil in Development
    Sushmita S. Preetha Inter Press Service   The word development – eliciting as it does grandiloquent notions of progress – has become, at least in Bangladesh, something of a red herring. It is us
    / 10th August 2016
  • India, Myanmar review bilateral ties
    New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) India and Myanmar reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral issues during the 15th round of Foreign Office Consultations here, the External Affairs Ministry said on Wednesday.  
    / 10th August 2016
  • Need for a Factual Assessment
    Mohammad Badrul Ahsan Inter Press Service   The Muslims make 14.2 percent of Indias 1.25 billion people. But, 25 percent of Indias 370,000 beggars are Muslims. The newly released data by researchers
    / 10th August 2016
  • Thriving on Making Good Deals
    Much of life is negotiation, and deal-making is a central piece to business. As a matter of fact, knowing how to negotiate deals is absolutely critical to becoming successful in business. But for that to happen
    Public Space / 10th August 2016
  • Indian Jails Slammed as Purgatory for the Poor
    Neeta Lal Inter Press Service   A media frenzy ensued in New Delhi last month when a popular television channel highlighted the horrific living conditions of women inmates in ward number six of Tiha
    / 10th August 2016
  • Fury to Friendships: Floods in Assam
    Samhita Barooah   Last month I got a frantic call from an old friend in Longleng district of Nagaland asking, How are the people in Assam coping with floods?  I said situation is grim but people are
    / 10th August 2016
  • Want a better memory? Eat Mediterranean diet
    Sydney, Aug 10 (IANS) A Mediterranean diet can improve your cognitive function, reduce chances of Alzheimer and improve heart conditions, shows a new study.   The main foods in the Mediterranean diet
    / 10th August 2016
  • Higher physical activities can lower risk of chronic diseases
    Washington, Aug 10 (IANS) Higher levels of total physical activity can lower risk of five common chronic diseases -- breast and bowel cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke, finds a study.   Acco
    / 10th August 2016
  • No more on fast, Manipur now shuns Sharmila
    Imphal, Aug 10 (IANS) A day after she broke her 16-year fast against a law that gives sweeping powers to the military, Irom Sharmila is suddenly finding herself virtually friendless in Manipur.   Fro
    / 10th August 2016
  • Parliament clamours for political solution to Kashmir issue
    New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) In a bipartisan discussion over a deadly unrest in Kashmir, most politicians from across the spectrum on Wednesday urged the government to work out a political solution to problems in a
    / 10th August 2016
  • Indian population growth less dependent on religion, more on development
    IANS | August 10 By Shreya Shah   Fertility rates in India are more closely related to education levels and the socio-economic development within a state, than to religious beliefs, according to a
    / 10th August 2016
  • Japan's crown prince ready for throne, but no fairytale for his unhappy princess
    TOKYO, August 10 (Reuters) - When Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito proposed to a reluctant Masako Owada, he promised to protect her with all his might, a vow that may get tougher to keep if, as expected, his fath
    / 10th August 2016
  • Out of sight, out of mind? Europe's migrant crisis still simmers
    ATHENS/ZAGREB, August 10 (Reuters) - A year after hundreds of thousands of refugees snaked their way across southeastern Europe and onto global television screens, the roads through the Balkans are now clear, d
    / 10th August 2016
  • Tennis: Serena eliminated in third round upset
    RIO DE JANEIRO, August 10 (Reuters) - Olympic champion and world number one Serena Williams was bundled out of the Rio de Janeiro tennis tournament in the third round of the singles on Tuesday after a shock 6-4
    / 10th August 2016
  • Archer Atanu, boxer Vikas, Indian men's hockey team win at Rio
    Rio de Janeiro, Aug 10 (IANS) Indian archer Atanu Das raised hopes of a medal after entering the men's individual 1/8 eliminators while the men's hockey team also edged closer to quarter-final qualification wit
    / 10th August 2016
  • Trump's remarks on gun rights, Clinton unleash torrent of criticism
    WILMINGTON, N.C., August 10 (Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that gun rights activists could act to stop Democratic rival Hillary Clinton from nominating liberal U.S
    / 10th August 2016
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