Author: IANS

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) A lawyer Muzaffar Iqbal Khan has moved the Supreme Court alleging that Human Rights Commission, Women’s Commission and Legislative Council have been abolished in Jammu and Kashmir. Khan has filed an intervention application saying that Human Rights Commission and the other councils have been abolished[Read More…]

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Kolkata, Oct 25 (IANS) BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Friday said he is here to make a difference but added that he asks himself sometimes whether he deserves all that he is getting, on the day he was felicitated by the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) here. “Sometimes I pinch[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) “The Crown” co-director Benjamin Caron loves the colourful and vibrant culture of India, and says he is excited to explore the Himalayas in Sikkim during his visit to the country. “Well, on this particular occasion, I’m here because I’m travelling through the Himalayas in Sikkim,[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) In a bid to form government in Haryana after the hung verdict in the assembly polls declared on Thursday, the BJP approached JJP leader Dushyant Chautala for talks with its national President Amit Shah at his residence. Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur first[Read More…]

Satara (Maharashtra), Oct 25 (IANS) A day after he was trounced in the Lok Sabha bypolls to the prestigious Satara constituency, Chhatrapati Udayanraje Bhosale confidently said he is not ‘finished yet’. A descendent of the Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Bhosale said in tweets on Friday: “Have lost today,[Read More…]

Panaji, Oct 25 (IANS) The 3,000 ton capacity chemical tanger ferrying naphtha which was drifting towards the shores of the state capital on Thursday, has now grounded itself three miles off Dona Paula, a city suburb, a government statement said on Friday. Government authorities have now expressed fear that leakage[Read More…]

Jaipur, Oct 25 (IANS) The Rajasthan government on Friday withdrew its decision to elect mayors, presidents and chairpersons of civic units through the hybrid model, saying the civic unit heads will be elected from the pool of corporators and councillors but not as announced earlier through the hybrid model. According[Read More…]

By Vinayak Chakravorty “Housefull 4”; Cast: Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Bobby Deol, Kriti Sanon, Kriti Kharbanda, Pooja Hegde, Boman Irani, Chunky Pandey; Direction: Farhad Samji; Rating: * * (two stars) Give them some points for consistency. Maintaining the same low IQ over four films – and crafting it into a[Read More…]

By Anindya Banerjee New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The growing coziness with the JJP may have been an afterthought after BJP was bruised by an online campaign mocking its ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ campaign for holding talks with rape accused Gopal Goyal Kanda, but the fact that Kanda was actively[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The 1985 batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer, Girish Chandra Murmu, was handpicked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking up the challenging job of the first Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, which comes into existence as Union territory from October 31. Holding a Business[Read More…]

Hyderabad, Oct 25 (IANS) The Telangana government will declare 2020 as the year of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to promote its use in various sectors such as agriculture, urban transportation and healthcare. This was announced by Information Technology Minister K.T. Rama Rao during a meeting with NASSCOM President Debjani Ghosh here[Read More…]

Kolkata, Oct 25 (IANS) Terming former India captain Sourav Ganguly as a “very very special” batting great VVS Laxman on Friday urged the newly-elected BCCI president to revive the National Cricket Academy (NCA) so that the Indian team’s bench strengh continues to remain strong. Laxman and Ganguly’s first captain, Mohammed[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Expenditure Secretary Girish Chandra Murmu was Friday appointed the new Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, replacing Governor Satya Pal Malik who has been shifted to Goa, a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said. A 1985 batch Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer from the Gujarat cadre, Murmu[Read More…]

Guwahati, Oct 25 (IANS) The Assam Government has formed a special review committee on the conditions prevailing in state detention centres, a statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office said on Friday. The Committee headed by DIG (Border) would comprise Inspector General of Prisons, retired District and Sessions Judge Hardeep[Read More…]

Panaji, Oct 25 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday wrote to Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar, urging him to withdraw green clearance to Karnataka’s controversial Kalasa-Banduri dam and water diversion project, across the Mhadei river. In his letter to Javadekar, whose decision on Wednesday triggered[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Indian football is caught up in a whirlwind as two of the country’s premier leagues are fighting for one-upmanship. The battle between Indian Super League (ISL) and I-League to become the nation’s top league continues unabated. Ever since it all started after the launch of[Read More…]

Chennai, Oct 25 (IANS) Emergency efforts are on to rescue a two-year old male child that fell into a 30-ft borewell in a house in a village near Manaparai town in Tiruchirappalli district in Tamil Nadu. Officials from fire service department are carrying out efforts to rescue the child. Earthmoving[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two imposters and a hacker for extorting money from a business woman in the name of the agency. The CBI found that the hacker spoofed the agency email address to send mails to the victim. Two accused[Read More…]