Author: IANS

New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday extended by two days the police custody of Kapil Gujjar, who fired in the air near the ongoing anti-CAA protest at Shaheen Bagh area on February 1. Gujjar, who belongs to east Delhi’s Dallupura, fired three bullets in the air[Read More…]

Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) Actress Disha Patani has crossed the mark of 30 million followers on the photograph sharing application Instagram. Expressing happiness on achieving the milestone on social media, Disha, who will be seen in Mohit Suri’s “Malang”, wrote a lengthy post, thanking every person who has supported and[Read More…]

Bengaluru, Feb 4 (IANS) Gokulam Kerala continued their formidable form and rubberstamped their place in the Indian Women’s League (IWL) semi-finals with a game to spare after overcoming Bangalore United FC 5-1 on Tuesday. The result also confirms Kenkre FC’s progress to the last four, who are now five points[Read More…]

Shimla, Feb 4 (IANS) The Budget Session of the Himachal Pradesh assembly will begin on February 25 with Governor Bandaru Dattatreya’s address, an official said here on Tuesday. The session, with 22 sittings, will conclude on April 1. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, who also holds the finance portfolio, will[Read More…]

Srinagar, Feb 4 (IANS) Expressing deep shock and grief over the death of a civilian in mortar shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir’s Kupwara district, former Finance Minster Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday appealed the Centre to sanction funds for immediate construction of underground bunkers in[Read More…]

Guwahati/Agartala, Feb 4 (IANS) Around 3,000 employees of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Tuesday observed a one-hour strike across the northeastern region to protest against the union government’s budget proposal to sell a part of stake in the state-run financial institution. The one-hour shut down was observed as[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president J.P. Nadda attended the party’s first parliamentary meeting in the capital on Tuesday after he took over as the president. He was given a warm welcome by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the members of the Parliamentary Board. Nadda[Read More…]

By Arundhuti Banerjee Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) Actress Taapsee Pannu is gearing up for her upcoming release “Thappad”, and she asserts that the act of slapping amounts to violence, disrespect and, to an extent, a controlling nature, whether it involves a parent and a child, or husband and wife. She[Read More…]

New York, Feb 4 (IANS) Gender bias and stereotypes corresponding to certain occupations are prevalent on digital and social media platforms such as Twitter, says a study. Online images of men and women in four professions – librarian, nurse, computer programmer and civil engineer – tend to represent and reinforce[Read More…]

Chennai, Feb 4 (IANS) The proposed new income tax slab rates – a lower rate without any tax deductions – may put some money in the hands of taxpayers but would affect the agents selling life or general insurance policies and post office saving instruments, said a top leader of[Read More…]

Auckland, Feb 4 (IANS) A confident Indian Women’s hockey team registered a 1-0 win against Great Britain on Tuesday in their fourth match in Auckland. Having won their first match in the New Zealand Tour 4-0 against the NZ Development Squad, India lost the following two matches 2-1 and 1-0[Read More…]

Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) A petition has reportedly been filed in Jammu and Kashmir High Court against Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s upcoming film “Shikara: The Untold Story Of Kashmiri Pandits”, demanding a stay on the film’s release. “Shikara” is set against the backdrop of the Kashmiri Pandit exodus from the Kashmir[Read More…]

Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) A petition has reportedly been filed in Jammu and Kashmir High Court against Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s upcoming film “Shikara: The Untold Story Of Kashmiri Pandits”, demanding a stay on the film’s release. “Shikara” is set against the backdrop of the Kashmiri Pandit exodus from the Kashmir[Read More…]

Panaji, Feb 4 (IANS) Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat on Tuesday urged State Health Minister Vishwajit Rane to take adequate precautions and install mechanisms to screen movement of people from Kerala to Goa, in order to keep the coronavirus spread at bay. “There is a need to take precautions against[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Since ovarian cancer, the third most commonly detected cancer among Indian women, has very silent symptoms, women can take care of themselves by staying vigilant and going for regular health checkups, doctors have advised on the occasion of World Cancer Day on Tuesday. It is[Read More…]

San Francisco, Feb 4 (IANS) Google-owned YouTube has reached 20 million music and premium paid subscribers and over 2 million YouTube TV paid subscribers. YouTube ended 2019 at a $3 billion annual run rate in YouTube subscriptions and other non-advertising revenues, Alphabet Founder and CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Monday.[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that investigation in the Jamia violence that took place on December 15 is at a “crucial stage.” “Investigation is at crucial stage, let it reach to a reasonable state as it would provide a[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday while hearing a plea by a minor rape victim seeking Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) directed the Medical Superintendent of Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital to constitute a board and examine the victim as expeditiously as possible and submit[Read More…]

Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) Mirabai Chanu on Tuesday bettered her own national record enroute to winning the ongoing senior National Weightlifting Championships in Kolkata. Mirabai lifted a total of 203kg to win the 49kg gold, bettering her previous record of 201 which she had achieved at the World Championships in[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra has declined to pass any order on a plea for live streaming of important national and constitutional cases, and instead placed it before the Chief Justice on the administrative side. Senior advocate Indira Jaising had moved[Read More…]

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By Zaffar Iqbal Srinagar, Feb 4 (IANS) Undeterred by the challenges that Kashmir often throws up, two women police officers have launched a crusade to rescue young men from the clutches of drug addiction in the valley. The lockdown and communication blockade that was imposed in Kashmir after the abrogation[Read More…]

Beijing, Feb 4 (IANS) It’s never easy to set a new standard of organizing a sporting event, especially when it comes to the Olympic Games. But Beijing is on its way to achieving this goal for the second time, just as it did in 2008 when the 29th Summer Olympic[Read More…]

Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh), Feb 4 (IANS) Even while there is concern and worry over the outbreak of coronavirus which originated in China, wedding bells chimed for Jihao Wang from Beijing who married Satyarth Mishra at Mandsaur, 4500 km from her home. The couple entered into wedlock on Sunday. Jihao said[Read More…]