By Navneet Mishra New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The fielding of Bharatiya Janata Party national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi on former Finance minister Arun Jaitley’s Rajya Sabha seat from Uttar Pradesh, has once again cemented the spokesperson’s position as a stepping stone to bigger successes in the saffron party. The party[Read More…]
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All eyes on Pune pitch ahead of second Test against SA
Pune, Oct 9 (IANS) Besides the two participating teams, a lot of eyeballs will be on the 22-yard strip at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium when India take on South Africa in the second Test beginning Thursday. The match will provide the hosts with a chance to wrap up the[Read More…]
Mo Bobat appointed England Cricket’s Performance Director
London, Oct 9 (IANS) The England and Wales Cricket Board on Wednesday announced the appointment of Mo Bobat as Performance Director for men’s cricket. Bobat has been promoted from the role of Player Identification Lead and will take charge from David Parsons, who left the post in July. He will[Read More…]
Repatriation of Reang tribals to Mizoram runs into rough weather
By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala/Aizawl, Oct 9 (IANS) The much-awaited repatriations of over 35,000 Reang tribal refugees, sheltered in seven relief camps in northern Tripura, is running into rough weather as the migrants are reluctant to return to their villages in Mizoram unless their demands, including for security to their lives,[Read More…]
5,300 displaced J&K families added to PM’s aid scheme (Lead)
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved inclusion of 5,300 displaced families of Pakistan-occupied areas of Jammu and Kashmir and now settled in Jammu and Kashmir, in the Prime Minister’s financial assistance scheme announced in 2015. The approval will enable[Read More…]
Debutant Priya stars as India crush SA in 1st ODI
Vadodara, Oct 9 (IANS) The India women’s team rode on a clinical effort both with the bat and ball as they outclassed South Africa by eight wickets in the first ODI of the three-match series here on Wednesday. While Jhulan Goswami (3/33), Shikha Pandey (2/38), Ekta Bisht (2/28) and Poonam[Read More…]
India biggest success story among malaria-endemic countries
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) India has been the biggest success story amongst malaria endemic countries in the world in bringing down malaria cases and deaths, which have declined by 49.09 per cent and 50.52 per cent in 2017, respectively, as compared to 2013. This was apprised to the Union[Read More…]
Govt extends Aadhaar seeding date for PM-Kisan scheme (Lead)
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The Central government on Wednesday extended till November 30 the mandatory requirement of Aadhaar seeding to avail the income support of Rs 6,000 per year under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme. The move has been made to help the farmers in the rabi[Read More…]
Harman’s ‘Citation Series’ home speakers launched in India
Bengaluru, Oct 9 (IANS) Harman Kardon on Wednesday launched its ‘Citation Series’ home speakers in India at a starting price of Rs 22,999. Harman’s ‘Citation Series’ combines an acoustic design, thus, delivering great audio quality with features such as Google Assistant, a high-resolution LCD touch screen and Chromecast built-in. The[Read More…]
Mithali Raj: 1st woman to complete 20 years in int’l cricket
Vadodara, Oct 9 (IANS) Former Indian skipper Mithali Raj has become the first woman cricketer to have an international career lasting more than 20 years. She achieved the feat as she stepped on the field during the first ODI of the three-match series between India and South Africa at the[Read More…]
Khurshid suggests Rahul shouldn’t have quit as Congress chief
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The debate over Rahul Gandhis resignation as Congress President continues even more than four months after he took the step in the wake of Lok Sabha poll debacle, with senior leader Salman Khurshid suggesting on Wednesday that he should have continued in the post. “Despite[Read More…]
We need to put pressure back on Ashwin-Jadeja: du Plessis
Pune, Oct 9 (IANS) The key for South Africa batters would be to put the pressure back on the Indian spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the second Test here from Thursday, feels skipper Faf du Plessis. South Africa lost the first Test by 203 runs but[Read More…]
