London: Authors around the world have expressed their shock and sadness at the attack on Salman Rushdie in New York state.
The stabbing came after years of Islamist death threats against Rushdie over The Satanic Verses, published in 1988.
Fellow...
Bengaluru: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said the central government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership is making efforts to address the disconnect between GDP growth and employment increase by giving a boost to the SME...
New Delhi: Interacting with the Indian contingent of the recently concluded Commonwealth Games, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the golden era of India's sports is here.
"It is definitely an exciting time for the Indian sport. Your...
New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched a fresh attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over alleged Chinese intrusions and asked why the latter was 'silent on the same'.
In a social media post, the MP from...
Mumbai: On the occasion of the 75th Independence Day, PayNearby, India’s leading branchless banking and digital network, launched a ‘zero investment plan’ for women entrepreneurs at the last mile, across 20,000+ PIN codes.
This comes as an extension of...
Bengaluru: India's interests made the country vote the way it did in the United Nations on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Saturday.
"I will be driven on this by my interest, my experience, my...
Washington: US House of Representatives passed the Democratic spending bill on tax policy, health care, and climate change, a few days after the Senate approval.
The bill on Friday, dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act, is scaled down from the massive...
New Delhi: Congress on Friday took a dig at Arvind Kejriwal-led government over the spike in Covid-19 cases in Delhi.
"Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is making statements and locking horns with the Central government on the 'revdi (freebie) culture', instead...
New Delhi: There have been 15,815 new Covid-19 infections detected in India, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
According to the bulletin issued by the Ministry, the total caseload rose to 4,42,39,372 while the overall toll touched 5,26,996 as...
New Delhi: Salman Rushdie, literally the "midnight's child" draws a close relation to his most celebrated title -- being born in 1947, when India too announced her "tryst with destiny".
The Indian-born novelist catapulted to fame with "Midnight's Children" in...