ATF tax cut for Karipur increases
The demand for reducing the State’s tax on aviation turbine fuel (ATF) for flights operating from the Calicut international airport at Karipur has increased with more people’s representatives joining hands with the Malabar Development Forum (MDF). In a request made to the State government, Lok Sabha member from Kerala representing the Anglo-Indians Richard Hay asked […]
‘Gully Boy’ premiers in Berlin, puts spotlight on India’s hip-hop scene
BERLIN: Actor Ranveer Singh said India could be on the cusp of a musical revolution with the kind of Hindustani hip-hop that is the subject of his new movie premiering at the Berlin Film Festival. Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt threw their sizeable industry clout behind the tale, unveiled Saturday, of a couple yearning to […]
National Enquirer owner defends reporting on Amazon’s Bezos
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The owner of U.S. tabloid newspaper the National Enquirer pushed back on Friday against accusations of “extortion and blackmail” from Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, saying its reporting on an extramarital relationship involving the world’s richest man was lawful and it would investigate his claims. Bezos on Thursday accused American Media Inc […]
New York Grand Hyatt, Trump’s first big project, faces demolition
NEW YORK: A New York developer and a partner plan to demolish the Grand Hyatt New York, the hotel that launched US President Donald Trump’s real estate career in Manhattan decades ago, the two companies said on Thursday. Developer TF Cornerstone and MSD Partners, which manages the assets of Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell and […]
Students Won $5000 Tuition Scholarship, Laptops, Tablets and Smartwatches at Usmania Youth Grant Event!
Chicago, IL – It was a flamboyant evening filled with enthusiastic youth, music, food and powerful message of empowering the students through educational scholarship in an effort togive back to the community by Usmania Fine Dining Restaurant which was attended by morethan 700 students from Chicago, Illinois. The Usmania Youth Tuition Scholarship Event was held at […]
Narendra Modi’s Air India One Gets Rs 1300 Cr Defence Upgrade Like The American Air Force One
In a huge boost to India, the US has agreed to sell two state-of-the-art missile defence systems to Air India One for an estimated cost of USD 190 million, a move that will raise the security of planes flying the prime minister and the president. According to the Pentagon, the sale will support the foreign […]
Guantanamo prison looms as option as IS fight ends
WASHINGTON – The Guantanamo Bay detention center would receive new prisoners for the first time in more than a decade under one option being considered as the U.S. withdraws its forces from Syria and works to resolve the fate of hundreds of captured suspected Islamic State fighters, officials say. U.S.-backed Syrian fighters have custody of […]
Jobless youth march to protest Indian ‘unemployment crisis’
Hundreds of jobless young people marched Thursday through the streets of the Indian capital demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government tackle what they called a rising unemployment crisis. The protesters disputed the government’s claim that it has created millions of jobs since it came to power in 2014 with the economy growing around 7 percent […]
Indonesia court jails British woman for slapping Bali immigration officer
DENPASAR: An Indonesian court on Wednesday jailed a British woman for six months for slapping an immigration officer in an argument over a fine for overstaying her visa. Auj-e Taqaddas, 42, was found guilty in a court in Bali’s capital, Denpasar, of violence against an officer at Bali airport carrying out his legal duty, Judge […]
Indian woman arrested for shooting Gandhi effigy
NEW DELHI: A proper-wing Indian female who shot an effigy of independence hero Mahatma Gandhi with an air pistol to mark his assassination a few seven a long time in the past became arrested on Wednesday. Pooja Shakun Pandey turned into filmed shooting the effigy at an event through a much-proper Hindu group on Friday, the […]
