For the whole of India, Irrfan Khan’s role in the upcoming film Inferno has created unprecedented excitement. Irrfan Khan as Harry Sims ‘The Provost’ in the upcoming ‘Inferno’. The actor, who was last seen as the voice of ‘Baloo The Bear‘ in the dubbed version of The Jungle Book, is one of the reasons why the film will be releasing a week prior in India (on 14 October 2016) than its US release date. Tom Hanks... 

Washington: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said he will cancel the historic Paris climate deal if voted to power as the agreement would cost the US economy USD 5.3 trillion and “skyrocket” electricity prices. Donald Trump. Speaking at an election rally in Florida, Trump said he will create jobs all across America and provide cheaper energy to people, especially farmers. “I believe so much in the environment. Believe... 

US backed India’s right to defend itself as with any other country, in view of recent surgical strikes. WASHINGTON: Supporting India’s “right to self-defence” in the aftermath of the Uri attack which it dubbed a “clear case of cross-border terrorism“, the US today dismissed the recent attempt by Pakistan to link peace in war-torn Afghanistan with Kashmir. The White House backed India’s right to defend itself... 

The Brics Summit this weekend in Goa comes at a time when India-Pakistan relationship has hit a new low. Between Pakistan’s renewed intransigence in leveraging anti-India proxies to prosecute its Kashmir agenda and India’s signal that will meet the same using limited military options, the discussions in Goa will invariably be coloured by the recent events in South Asia. PM Modi and President Xi Jinping shake hands in the G20 summit, 2016. Of... 

Indore: India captain Virat Kohli was on Tuesday presented with the ICC Test Championship mace for leading his team to the top of the Test rankings. Indian players pose with the ICC Test Championship mace at Indore’s Holkar Stadium. The mace was presented by former India captain and ICC Hall of Famer Sunil Gavaskar at a ceremony following the conclusion of the third and final Test against New Zealand in Indore after the home team completed... 

Bangladesh is keen to have India as a “stakeholder” in the proposed USD 4 billion Ganges barrage project and a team from India’swater resources ministry will soon visit Dhaka to hold talks in this regard, a senior minister has said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on 06 June 2015. State Minister for Water Resources Nazrul Islam said two Chinese firms were keen to fully finance... 

COLUMBUS, UNITED STATES: An invigorated Hillary Clinton commanded a record crowd of more than 10,000 supporters Monday, leaving Donald Trump floundering as America’s top elected Republican all but conceded the White House. A day after the second presidential debate, Hillary Clinton is campaigning in Michigan and Ohio. The former secretary of state looking to make history as America’s first woman commander-in-chief held an evening rally... 

PM Narendra Modi. Away from the increasing politicisation of the recent surgical strikes that the Indian armed forces conducted across the Line of Control (LoC), one aspect that is not properly highlighted in our discourse on the subject is the fact that it was a “strategic decision” — a decision taken at the highest level of the political leadership of the country (involving the Prime Minister of India). Such strikes, as the Congress rightly... 

A soldier was injured on Monday in the exchange of fire between security forces and militants holed up inside Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) in South Kashmir’s Pampore Town, which had witnessed a suicide attack in February this year. Security personnel patrolling the area outside the building. Two to three militants are believed to have entered into the building of EDI in the early hours of Monday. “One soldier was injured... 

The field of contenders for the Nobel Peace Prize was thrown wide open after the Colombian people’s shock rejection of a historic peace deal after nearly four years of talks, put its negotiators out of the running. A file photo of Juan Manuel Santos. Up until that point Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC chief Rodrigo London, alias Timoleon “Timochenko” Jimenez, had been tipped as favourites to win the prestigious award...