Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday wished the people a "wonderful" New Year. "Wishing you and your family a wonderful 2015. May this year bring immense happiness, peace and prosperity in everyone's lives," Modi said in a statement.
The government will encourage public and private investment in infrastructure and manufacturing sectors, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Wednesday making his New Year resolution on a social networking website. "Infrastructural spending has to be stepped up. Manufacturing sector has to be given a major push. This has to be done both through encouraging public
Bad weather Thursday hampered the search for wreckage and bodies from the AirAsia flight which crashed en route from Indonesia and Singapore Dec 28 last year. Ships and planes were scouring the Java Sea off Borneo, where the plane carrying 162 people came down, BBC reported. "Clouds have started to descend again… and
Six engineering students were killed when their speeding car rammed into a vehicle in Kerala's Kollam district early Thursday. The third year students of TKM Kollam Engineering College were returning from the Varkala beach after attending the New Year bash. "The car was at high speed and it rammed into my lorry. The
Cash-strapped airline SpiceJet Tuesday said that it will cancel 300 more flights till Jan 31, even as the government seemed to rule out any help by saying the budget carrier will have to itself resolve its financial troubles and the AAI asked it to pay Rs.200 crore dues by Wednesday. The latest update on
"The year 2014 was like a workout for me" says Oscar winning composer A.R.Rahman, who has given music for as many as twelve films including some Hollywood projects this year. He has also composed music for Shankar's forthcoming Tamil film "I". "I have done almost twelve movies in 2014 and it's like a
Actor Vikram, who is gearing up for the release of his forthcoming Tamil magnum opus "I", will be seen in three different roles and he feels blessed to have got that opportunity. In the film, directed by Shankar, Vikram will be seen as a bodybuilder and a disfigured man. "This film has been
Bollywood and young India Tuesday passionately defended Aamir Khan-starrer "PK" even as Hindu rightwing groups continued their protests alleging that it defamed Hindu religion. Producers, directors and actors as well as movie buffs IANS spoke to were unanimous that the Hindi film no way hurt Hindu interests and that the protests were unacceptable as
Commercial operation of the first 1,000 MW unit at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) is expected to begin 12.01 a.m. Wednesday, said a senior project official. Speaking to IANS, a senior official said: "The commercial generation of the first unit is expected to happen from 12.01 a.m. Wednesday. We are happy that commercial generation
AirAsia Tuesday confirmed that the debris spotted in the Java Sea, is from the missing flight QZ8501, even as three bodies confirmed to be those of passengers in the ill-fated plane were retrieved. "AirAsia Indonesia regrets to inform that The National Search and Rescue Agency Republic of Indonesia (Basarna) confirmed that the debris found