Dushanbe: A powerful earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale on Monday shook Tajikistan, as per reported. Tremors were also felt in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, New Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. At the same time, tremors were felt in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Reportedly, the epicentre of the earthquake was 109 km West of Murghob. Murghob is about 1200 kms from New Delhi....
Madrid: Football legend Zinedine Zidane has France's star striker Karim Benzema shouldn't be removed from the national squad due to his involvement in a sex tape scandal also involving team-mate Mathieu Valbuena. The Real Madrid forward is facing charges of conspiracy to blackmail and the French Football Federation (FFF) have called a press conference on Thursday at which president Noel...
Mumbai: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan says the Hindi film industry may be driven by the star system, but the audience now chooses its 'stars' based on their performance. Asked how important is the star system in Bollywood, Shah Rukh said here: "If in IPL (Indian Premier League), we don't have stars, nobody will watch it. So, you have to have stars...
Islamabad: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will meet Nawaz Sharif during her visit to Islamabad, the prime minister's adviser on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Monday. Swaraj will also meet other top officials during her visit to attend two-day Heart of Asia-Istanbul Conference, Aziz as saying. "Talks were the only solution," Aziz said. Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and Sushma Swaraj...
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Monday demanded the resignation of Maharashtra Advocate General Shrihari Aney for propounding the cause of a separate Vidarbha state, even as pro-Vidarbha groups rushed to his support. Sena MP Sanjay Raut made the demand while reacting to Aney's statement seeking a referendum on the sensitive issue. Aney stuck to his stand by saying he respected the...
Islamabad: Pakistan's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Monday he was "looking forward" to meet External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, adding "talks were the only solution". "Looking forward to meeting Sushma Swaraj, talks are the only solution," he told the media here....
London: One Direction singer Liam Payne says his new year's resolution is to give up smoking. Payne has set his resolution to "grow up" and stop the bad habit but admits it will be tough, reports people.com. “I'm going to try and give up smoking, which is hard, but I do want to. I want to. It's about time. Need...
Rio de Janeiro: Roger Federer will team up with compatriot Martina Hingis to represent Switzerland at next year's Olympic Games in Rio, according to media reports. Federer agreed to the mixed doubles partnership after Hingis proposed the idea earlier this year, as per reported. "Federer will play with Hingis. It's decided," said the reports on Sunday, which dubbed the partnership a 'dream...
Kolkata: Three workers were killed and two others taken ill on Monday after inhaling poisonous gas that leaked from a drainage line in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, police said. The incident happened at the Kolkata Leather Complex when five workers were cleaning a drainage line of a tannery. "The gas had accumulated somehow and when they were cleaning the...
Washington: US President Barack Obama called the shooting rampage in the Californian city of San Bernardino "an act of terrorism" and warned that the terror threat has evolved into a new phase. "This was an act of terrorism, designed to kill innocent people," Obama as saying on Sunday in his third Oval Office address during his seven-year presidency. "It is clear...
