McDonald’s India faces flak for serving Halal meat
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) After food delivery platform Zomato, McDonald’s is now facing a major backlash from Twitterati over whether the fast food company …
Serena faces Sharapova in US Open first round
New York, Aug 23 (IANS) Five-time champion Serena Williams will be facing 2006 winner Maria Sharapova in the first round of the 2019 US Open. …
Article 370: Rattled Pak seeks world support, faces rebuff
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Scrapping of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcation of the state has badly rattled Pakistan, which is …
INX Media and other cases Chidambaram faces
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Former Union minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram was on Wednesday formally arrested by the CBI after his anticipatory …
NTPC faces coal crunch at Kaniha unit in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Aug 20 (IANS) State-run power generator NTPC’s Kaniha unit in Angul district of Odisha is facing coal shortage due to a strike by villagers …
Chidambaram faces arrest; CBI, ED teams come knocking at his home
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) A team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Tuesday arrived at the residence of …
Andhra faces uphill task to foot the bill for freebies
Hyderabad, Aug 16 (IANS) With the series of sops announced during last two-and-half months needing a whopping Rs 50,000 crore, YSR Congress government in Andhra …
Azam Khan’s luxury resort in UP faces trouble
Rampur, Aug 16 (IANS) Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan’s luxury resort ‘Humsafar’ in Rampur was now facing trouble following allegations of land grabbing. The district …
Team India manager Subramanium faces heat after WI misconduct
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Having escaped Down Under after he misbehaved during the Perth Test in December 2018, Team India manager Sunil Subramanium has …
Chinese activist held incommunicado ‘faces torture risk’
Beijing, July 31 (IANS) A woman human rights activist has been held incommunicado since she was taken away by Chinese authorities from her home in …
Google paid people $5 to scan their faces for Pixel4
San Francisco, July 30 (IANS) At a time when face recognition technology is in the thick of controversies, Google paid people $5 in exchange for …
Doctor faces probe for prescribing condoms for stomach pain
Ranchi, July 28 (IANS) A doctor who allegedly prescribed condom to a woman who was suffering from stomach pain is facing a probe. A class …
Newcomer roster: fresh faces, old woes
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Lights, camera, action! New-gen Bollywood is raring to go, and second wind at the box-office may brighten fortunes of a …
Six new faces to walk the ramp at LFW Winter/Festive 2019
Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) Six new models chosen by Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) will be seen strutting the runway for 2019’s Winter/Festive edition, which will …
YouTube faces flak for promoting racism on kids’ show
San Francisco, July 24 (IANS) Google-owned content sharing app YouTube has once again come under a cloud, this time for promoting white supremacy by letting …
Pakistan faces UK aid cut as pressures grow
London, July 19 (IANS) Britain’s aid to Pakistan could reduce significantly by next year as pressure on the government grows to cut foreign aid to …
Kohli available for WI tour as selectors look to give fresh faces a go
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The selection of the Indian team for the West Indies tour has been postponed by a day and is to …
Fresh faces likely as selectors pick squad for WI tour on July 19
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Quite a few fresh faces are likely to be included in India’s limited over squads when the selectors led by …
SP’s Azam Khan faces arrest in land grabbing, torture case
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) More than two dozen poor farmers were illegally detained and tortured for several days before their lands were “forcibly grabbed” …
British Airways faces record fine for data breach
London, July 8 (IANS) British Airways announced on Monday that it was facing a record fine of 183 million pounds ($229 million) for last year’s …
Cows at Raj Bhavan, Jharkhand CM residence faces fodder crisis
Ranchi, July 2 (IANS) Cows at the Jharkhand Raj Bhavan and the Chief Minister’s House might be staring at a food crisis as no funds …
Turkey politician faces 17-year jail for insulting Erdogan
Ankara, June 28 (IANS) The head of the Turkish opposition party’s Istanbul branch, who is widely credited as the architect of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s …
Boy refuses to get drugs, faces acid attack in UP
Lucknow, June 28 (IANS) When a 14-year-old boy refused to work as a drug courier for three youths, they poured acid into his mouth. The …
Colombia faces big Copa America obstacle in Chile
Sao Paulo, June 27 (IANS) Colombia and Chile will face-off later this week here with a spot in the Copa America semi-finals on the line. …
To demolish or conserve, Agra faces catch-22 situation (Lead, fixing headline)
Agra, June 26 (IANS) Agra, a city that is home to three world heritage monuments, including Taj Mahal, is caught in a dilemma between development …
To demolish or conserve, Agra faces catch-22 sitch
Agra, June 26 (IANS) Agra, a city that is home to three world heritage monuments, including Taj Mahal, is caught in a dilemma between development …
Facebook faces trial over data breach affecting 30mn users
San Francisco, June 24 (IANS) In a setback, a US court has rejected Facebook’s claims to block a lawsuit against it in a data breach …
Nitish visits AES-hit Muzaffarpur, faces protests
Patna, June 18 (IANS) Hundreds of angry protesters staged a demonstration on Tuesday against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s visit to Muzaffarpur district, where 107 …
MBS’ sister faces trial over attack on workman
Riyadh, June 13 (IANS) The sister of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will be put on trial in Paris in July for allegedly ordering …
Ex-Afghan football chief faces arrest over sexual abuse
Kabul, June 9 (IANS) Afghan authorities on Sunday ordered arrest of former head of the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) over allegations of sexual abuse of …
Amazon faces flak for ‘promoting’ doorbell camera brand
San Francisco, June 7 (IANS) Amazon-owned home security company Ring has been accused of exploiting the emotion of fear to sell its doorbell cameras and …
Congress faces tough task to keep its flock together after LS rout
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) The Congress is facing a tough task to keep its flock together after the party’s dismal performance in the recently …
Anubhav Sinha’s ‘Article 15’ faces Brahmin ire in UP
Lucknow, June 5 (IANS) Anubhav Sinha’s much awaited thriller “Article 15” that is reportedly inspired from the Badaun rape and murder case, seems to be …
Congress faces situation similar to British Raj: Rahul
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi told party MPs on Saturday that the situation faced by the party workers was similar to …
Google faces anti-trust probe by US Justice Department
San Francisco, June 1 (IANS) The US Department of Justice is preparing to open a case against Google for potential anti-trust violations, thus, putting scrutiny …
Modi 2.0: Old and new faces greet economic ministries
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Keeping his reputation of surprising people with unexpected steps intact, Prime Minister Narendra Modi selected Nirmala Sitharaman as the Finance …
20 years on, Federer faces son of rival from debut French Open
Paris, May 31 (IANS) Roger Federer, one of the oldest player at 37, will on Friday take on Casper Ruud — the son of his …
Children ‘whitening faces to avoid racism’ in Britain
London, May 31 (IANS) Children as young as 10 are whitening their faces to avoid being subjected to racist abuse in Britain, a child protection …
Economic ministries to greet new faces, old guard miss out
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Some of the key ministers heading various economic ministries such as Commerce, Aviation, Tourism and Telecom have missed out on …
17th Lok Sabha will miss prominent faces, strong voices
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) In last three decades of India’s electoral history they were the strong voices of their party, states and respective constituencies …
Mix of experienced, fresh faces in Naveen’s new team
Bhubaneswar, May 28 (IANS) The team of Naveen Patnaik, who will be sworn in as Odisha Chief Minister for a fifth consecutive term on Wednesday, …