The Trump administration is expected to drop Iraq from the list of Muslim-majority nations to be impacted by a travel ban that the president was to sign into effect on Wednesday, but didn’t, along with several other substantive changes from the previous executive order that had been put on hold by a federal court. The new order is likely to exempt existing visa holders from the listed countries — the […]
Did you know Kolkata has the highest number of millionaires? If this surprises you, let’s tell you that Kolkata even houses the most posh localities in India- Alipore and Ballygunge. India’s financial capital Mumbai, which is home to 46,000 millionaires and 28 billionaires, is the richest Indian city with a total wealth of $ 820 billion, says a report. According to New World Wealth, Mumbai is the richest city in […]
Malaysian police said on Sunday that four North Korean suspects in the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un fled Malaysia on the day of the killing. The four North Koreans flew out of Malaysia, but police would not reveal the flight’s destination, just that they were coordinating with Interpol to track them down. Malaysian police arrested a North Korean man on Friday in connection […]
On October 29, 2005 blasts ripped through crowded marketplaces in Sarojini Nagar, Kalkaji and Paharganj during the festive season in Delhi, 60 people were killed and more than 200 injured Mohammed Hussain Fazili and Mohammed Rafiq Shah will finally walk free The third accused – Tariq Ahmad Dar, the alleged mastermind of the bombings – has been convicted of belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba A city court has acquitted two men of […]
A first trailer has been released for The Lego Ninjago Movie, which hits theatres on September 22. Jackie Chan, Dave Franco, Justin Theroux, Fred Armisen, Abbi Jacobson, Olivia Munn, Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Peña and Zach Woods star in the third movie in the Lego franchise. In the movie, “the battle for NINJAGO City calls to action young Master Builder Lloyd, aka the Green Ninja, along with his friends, who are […]
It seems Pakistan is all set to be cornered by the US for its terror activities against India and other countries. In a major development, top US think-tanks have recommended to the Donald Trump administration that the US should “levy costs” on Pakistan for perpetuating terrorism in India and Afghanistan. Also, the think-tanks say that the Trump admin must quickly formulate a new approach toward the country to prevent it […]
A new, second trailer for Netflix-Marvel’s next superhero offering, Iron Fist is here. Finn Jones stars as the lead and is joined by a fresh new cast and some familiar alums from the series’ sister shows, Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. Jones, whom you’ve seen earlier in Game of Thrones as Loras Tyrell, plays orphan Danny Rand whose parents died in a plane crash when he was 10 years […]
The United States has issued a stern warming to North Korea against any use of nuclear weapons. Reiterating Washington’s security commitment to Seoul, Defence Secretary James Mattis today vowed effective and overwhelming response to any use of nuclear weapons by Pyongyang. “America’s commitments to defending our allies and to upholding our extended deterrence guarantees remain ironclad: any attack on the United States, or our allies, will be defeated, and any […]
Fourteen years ago, on this very day, the world lost a promising star to the sky. The first Indian-origin woman to go to space, Kalpana Chawla, perished along with six others after their space shuttle exploded on entering the Earth’s atmosphere. Born in March 17, 1962, in Karnal, Haryana, Chawla finished her schooling from there after which she got a degree in aeronautical engineering from the Punjab Engineering College in […]
The study of crashed UFOs and alien autopsies are part of one of the most popular conspiracy theories about the CIA but the spy agency kept a close watch on sightings of flying saucers over India and its neighbours. A report from April 1968 – part of the 930,000 declassified documents recently posted online by the Central Intelligence Agency – details six sightings of unidentified flying objects over Ladakh, Sikkim […]