Warring Goa leaders to patch up over a drink
Panaji, Oct 9 (IANS) Instead of an olive branch, two political friends-turned-foes in recent times, former Deputy Chief Minister Vijai Sardesai and Garbage Management Minister Michael Lobo have decided to resolve their differences over Goa’s biggest open garbage dump at Sonsoddo, over a drink, in trademark Goan style. Sardesai and[Read More…]
Yes Bank recovers after 9% fall
Mumbai, Oct 9 (IANS) In a otherwise strong day of trade on Wednesday, private lender Yes Bank was the top loser on the Nifty 50. Yes Bank fell as much as 9 per cent during the early trade after it saying it is not “not aware of the source”, which[Read More…]
Kirsten Dunst to substitute Elizabeth Moss in ‘The Power Of The Dog’
Los Angeles, Oct 9 (IANS) Actress Kirsten Dunst looks all set to replace Elisabeth Moss in Oscar-winner Jane Campion’s “The Power Of The Dog”, starring Benedict Cumberbatch’s Dunst is in final negotiations to join Cumberbatch in Campion’s new project, reports variety.com. Moss was forced to drop out of the movie[Read More…]
Centre grants 5,300 refugee families from Pak Rs 5.5 lakh each
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said the Centre will give financial support of Rs 5.5 lakh each to 5,300 refugee families that had migrated to Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan. Briefing mediapersons following a cabinet meeting, Javadekar said: “The first lot of refugees[Read More…]
Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for work on lithium-ion batteries
Stockholm, Oct 9 (IANS) The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday has been awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino “for the development of lithium-ion batteries”. John B Goodenough of the University of Texas at Austin, M Stanley Whittingham of Binghamton University and Akira Yoshino[Read More…]
Congress should ponder on what needs to be criticised: Shah
Kaithal (Haryana), Oct 9 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the Congress should ponder over what “needs to be criticised and what not”. Addressing his first election rally here for the October 21 election for the 90-member Haryana Assembly, Shah ridiculed the criticism of the Congress over[Read More…]
We should let Rohit enjoy his batting at the top: Kohli (Lead)
Pune, Oct 9 (IANS) India captain Virat Kohli feels it’s time to let Rohit Sharma enjoy his batting at the top of the order and if he does that, India will be in winning situations more often than not in Test cricket. “If a guy like him at the top[Read More…]
Govt extends Aadhaar seeding date for PM-Kisan scheme
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The Central government on Wednesday extended till November 30 the mandatory requirement of Aadhaar seeding to avail the income support of Rs 6,000 per year under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme. The decision was taken in a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister[Read More…]
Only 1 in 5 Indians go for regular eye checkups: Study
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) New research findings have revealed a significant increase in the number of Indians suffering from poor eyesight, with only one in five adults going for regular eye-checkups and an alarming 84 per cent admitting to not following their doctor’s advice for eye-care. The study by[Read More…]
Argentina stroll to bittersweet victory over USA
Kumagaya (Japan), Oct 9 (IANS) Argentina strolled to a 47-17 victory over the United States in the Rugby World Cup on Wednesday, kaing it a bittersweet triumph that secured them a place at the next edition of the tournament in France in 2023, even as their campaign in Japan this[Read More…]
Will retire Pawar from public life: Maha BJP chief
Kolhapur, (Maharashtra), Oct 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party state President Chandrakant Patil on Wednesday vowed to “ensure” Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar “retires from political and social life forever” after the October 21 Maharashtra assembly elections. “We will make sure he (Sharad Pawar) permanently retires from social and[Read More…]
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Kiara Advani’s Twitter account hacked
Mumbai, Oct 9 (IANS) Actress Kiara Advani’s Twitter account was hacked on Tuesday. Urging people to ignore tweets from her account, Kiara took to Instagram and wrote: “My Twitter account has been hacked. We are working on it to get it back. Please ignore any unnecessary or strange tweets being[Read More…]