New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday slammed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his sexist comment when he suggested that women should heed their male counterparts’ counsel while voting. Irani questioned his intentions in making such a comment on Twitter earlier. “Don’t[Read More…]
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Delhi polling booths go extra mile to welcome voters
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Residents of south west Delhi were in for a surprise on Saturday with three model booths offering red carpet welcome to voters as polling started for the Assembly elections. Setting the tone high, in Dwarka at a model pink polling booth, all women officials have[Read More…]
UP CM, Dy CM appeal to Delhi voters to vote
Lucknow, Feb 8 (IANS) As voting is going on for 70 Assembly seats in Delhi on Saturday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya appealed to the people to cast their votes. The Chief Minister Yogi Adityananth tweeted in Hindi: “‘Namaskar’ Delhi! Today is[Read More…]
Kasturba Nagar sees low turnout with AAP, Cong in direct fight
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) With just 3.44 per cent voter turnout till 10 a.m. on Saturday at Kasturba Nagar constituency in Delhi, voters have slowly started to come out for polling. The constituency is witnessing an interesting contest between AAP’s sitting MLA Madan Lal and Congress candidate Abhishek Dutt,[Read More…]
Kejriwal casts vote, hopes for a hat-trick (Lead)
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday cast his vote here along with his family, saying he is hopeful for a third term in the office. The Aam Aadmi Party national convener is contesting for a third time from the New Delhi Assembly constituency. If[Read More…]
Indian runs from Abu Dhabi to Dubai in 27 hours
Abu Dhabi, Feb 8 (IANS) An Indian ultra-marathon runner, known as the ‘Barefoot Mallu’ ran solo from Abu Dhabi to Dubai, covering a total distance of 118 km in 27 hours to inspire the youth of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to make fitness a priority, it was reported. Bengaluru-based[Read More…]
Delhi’s largest unauthorised colony beats cold wave to cast vote
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The voters of Neb Sarai, one of Asia’s largest unauthorised colony in the national capital, came out in large numbers to exersice their right to choose their representative for the Delhi Assembly. Beating the cold that continues to affect city, a long queue was seen[Read More…]
Khaleda Zia completes 2 years in prison
Dhaka, Feb 8 (IANS) As former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Saturday completed two years in prison, members and activists of her Bangladesh National Party (BNP) were losing hope of her release through legal and political means, a media report said on Saturday. Zia, who was jailed for 17[Read More…]
Poll officer dies in northeast Delhi’s Babarpur (Lead)
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) While voting for the Assembly election is underway in the national capital, a polling officer posted at Babarpur Assembly constituency died on Saturday. Confirming the news of the death of the polling officer, Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh told IANS, “Yes, one of our[Read More…]
Kiera Walsh extends stay at Man City till 2023
London, Feb 8 (IANS) English footballer Kiera Walsh has extended her stay at Manchester City by signing a new three-year deal with the club. The lifelong City fan has put pen to paper on a three-year deal, committing her future to the end of the 2022/23 campaign. Walsh, 22, has[Read More…]
Two Europeans among 14 suspected NCoV cases in SL
Colombo, Feb 8 (IANS) Two Europeans are among the 14 patients who were hospitalized in Sri Lanka over suspicions of being infected by the novel coronavirus, Health Ministry officials said. The officials said on Friday the patients were hospitalized after they complained of symptoms similar to those produced by the[Read More…]
Student Malaika, guru Terence reunite after 20 years
Mumbai, Feb 8 (IANS) Dancing diva Malaika Arora is thrilled about judging a reality show along with choreographer Terence Lewis, who was her guru almost 20 years ago. The two along with choreographer Geeta Kapoor will judge “India’s Best Dancer”. Malaika said: “It is my honour that Sony Entertainment Television[Read More…]
Nasir Jamshed jailed for 17 months in PSL bribery case
Manchester, Feb 8 (IANS) Former Pakistan batsman Nasir Jamshed has been handed a 17-month jail sentence after pleading guilty to conspiring to bribe fellow cricketers in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). Jamshed, who pleaded guilty to the charges last December, has been sentenced to 17 months in prison at Manchester[Read More…]
