Islamabad: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan has said that India's Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj did not discuss resumption of cricketing ties with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during her visit here. PCB was hoping Swaraj, who arrived here on Tuesday for the Heart of Asia regional conference, would give the green light to the series after a prolonged uncertainty....
Mumbai: Actor Shahid Kapoor, whose "Shaandaar" turned out to be a box office debacle, has started shooting for “Rangoon” with his "Haider" director Vishal Bhardwaj. The actor, who has been giving hints about his look in the upcoming project with different styles of beards, started shooting for the film on Thursday, said a source close to the actor. However, the filming...
New Delhi: Congress members on Thursday staged a walkout from the Lok Sabha demanding suspension of BJP member Virendra Singh unless he tendered an "unconditional apology" for making certain remarks against Congress leaders. Trinamool Congress parliamentarians too staged a walkout, saying the government had not risen to the occasion to resolve the impasse in the house. Raising the issue after Question...
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday acquitted Bollywood megastar Salman Khan of all charges in the September 28, 2002 hit-and-run case. Delivering the much-awaited verdict, Justice A.R. Joshi said that the actor "cannot be convicted" on the basis of the evidence produced by the prosecution in the 13-year old case and trial. Virtually dismissing the prosecution case, Justice Joshi...
Tokyo: Japan's revised civil aviation law that regulates the use of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles came into effect on Thursday. The new regulations require operators to get government approval to fly such aircraft in areas designated as densely populated, at events, and near airports, as per reported. Permission is also required for flying out of the operator's sight, or...
Chennai: India will be launching six Singaporean satellites weighing a total of around 625 kg on December 16 evening through its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket, a senior official said. "It is a commercial launch. The rocket is expected to blast off from the Sriharikota rocket port at 6 p.m. on December 16. The Indian rocket will be carrying...
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday said Bollywood megastar Salman Khan "cannot be convicted" on the basis of the evidence produced by the prosecution in a hit-and-run case. Justice A.R. Joshi, who was making his observations as the open-court dictation of his verdict entered the last lap, said the "prosecution failed to establish the charges (against Salman) on all counts"....
Seoul: South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Thursday called for drastic efforts to raise the country's low birthrate as she blamed delayed marriages and unemployment for the situation. South Korea has tried to address the issue of its low birthrate by spending about 80 trillion won ($68 billion) since 2005, when its total fertility rate stood at 1.08, as per reported. The...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the alarming problem of air pollution in Delhi could be tackled through a multi-pronged policy and ad hoc solutions would not be helpful. "The absence of a policy (to tackle with the growing air pollution) reflects on our ability to cope with this problem," said an apex court bench of Chief...
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was again disrupted over the National Herald case on Thursday, losing proceedings of the pre-lunch session to repeated disruptions. As soon as the house met at 11 a.m., Congress members trooped near the chairman's podium shouting slogans. In the din, Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien adjourned the house first till 11.30 a.m., and then till 12 noon....
