Author: IANS

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Congress workers staged protests outside AICC headquarters here on Wednesday, alleging bias in ticket distribution and “selling” of tickets ahead of the Bihar Assembly election. The Congress workers held placards that read “Ticket bechne wale dalalon se Bihar Congress ko mukt karo” (Free the Congress[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Days after the Railways invited bids for running 151 passenger trains on 109 pairs of routes across the country, it said on Wednesday that 120 applications have been received from 15 firms for 12 clusters. A Railway Ministry statement said that the applications were received[Read More…]

Doha, Oct 7 (IANS) Qatar on Wednesday announced 238 new Covid-19 infections, raising the total number of cases in the Gulf state to 127,181, officials of Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported. Meanwhile, 215 more recovered from the virus, bringing the overall recoveries to 124,108, while the fatalities increased by two[Read More…]

Bengaluru, Oct 7 (IANS) Amazon India said on Wednesday that it has partnered with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), to provide their customers with the facility to book reserved train tickets on Amazon. With this new offering, customers will be able to check seat and quota availability across[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Online videos play a significant role in the purchase journey of an automobile shopper with nine out of the 10 buyers doing one follow up action triggered by the video, said a new report by Google India and Kantar. With online video growth in the[Read More…]

New Delhi/London, Oct 7 (IANS) Indian born British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta is at the centre of a controversy in the UK as companies linked to him which employ just 11 persons have received millions of pounds in government-guaranteed loans. The Financial Times reported that SoftBank-backed Greensill Capital has provided tens[Read More…]

Cairo, Oct 7 (IANS) Political parties began preparations this week for the first stage of parliamentary elections, scheduled to be held between October 21 and November 30. The National Election Authority (NEA) said campaigning will begin on October 5 and run until October 18, three days before voting takes place[Read More…]

Patna, Oct 7 (IANS) Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Wednesday released the list of its 115 candidates, including 19 women, for the October-November Assembly elections. The list, released by senior party leader Vashistha Narayan Singh, also contains the name of Chandrika Rai, the former father-in-law of Rashtriya Janata Dal[Read More…]

Mumbai, Oct 7 (IANS) Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra is proud of her eight-year-old son Viaan, who paid tribute to actor Sonu Sood with his school project. Taking to Instagram, Shilpa shared how Viaan created an animated video for Sonu after seeing him helping thousands of migrant workers during the[Read More…]

Mumbai, Oct 7 (IANS) The Maharashtra Congress on Wednesday alleged that some fake Twitter accounts posted 25 tweets per minute using the same hashtags, all on the topic of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput with deliberate intent to slander the Maharashtra government. A delegation of state Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant[Read More…]

Hyderabad, Oct 7 (IANS) South Central Railway has taken up upgrading maximum permissible speed in the sections of Golden Quadrilateral/Golden Diagonal (GQ/GD) routes. Strengthening of track and infrastructure and removing bottlenecks in these sections are on fast pace to enhance maximum speed up to 130 kmph. According to South Central[Read More…]

Mumbai, Oct 7 (IANS) Music composer Tanishk Bagchi is currently being lauded for his background score for the recently released teaser of the Akshay Kumar-starrer BellBottom. Sharing his experience of working in the movie, Tanishk said: “Films that are set in the eighties uses a certain distinct sound with a[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Wednesday apprised about a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in June this year between the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and the International Barcode of Life (iBOL). The MoU will enable the ZSI to[Read More…]

Mumbai, Oct 7 (IANS) Ira Khan, the daughter of Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, has been exploring new things in her life. She recently learnt how to make a tattoo. Taking to her Instagram account, Ira shared a few images of the first tattoo she has ever made. “Bucket list item[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) As the coronavirus pandemic moves into the tenth month, all need to be cognizant of the co-infection that can occur with Covid-19, AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria said on Wednesday, as the apex institute witnessed dengue and tuberculosis infection in patients affected with coronavirus. “Co-infection[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) In a big reform initiative, the government on Wednesday decided to put domestically produced gas under a standard price discovery mechanism to help scale up local production from fields of ONGC, OIL, Reliance and Vedanta and help create a uniform gas market. Accordingly, the Union[Read More…]

By Qaiser Mohammad Ali New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Many dead members of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) — estimates range from 100 to 250 — figure in the approved voters’ list for this month’s elections for six posts. Interestingly, late Arun Jaitley, a DDCA president and a[Read More…]

Bhubaneswar, Oct 7 (IANS) A 96-year-old freedom fighter has defeated Covid-19 in Odisha. Loknath Nayak, who was under treatment at the SUM Covid Hospital here, has recovered from the deadly disease. Nayak, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus on September 29, was admitted to the private hospital on the[Read More…]

London, Oct 7 (IANS) Two former British Islamic State (IS) prisoners are travelling to the US to appear in court later over the killing of Western hostages. Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh are accused of belonging to an IS cell dubbed “The Beatles” involved in kidnappings in Iraq and[Read More…]

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 7 (IANS) After the ED charge-sheeted Swapna Suresh and two others in a PMLA court in a money laundering case, state Congress President Mullapally Ramachandran on Wednesday demanded that Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan come clean on gold smuggling case prime accused Swapna. Referring to the charge sheet[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) In the absence of a major fiscal stimulus from the government, it seems consumer demand is coming to the rescue of the economy, and residential real estate has been among the key sectors to witness a return of interest among home buyers after the lifting[Read More…]

By Sumit Kumar Singh New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) The Defence Ministry has not yet reached any conclusion over procurement of 30 armed drones from US-based General Atomics as the Indian Air Force has raised apprehensions over their usefulness. The deal is valued at approximately $3 billion. With the disputed[Read More…]

By Khurram Habib New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) In three of their five IPL matches this season, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have conceded 200 runs or thereabouts. What has been worse is that all of these poor bowling performances have come in Dubai, where none of the other six games,[Read More…]