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Gwalior, Nov 30 (IANS) Police on Friday arrested four Hindu Mahasabha activists for allegedly distributing pamphlets containing “objectionable” words about Mahatma Gandhi. This incidentally followed public protest over the police failure to act against the provocative activities of Hindu Mahasabha members who have been organising programmes to mark the death[Read More…]

Los Angeles, Nov 30 (IANS) Actress Diane Kruger has shared a rare glimpse of her daughter. The actress has also shared how “thankful” she feels to have the little one in her life. Celebrating Thanksgiving Day, Kruger took to Instagram and posted a bikini pic of herself holding her daughter[Read More…]

New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) A 26-year-old medical student allegedly committed suicide in her hostel room at Kasturba Gandhi hospital here on Friday. The incident happened on Friday morning. Preliminary investigation indicates that the woman, a second-year postgraduate student at the hospital, injected herself with a syringe found in her[Read More…]

Athens, Nov 30 (IANS) Greece has slammed Turkey and Libya for signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the establishment of maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean Sea. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Friday summoned Libya’s ambassador to Greece on Friday to express Athens’ discontent and asked him to present[Read More…]

New York, Nov 30 (IANS) US stocks closed lower, wrapping up the holiday-shortened week on a negative note, as investors observed the market on Black Friday, the beginning of the latest US holiday shopping season. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 112.59 points, or 0.40 per cent, to 28,051.41 on[Read More…]

New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Onions have left customers teary-eyed as prices of the staple continue to soar in the national capital. The onion prices registered yet another hike on Friday. The prices os the staple were four times higher as compared to last year. On Nov 29, 2018, the[Read More…]

Los Angeles, Nov 30 (IANS) Model Ashley Graham, who is expecting her child, had a special way to wish her followers on Thanksgiving Day. She posted a nude selfie on Instagram story flaunting her baby bump, reports dailymail.co.uk. “Happy Thanksgiving,” Ashley captioned the image in which she showed off her[Read More…]

The Hague, Nov 30 (IANS) Three people have been wounded in a stabbing incident at a shopping street in The Hague, police said. The incident occurred on Friday evening at Grote Marktstraat, a busy shopping area in the city. “Three people were injured in the stabbing incident at the Grote[Read More…]

Paris, Nov 30 (IANS) After 13 French soldiers were killed in Mali earlier this week, Army chief General Francois Lecointre on Friday said that France has no intention of pulling its forces out of the West African state. “I do not think that President Emmanuel Macron is considering a withdrawal[Read More…]

New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Government’s special window for stalled housing projects will be operational in 2 months and the funds will be disbursed starting the new year, Economic Affairs Secretary Atanu Chakraborty said on Friday. “We hope to welcome the new year with the first disbursal of the Special[Read More…]

Tehran, Nov 30 (IANS) Heavy air pollution has forced the Iranian authorities to close schools and universities in a number of cities including Tehran, official IRNA news agency reported. Tehran’s Deputy Governor on Friday announced that all kindergartens, schools as well as universities would be closed on Saturday, Xinhua reported,[Read More…]

Palakkad (Kerala), Nov 29 (IANS) Renowned poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (93) on Friday reacted humbly to the news of him winning the country’s most prestigious literary award, the Jnanpith, by saying, “Bigger and better poets than me did not get the award… I’m happy.” The celebrated poet, popularly known as[Read More…]

New Delhi/Shillong, Nov 29 (IANS) Twelve parliamentarians from eight northeastern states on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to exempt the region from the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019. The letter comes on the eve of the consultative meeting on the bill, which seeks to remove hurdles in[Read More…]

By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANSlife) How does a clothing giant like Levi’s tackle the question of sustainable fashion that the textile industry is getting fraught with? Anuja Ojha, Senior Specialist, Sustainability-India & Sri Lanka, at Levi Strauss & Co., charts the company’s vision for sustainable clothing in[Read More…]

New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) Subdued consumption trend along with a massive contraction in manufacturing, agriculture and mining activities pulled India’s GDP growth rate down to 4.5 per cent in the second quarter of 2019-20. This is the slowest GDP growth rate in around six years. The growth on a[Read More…]

New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) A court here, while hearing the December 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, observed that “human rights of the the victims are equally important as that of the accused”. “If we are conscious of the human rights of the accused persons, we should also[Read More…]

Mumbai, Nov 29 (IANS) India’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $347 million during the week ended November 22, official data showed on Friday. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s weekly statistical supplement, the overall forex reserves increased to $448.59 billion from $448.24 billion reported for the week ended November[Read More…]

Kolkata, Nov 29 (IANS) A day after the BJP was routed in the West Bengal by-polls, its state Vice President and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grand nephew Chandra Kumar Bose on Friday questioned the party’s campaign strategy saying there was no need to highlight the NRC issue and warned the[Read More…]

Jaipur, Nov 29 (IANS) In a sheer act of vengeance, a rapist, who was released on bail a few days back, brutally attacked a couple in Kota, leaving them critically injured, the police said. It is believed that the incident, which took place on Wednesday, was the fallout of the[Read More…]