GUWAHATI: Hours after Sarbananda Sonowal took oath as Chief Minister of Assam at a massive victory celebration, BJP chief Amit Shah announced an alliance of non-Congress parties for the development of North Eastern states on Tuesday. Mr Shah tweeted that the chief ministers of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Sikkim have proposed to join the North East Democratic Alliance or NEDA,...

Synopsis: AB produces magic turnaround as Iqbal Abdulla turns back the clock for his skipper while Dhawal Kulkarni is left to be bridesmaid again Magic turnaround THE ONLY time AB de Villiers looked ruffled on Tuesday night was at the very end. And he had his own teammates to blame for it. If anything, it resembled one of those dastardly...

A lot has been speculated about Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma's relationship status, but the couple has neither confirmed nor denied the rumours. Virat and Anushka were said to have parted ways a couple of months ago. Recently, they were spotted at a restaurant in Bangalore.   The picture of them on a dinner date after Virat's team Royal Challengers Bangalore...

All private colleges will now come under the ambit of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), the Centre said on Tuesday. However, in a major relief to parents and students, while considering the state governments' concerns over state-level examinations already conducted in regional languages and different syllabi from All India Pre-Medical Test, the Centre has given state governments the...

Check out the trailer of the upcoming romantic drama Junooniyat, featuring Pulkit Samrat and Yami Gautam. The trailer showcases the romantic journey of the lead pair and their ups and downs in the relationship. Pulkit and Yami have come together for the second time after their previous flickSanam Re. Junooniyat is directed by Vivek Agnihotri and also features Gulshan Devaiah and...

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Randeep Hooda starrer Sarbjit released last Friday. The film made a three day collection of 13.95 crores at the domestic box office. The Omung Kumar film was based on the real-life story of Indian farmer Sarabjit Singh, who was convicted in a Pakistan jail. Interestingly, in spite of being the solo Bollywood release this week, it has...

Singapore: Oil prices were little changed in thin early Asian trade on Tuesday as a firmer dollar weighed on oil markets while a likely drawdown in U.S. crude and gasoline stockpiles pointed to stronger demand ahead of the U.S. summer driving season. U.S. crude futures edged down 4 cents to $48.04 a barrel by 0016 GMT, having settled down 33...

Mumbai: The Indian rupee on Tuesday weakened for the ninth consecutive session against the US dollar, after foreign institutional investors (FIIs) continued to liquidate their investment in debt markets. The fall in Asian currencies markets as fears of an early interest rate hike in June also dampened the sentiments. The rupee opened at 67.64 per US dollar and touched a...

Breakfasts and common treats have become more fraught with danger as a known carcinogen is used to make majority of the breads, buns and pizzas bases available in Delhi, a new study by Centre for Science and Environment revealed on Monday. Bread industries use potassium bromate and potassium iodate in for treating flour, substances banned in the 1990s across...

TCL Communication-owned brand Alcatel on Monday launched the Pop Star smartphone in India. Priced at Rs. 6,999, the all-new Alcatel Pop Star is exclusively available via Gadgets 360, in Metal Gold and Metal Silver colours. The smartphone is a variant of the Alcatel OneTouch Pop Star smartphonelaunched at IFA 2015 last year, and is only available in a 4G...