Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu successfully defended her Macau Open Grand Prix Gold women's singles title, beating South Korean Kim Hyo Min in straight games at the Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion here Sunday. Two-time World Championships bronze medallist Sindhu registered a comprehensive 21-12, 21-17 victory in 45 minutes in the final of the $120,000
The number of HIV/AIDS cases in China had touched 497,000 by the end of October, with 154,000 deaths, the latest official figures said, according to reports Sunday. Vice director of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, Wang Guoqiang, revealed the figures Sunday at an HIV/AIDS awareness promotion event, ahead of the World
Sonakshi Sinha will be seen in the forthcoming film "Action Jackson" and the actress says she doesn't feel insecure due to the presence of multi-stars in the movie. "In my four years' career, this is my first multi-starrer. I've always played solo heoine. But the fact is even in this film, I was
Actress Priyanka Chopra was crowned Miss World on Nov 30, 2000, and the actress says the international beauty pageant was her "beginning". “Wow! Was I really 17 then! The beginning of my beginning… My Miss World anniversary. #Throwback,” she tweeted Sunday. After winning the title, she entered the Hindi film industry in
Filmmaker Karan Johar now has five million followers on the popular micro-blogging site Twitter. He has thanked his fans for “listening” to him. “A huge heartfelt thank you!!! Just realized I have touched 5 million followers!! Thank you for listening… lots of love… always!,” he tweeted Sunday. Apart from fans of his
President Pranab Mukherjee Sunday said people enjoying the privilege of education must provide dividend to the society as their obligation for the society's upliftment. "Whatever we are today, we are after all the products of the social investment. The society has invested in us to become lawyers, teachers, doctors etc. Therefore, the society
BJP president Amit Shah Sunday took a jibe at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday, and stopped his speech mid-way following azan (Islamic call to prayer) from a nearby mosque. "Let us stop. We don't want to give Mamata any excuse," Shah said, halting his speech for nearly five minutes after the
The AAP raised over Rs.50 lakh at a fund raising lunch organised by party's traders' wing here Sunday ahead of likely assembly polls in February. At the event, organised at a restaurant in central hub Connaught Place, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal promised "to rationalise Value Added Tax (VAT) in Delhi
With international crude oil rates slipping towards $70 a barrel, state-run oil marketers Sunday cut petrol and diesel rates further respectively by 91 paise and 84 paise a litre, effective midnight. "The prices of petrol and diesel were last revised downwards from Nov 1 by Rs.2.41/litre and Rs.2.25/litre respectively (including state levies at
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said his government was committed to the development of the northeast region, and assured the people of Assam that the land swap deal with Bangladesh will stop illegal infiltration and not compromise their security. The prime minister, who Saturday began a three-day visit to the northeast, was speaking