China slams India’s stand on NPT
July 21, 2016
Amid India's assertion that it will not sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to gain entry into NSG, an adamant China said "no country should or can put itself opposite the NPT".
Lu Kang, spokesman of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (AP Photo)
Indian Cinema: Kabali frenzy spreads, ticket prices touch Rs 600
July 21, 2016
Chennai, TAMIL NADU: Make hay while Rajinikanth shines! This seems to be the mantra for theatre owners who are making a killing by selling Kabali tickets at exorbitant prices -- much to the disappointment of hardcore superstar fans.
With Kabali slated to release in over 4,000 screens worldwide on Friday, the demand for its tickets is unprecedented.
India Asks Pakistan to Stop Misleading Kashmiris and Vacate POK
July 21, 2016
New Delhi: India on Thursday lashed out at Pakistan for "inciting and supporting" terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and instead asked it to vacate its illegal occupation of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (POK).
Paramilitary troopers patrol during curfew in Sringar. (AFP)
We’ve been looking in the wrong place, MH370 search team says
July 21, 2016
Top searchers at the Dutch company leading the underwater hunt for Malaysia Airlines jet MH370 say they believe the plane may have glided down rather than dived in the final moments, meaning they have been scouring the wrong patch of ocean for two years.
Pakistan Cricket: Misbah’s Lord’s Salute: A Record-Breaking Captain’s Knock
July 15, 2016
LONDON – Age is just a number; and if his record-breaking century at Lord's on Thursday was not enough to prove that, Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq followed it up with a 'push-up celebration' to say "he isn't finished, just as yet".
File image of Misab-ul-Haq. (Photo Credit: AFP)
It’s Pence: Trump announces his VP choice on Twitter
July 15, 2016
Trump Wavered on Pence Pick After News Leaked: Sources
Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence take the stag... Image: US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-TRUMP
Is cash-strapped Andhra Pradesh eyeing Tirumala’s surplus funds?
July 15, 2016
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu caused some consternation amongst God-fearing bureaucrats in May 2016 at a Collectors' Conference in Vijayawada, when he said that "temple funds could be utilized in the same manner as the Christian missionaries use the church funds for health, education and anti-poverty programs."
Truck attacker ploughs into French crowd, kills 84 celebrating Bastille Day
July 15, 2016
NICE, France – A gunman at the wheel of a heavy truck ploughed into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice on Thursday, killing at least 84 people and injuring scores more in what President Francois Hollande called a terrorist act.
Chinese media brands US, Japan ‘paper tigers’, ‘eunuchs’
July 14, 2016
Branding the US and Japan as "paper tigers" and "eunuchs," China's state media today said that the military should remain ready for "counter attack" if American warships hold exercises near islands claimed by Beijing in the South China Sea to enforce the UN-backed tribunal's verdict.