US firms in China forecast revenue drop due to NCoV
Shanghai, Feb 8 (IANS) Eighty-seven per cent of American companies in China said the novel coronavirus, which has killed hundreds in the Asian giant and infected tens of thousands, will have a direct impact on their 2020 revenues, according to Shanghais American Chamber of Commerce. In a survey the chamber[Read More…]
Verma, Mandhana help India shock Aus in superb T20I chase
Melbourne, Feb 8 (IANS) Brilliant innings from openers Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana helped India beat Australia by seven wickets on Saturday at the Junction Oval to keep themselves alive in the ongoing Women’s T20 tri-series. Chasing a huge total of 174, Indian eves rode on a sublime opening partnership[Read More…]
People with anti-national mindset will lose: RSS leader (IANS Exclusive)
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Ram Lal, all India Co-liaison head of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), after casting his vote in the national capital on Saturday, said that Delhi is voting on many issues including Shaheen Bagh, a venue of the ongoing protest against the anti-Citizenship law. Casting aspersions[Read More…]
Poll officer dies in east Delhi’s Babarpur
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) While the voting for the Assembly election is underway in the national capital, a polling officer posted at Babarpur Assembly constituency died on Saturday. Confirming the news of the death of the polling officer, Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh told IANS, “Yes, one of[Read More…]
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft full of software bugs: NASA
Washington, Feb 8 (IANS) A NASA probe into Boeing’s commercial space capsule called Starliner, that failed to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) in December, has revealed numerous software bugs that should have been found in internal testing and not during an unmanned space flight. Investigators found “fundamental” problems[Read More…]
Twitter is finally back after global outage
San Francisco, Feb 8 (IANS) Twitter, after experiencing a worldwide service disruption preventing users from sending tweets from the social networking platform’s app, website, or TweetDeck is now finally back online. “You can get back to Tweeting — this problem has been fixed! Thanks for sticking with us through that,”[Read More…]
Delhi polls: 5.64% voter turnout till 10 a.m. (3rd Ld)
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) An estimated 5.64 per cent of 1.47 crore eligible voters have exercised their franchise till 10 a.m. on Saturday in the election for 70 Delhi Assembly seats. Polling began at 8 a.m. amid tight security arrangements with long queues seen in several polling stations to[Read More…]
Portable smartphone lab may diagnose NCoV in a jiffy
New York, Feb 8 (IANS) Engineers from Ohio’s University of Cincinnati, including one of Indian origin, have created a tiny portable lab that plugs into your smartphone, connecting it automatically to a doctor’s office through a custom app UC developed, and can diagnose infectious diseases such as coronavirus. The lab[Read More…]
Arvind Kejriwal & family cast vote
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday cast his vote at a polling booth in Civil Lines along with his family. Kejriwal, who is seeking another term from the New Delhi constituency, cast his vote along with his father, mother and wife at a polling[Read More…]
Manoj Tiwari confident of BJP’s win in Delhi
New Delhi, Feb 8 (INAS) The BJP’s Delhi unit President Manoj Tiwari on Saturday exuded confidence over the party’s victory in the Delhi Assembly elections. Tiwari cast his vote at a polling station set up in the Government Girls Senior Secondary School at Yamuna Vihar. Speaking to the media, he[Read More…]
Afghans outraged with delay in prez poll results
Kabul, Feb 8 (IANS) Afghan citizens have expressed their outrage over the repeated delay in the announcement of the final results of the presidential election which was held on September 28, 2019. At a gathering here on Friday, the citizens said that the election stalemate has left a significant impact[Read More…]
In post-Trump impeachment fallout 2 witnesses ousted (Lead)
By Arul Louis New York, Feb 8 (IANS) In the post-impeachment reverberations, an Army officer and Washington’s top envoy to the European Union (EU) who testified against US President Donald Trump, have been removed from their positions. In developments following his acquittal by the Senate, Trump on Friday demanded that[Read More…]