Author: IANS

New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Only 16 out of the 37 states/Union Territories in India have aligned with the RoW (Right of Way) Rules, 2016, issued by the Department of Telecom, even after four years, which is jeopardising the rolling out of telecom infrastructure including the towers, laying fibre cable[Read More…]

By AARTI TIKOO SINGH New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The Mumbai Police in a joint operation with the Military Intelligence of Jammu and Kashmir have busted two illegal VoIP exchanges and SIM boxes that were used to seek information from the defence personnel, and it is suspected that Pakistan’s secret[Read More…]

Auckland, Feb 8 (IANS) Jasprit Bumrah’s success despite his unique action has given a different dimension to fast bowling. Videos have often come of kids trying to imitate the action and the latest was that of a boy from New Zealand. The kid got everything right in the video because[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Police personnel posted at polling booths across Delhi on Saturday received appreciation for assisting senior citizens and differently-abled people to cast their votes in the 70-Assembly constituencies in the city that went to polls. The initiative of the Election Commission to provide special arrangements for[Read More…]

Mumbai, Feb 8 (IANS) Faced with falling revenues through traditional channels, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) proposes to undertake various steps to shore up income, including levy of fee on garbage and sewage disposal services. The proposals are incorporated in the MCGM’s Budget 2020-2021 of Rs 33,441 crore,[Read More…]

Mumbai, Feb 8 (IANS) Mohit Suri’s multistarrer “Malang” enjoyed a much bigger opening day at the domestic box-office than “Shikara”, Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s account of Kashmiri Pandit exodus from the Kashmir Valley in 1990. While “Malang” raked in Rs 6.71 crore on day one, “Shikara” managed Rs 1.20 crore. “#Malang[Read More…]

London, Feb 8 (IANS) The novel coronavirus which has led to the death of over 700 people in China may stay infectious for up to nine days, researchers have warned. On average, they survive between four and five days, according to the study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection.[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The first edition of the Khelo University Games will be organised by the Odisha government in association with the Sports Authority of India, Association of Indian Universities, National Sports Federation, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and participating universities from February 22 to March 1. The University[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) BJP MPs Meenakshi Lekhi and Varun Gandhi on Saturday exercised their franchise in central Delhi’s Nirman Bhavan polling booth. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had also exercised their franchise at the same polling booth[Read More…]

Chennai, Feb 8 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday told micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to make a complaint if banks deny loans without reason. Explaining the proposals in the Union Budget 2020-21 presented by her in Parliament recently to traders and industry here, Sitharaman said if the[Read More…]

By Ahana Bhattacharya Pune, Feb 8 (IANS) The 7th edition of the Vh1 Supersonic music festival kicked off at Pune’s Mahalakshmi Lawns on Friday. The first day of the multi-genre music festival got an amazing response, with not just Punekars flocking the venue but also youngsters from other parts of[Read More…]

Mumbai, Feb 8 (IANS) The All India Professionals Congress (AIPC) will launch a nationwide protest against the electoral bonds which is “a massive fraud” of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre, a top leader said here on Saturday. “The BJP has utilized the electoral bonds to legitimize the[Read More…]

Kochi, Feb 8 (IANS) Leading marine experts on Saturday demanded that its time for revisiting the list of marine elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) in the Wildlife Protection Act (1972). This was discussed at a consultative workshop on threatened and protected elasmobranchs organised by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI),[Read More…]

Islamabad, Feb 8 (IANS) Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan, who was responsible for the terror attacks on activist Malala Yousafzai and at the Peshawar Army School, escaped from the custody of the Pakistan Army during an anti-terror operation being conducted on the basis of information extracted from him, a[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) An inspiring story of an 8-year-old boy in Washington is doing the rounds on the Internet who sold key chains to paid off $4,015 (Rs 2.87 lakh) of his school district lunch debt after he was inspired by former Seattle Seahawk cornerback Richard Sherman. The[Read More…]

Mumbai, Feb 8 (IANS) Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra will turn yoga teacher for contestants of the controversial reality show “Bigg Boss 13” in an upcoming episode. In a promo clip, Shilpa is seen entering the “Bigg Boss” house and teaching the housemates poses to relax their mind, body and[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her husband Robert Vadra’s son Raihan Rajiv Vadra on Saturday voted in the Delhi Assembly polls here. He was one among the 2.08 lakh first time voters who will choose from among the Congress, that got a duck[Read More…]