Author: IANS

Changzhou (China), Sep 22 (IANS) Olympic champion Carolina Marin on Sunday beat Taiwanese former world no.1 Tai Tzu Ying to win a second consecutive title at the China Open. This was only Marin’s second tourmament since her comeback from a career-threatening injury that she suffered in January. The Spaniard had[Read More…]

Kathmandu, Sep 22 (IANS) A confident India U-18 football team will be looking to open their campaign in the SAFF U-18 Championship on a winning note when they take on Bangladesh in their opening match here on Monday. Bangladesh sit pretty with a 3-0 victory over Sri Lanka in the[Read More…]

Visakhapatnam, Sep 22 (IANS) Five Maoists were killed in an exchange of fire with police near the Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border on Sunday, police said. According to police, the incident took place near Gummirevulu village in Gudem Kotha Veedhi block. The exchange of fire took place when personnel of anti-Maoist force,[Read More…]

Mumbai, Sep 22 (IANS) Actress Kriti Sanon’s younger sister Nupur Sanon, who has shared screen space with Akshay Kumar in the upcoming music video, says it’s a magical feeling to be his co-star. They both have shot for singer B Praak’s single “Filhaal”. Sharing her experience working with Akshay, Nupur,[Read More…]

Geneva, Sep 22 (IANS) US Open champion and tennis star Rafael Nadal withdrew from his matches at the Laver Cup on Sunday because of injury. “Sad I won’t be able to play today. I have an inflammation on my left wrist. I will be supporting #teameurope from the bench! ”[Read More…]

Los Angeles, Sep 22 (IANS) “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” director Rian Johnson says he is uncertain when his new “Star Wars” trilogy will go in production. In an interview with Evening Standard, the director said he may begin work on another project in the run-up to the sci-fi movie,[Read More…]

Tehran, Sep 22 (IANS) FIFA has demanded Iran’s football federation ensure that women are allowed to attend matches in the country. In the wake of an incident in which a woman killed herself after being arrested for attending a footbal match in Tehran, football’s governing body sent a delegation to[Read More…]

Mumbai, Sep 22 (IANS) Actor Varun Tej says if given a chance, he would like to hook-up with his “Mukunda” co-star Pooja Hegde. Varun expressed his view in an episode of Voot’s “Feet Up With the Stars Telugu”. Host Lakshmi Manchu asked Varun about who would he choose to ‘Kill,[Read More…]

Mumbai, Sep 22 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday attacked the Congress and its former President Rahul Gandhi in the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, accusing them of playing politics on a question involving “national security”. Terming the move to revoke the Constitution’s Article 370 as a “historic[Read More…]

Los Angeles, Sep 22 (IANS) Socialite Paris Hilton is mourning the loss of her grandfather Barron Hilton. The 38-year-old reality star and entrepreneur paid tribute to her grandfather, who died on September 19 at the age of 91. On Friday night, Paris shared a video montage of her and Barron,[Read More…]

Prayagraj, Sep 22 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh police has busted a syndicate who were involved in extorting money in the name of a woman minister from Yogi Adityanath’s cabinet, and arrested one Ashok Kumar Pandey (40) in connection with the case. According to the police, the arrest was made following[Read More…]

Los Angeles, Sep 22 (IANS) “Game of Thrones” star Sean Bean says he is no longer interested in taking on acting roles that lead to his character’s demise. In an interview with The Sun, the British actor said that after nearly two dozen of his characters died across 35 years[Read More…]

Los Angeles, Sep 22 (IANS) Actress Sarah Jessica Parker is open to the idea of revisiting “Sex And The City”, saying she is curious to know how the characters of the hit TV show evolved in the #MeToo era. “It’s hard to ignore the public outcry for ‘Hocus Pocus’,” she[Read More…]

Mumbai, Sep 22 (IANS) Rajkummar Rao’s film “Newton”, which was India’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 90th Academy Awards, has completed two years on Sunday since its release. Reminiscing about the film’s journey, Rajkummar took to Twitter and shared that “Newton” will always remain[Read More…]

Houston, Sep 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday would attend the mega ‘Howdy Modi!’ event being organised at the NRG stadium here and address the largest gathering ever for an elected foreign leader visiting the US, estimated at over 50,000 people. He is scheduled to attend the event[Read More…]

Chennai, Sep 22 (IANS) While actor Kangana Ranaut is preparing for the late politician J. Jayalalithaa’s biopic ‘Thalaivi’, director Gautham Menon has announced that he is coming up with a web series based on the life of late former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister. But Jayalalithaa’s nephew Deepak Jayakumar does not[Read More…]

Mandsaur, Sep 22 (IANS) The Congress on Sunday termed as ‘drama’ a sit-in staged by former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Mandsaur seeking compensation for the farmers affected by floods in the area. Addressing the people at the dharna site, Chauhan lashed out at state’s Kamal Nath[Read More…]

By Arun Kejriwal There seems to be a strange connection between Friday and the stock markets. Over the last five weeks, markets have gained on every Friday and the trend reversed in the time in between. This Friday was the biggest of them all, and the markets gained a whopping[Read More…]

Los Angeles, Sep 22 (IANS) Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has shared cards and handwritten notes on social media that throws light on her relationship with her late father, Robert. Robert Sr died of cancer in 2003. Kim has not been seen opening up much about the loss. Robert senior[Read More…]

By Vishal Gulati Chandigarh, Sep 22 (IANS) He’s pained to see agriculture fields emitting plumes of smoke at several places in Punjab by farmers who opt to go in for the quicker option of getting rid of the crop residue by setting them afire. Lakhmir Rajput, Additional CEO regarding celebrations[Read More…]

Chennai, Sep 22 (IANS) Providing insurance covers – life and accident – for Indian astronauts, who will be part of the country’s manned Gaganyaan mission, largely depends on the underwriting policy of an insurer and the reinsurance support, said experts. India plans to send three astronauts to space in its[Read More…]

Los Angeles, Sep 22 (IANS) Popstar Selena Gomez says visiting the set of “Shark Tank” was a dream come true moment for her. The 27-year-old visited the set of the TV series “Shark Tank” on Friday for a tour and taping of the show, thanks to a special birthday surprise[Read More…]

Bengaluru, Sep 22 (IANS) India legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal engaged in a fun banter with teammate Rohit Sharma’s wife on a picture she shared on the social media. Rohit’s wife Ritika Sajdeh shared a photo of the three on Instagram which had a caption saying, “Reunited”. Chahal commented on that asking,[Read More…]

New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Petrol and diesel prices witnessed a sharp jump on Sunday – the highest in the last six days after the drone attack on the oil processing facility of Saudi Arabia earlier this month. The Petrol price rose by 27 paise to Rs 73.62 a litre[Read More…]

By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) He led the first successful Indian expedition to Mount Everest (8,848 metres) in 1965 that put a record nine climbers on the peak of the world’s highest mountain. He was a part of two previous expeditions that failed and on the second[Read More…]