New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANSlife) Some may splurge to look great but achieving a diva look on a relatively tight budget is easy. Here are a few tips from Sadiya Naseem, the founder of Glam Studios, to keep your glam quotient up while keeping your monthly expenses intact. Always wear[Read More…]
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Pyongyang slams S.Korean party for scouting defector for polls
Pyongyang/Seoul, Feb 13 (IANS) A North Korean propaganda outlet on Thursday slammed South Korea’s main opposition party over its decision to scout a defector, known for his appearance at a US State of the Union address, ahead of April’s general elections. Last month, the Liberty Korea Party (LKP) announced its[Read More…]
Parties must publish candidates criminal cases on sites: SC
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) In a significant judgement, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed political parties to upload on their respective websites the details of all pending criminal cases against candidates contesting polls, citing the alarming increase in criminalisation of politics in past four general elections. A bench headed[Read More…]
HC to hear hubby’s plea to set wife free on V’Day
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) A habeas corpus has been filed in the Delhi High Court by Md. Suhail who claims his wife has been wrongfully detained by her family. The plea stated that the couple got married on March 15 last year with the consent and blessings of only[Read More…]
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures set to unveil in Dec
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANSlife) Coming as a tribute to the Oscar legacy, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will open to the public on December 14 this year. Announced by Tom Hanks during the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, the museum has already completed the major construction.[Read More…]
OPPO appoints Elvis Zhou to head India operations
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) OPPO on Thursday announced the appointment of Elvis Zhou as the President of its India operations. In his new role, Zhou will be spearheading company’s business strategy here. “Elvis has been an integral part of the OPPO India. His experience in the smartphone industry makes[Read More…]
Google introduces emoji mashup stickers to Gboard on Android
The stickers will work across apps, including Gmail, Messages by Google, Messenger, Snapchat, Telegram, WhatsApp and others.
China coronavirus toll now 1,361 after largest 1-day hike
Beijing, Feb 13 (IANS) Chinese authorities on Thursday said the overall toll due to the deadly coronavirus outbreak in the country has reached 1,361, with 59,539 confirmed cases, after Hubei province, the epicentre of the epidemic, registered the largest one-day increase in infections and deaths. The Hubei provincial health commission[Read More…]
J&K, Ladakh to host 1st edition of Khelo India Winter Games
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The Sports Ministry is set to organise the first-ever Khelo India Winter Games in the Union Territory of Ladakh in the third week of February and in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in the first week of March. Seven different sporting disciplines have[Read More…]
Watch: 9 injured after foot overbridge collapses at Bhopal station
DRM and senior Railway officers have reached the spot. General Manager of West Central Railway is monitoring the incident.
Hasina rejects quota call for English-medium students
Dhaka, Feb 13 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has rejected a call for special facilities for English-medium students to enrol at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), it was reported on Thursday. In a Parliament session on Wednesday, opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) MP Harunur Rashid asked[Read More…]
WC-winning U-19 team receive heroes welcome in Bangladesh
Dhaka, Feb 13 (IANS) The Akbar Ali-led Bangladesh Under-19 team was accorded with a heroes welcome in Mirpur following their historic World Cup win in South Africa. Bangladesh Under-19 scaled the summit by beating India Under-19 in a pulsating final played in Potchefstroom last Sunday. The Bangladesh team arrived in[Read More…]
Pre-order Galaxy S20 for less than Rs 70K in India (Lead)
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The much-awaited Samsung Galaxy S20 series will be available for pre-order in India from the Valentine’s Day and the price is likely to begin from under Rs 70,000 and will hit the six-digit mark for the top-end Galaxy S20 Ultra that comes with massive 16GB[Read More…]
Who is Sanjeev Chawla (Ld)
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) With Delhi Police finally getting its hands around key bookie Sanjeev Chawla’s neck as he sets foot in India on Thursday almost two decades after one of the biggest match-fixing scandals erupted on the international cricket scene, it is time to know the key accused[Read More…]
Steyn becomes leading wicket-taker for South Africa in T20Is
East London (South Africa), Feb 13 (IANS) Veteran pacer Dale Steyn has become the leading wicket-taker for South Africa in T20 internationals. Steyn achieved the feat during the opening T20I of the three-match series against England played at the Buffalo Park which the Proteas won by one run. During the[Read More…]
Colin Batch, Alyson Annan named FIH coaches of year 2019
Lausanne, Feb 13 (IANS) Australia’s Colin Batch and Netherlands’ Alyson Annan have been announced as 2019 FIH men’s and women’s coach of the year respectively. Batch was appointed head coach to Australia in December 2016, following a three-year spell coaching the New Zealand men’s team. Early in his coaching career,[Read More…]
Who is Sanjeev Chawla
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) With Delhi Police finally getting its hands around key bookie Sanjeev Chawla’s neck as he sets foot in India on Thursday almost two decades after one of the biggest match-fixing scandals erupted on the international cricket scene, it is time to know the key accused[Read More…]
Why carry Pant just to warm bench: DC co-owner asks Team India
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Parth Jindal, the director of JSW Sports and co-owner of IPL franchise Delhi Capitals, has questioned the exclusion of Rishabh Pant and Ravichandran Ashwin from India’s limited-over teams. Describing both of them as “X-factor” players in a series of tweets, Jindal said not playing Pant[Read More…]
ALERT: Air India flight AI-112 lands at IGI airport with 2000 spot fixing bookie Sanjeev Chawla on board
–Indo-Asian News Service sks/in/dpb
Coronavirus in China disrupts global tech sector: S&P
Chennai, Feb 13 (IANS) The coronavirus outbreak in China is disrupting the global technology sector (hardware, electronic manufacturing services providers and semiconductor companies), as operations in the world’s largest technology manufacturing hub are threatened, said Standard and Poor’s (S&P) report on Thursday. In a report “Coronavirus A Wide-Ranging Ill For[Read More…]
Ghani’s frequent UAE trips attract speculation: Report
Kabul, Feb 13 (IANS) Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) eight times, the maximum number of his trips to a foreign country, since assuming office in 2014, attracting widespread speculation over the nature of these trips, a media report said. The report by TOLO News[Read More…]
Intra-Afghan talks team yet to be formed
Kabul, Feb 13 (IANS) Amid reports that the US and the Taliban were closer to a potential peace agreement, the office of Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has confirmed that the government in Kabul was still yet to form a team for intra-Afghan talks, it was reported. “Unfortunately, until now there[Read More…]
Karnataka shutdown for jobs to Kannadigas begins
Bengaluru, Feb 13 (IANS) About 100 pro-Kannada outfits began a day-long shutdown in Karnataka on Thursday under a common banner, seeking more jobs for Kannadigas in state-run enterprises and job reservation for locals in the private sector. “The 12-hour shutdown across the state is being observed for implementing the Sarojini[Read More…]
Banksy artwork to be auctioned for Aus bushfire relief
Sydney, Feb 13 (IANS) An original artwork by Banksy, the acclaimed anonymous British street artist, will be auctioned in Australia to raise money for bushfire relief, it was reported on Thursday. As the extensive bushfire recovery effort begins, art collectors, Sandra Powell and Andrew King from Melbourne saw the opportunity[Read More…]
NATO asks Taliban to show ‘real will’ to reduce violence
Brussels, Feb 13 (IANS) NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has urged the Taliban to show “real will” to reduce violence in Afghanistan. Speaking in Brussels on Wednesday, he said it was “extremely important to convey a clear message to Taliban that they have to show and demonstrate a real will and[Read More…]