New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The crucial Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting to choose a new party chief ended on Saturday afternoon, with another meeting scheduled for the evening. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have opted out of the process of choosing a name. Emerging from the meeting, UPA chairperson[Read More…]
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S.Korea, India to mark independence struggle through art
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) As part of South Korea-India cultural exchange, an exhibition marking 100 years of the first display of Korean anti-colonial resistance will open in Delhi, and a show on Mahatma Gandhi’s Dandi March will travel to a South Korean museum next year. The[Read More…]
ALERT: NIA produces ex-J&K MLA Engineer Rashid before Delhi’s Patiala House Court
–Indo-Asian News Service rn/dpb/rtp
Auditioning for roles keep me grounded: Kalki Koechlin (Lead)
By Arundhuti Banerjee Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) National Award-winning actress Kalki Koechlin, who plays a pivotal role in the upcoming show “Sacred Games 2”, has bagged the project after an audition. Despite having a successful career in films, she says she has no problem auditioning to prove her capability. While[Read More…]
YouTube accused of being lenient with content rules on stars
San Francisco, Aug 10 (IANS) Content moderators have accused Google-owned YouTube of being lenient with its rules prohibiting nudity and other problematic content on stars who help the video-sharing platform generate huge sum of money through advertisements, the media reported. According to a report in the Washington Post, popular creators[Read More…]
Ex-SP MPs Sanjay Seth, Surendra Nagar join BJP
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Former Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders Sanjay Seth and Surendra Singh Nagar, who had quit the party on August 5 and August 2 respectively, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday. The two leaders, who had also recently resigned from the Rajya Sabha, joined the[Read More…]
Ashok Gehlot rules himself out of race for Congress chief
Speaking to reporters after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting here, he said: “I am not among those leaders who push their names for the party president’s post.
Trafficking victim forced to have sex with Artificial Intelligence luminary Marvin Minsky
The victim, with Virginia Giuffre, said she was also instructed to have sex with former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, Prince Andrew of Britain and other prominent men, the VentureBeat reported on Friday.
Jailed Australian Cardinal compares plight to Jesus’
Canberra, Aug 10 (IANS) Australian Cardinal George Pell, who was recently sentenced to six years in prison for sexually abusing two children more than 20 years ago, has compared his suffering to that of Jesus Christ. Pell, in a missive believed to be signed by him and posted on social[Read More…]
Barot House Review: Chilling if you stop disbelieving
Writer Sanjeev K. Jha, who wrote “Jabariya Jodi” (which opened to mixed response this week), makes use of the horror-supernatural genre to bring into focus an undeveloped theme — that of severe juvenile delinquency.
100 cows died of poisoning in Vijayawada gaushala
The incident occurred late on Friday night after the cows were given their feed at the cow shed run by non-governmental organisation Kothuru Tadepalli.
Kohli & boys hold edge against WI in second ODI (Preview)
Port of Spain, Aug 10 (IANS) After rain playing spoilsport in the first ODI of the three-game series in Guyana, India and West Indies have moved to the Queen’s Park Oval for the second game and both teams will be looking to start on the attack after a washed out[Read More…]
30 killed in Myanmar landslide
Yangon, Aug 10 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed in a landslide that buried several houses in a Myanma town, authorities said on Saturday. The tragedy occurred on Friday in the town of Paung, in Mon state, reports Efe news. The Fire Service Department announced the death toll of[Read More…]
ALERT: Congress Working Committee to meet again at 8.30 p.m.: Anand Sharma
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Kerala expat driver wins UAE raffle
Abu Dhabi, Aug 10 (IANS) A United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian expat driver from Kerala has won 1 million dirhams in a raffle, the media reported on Saturday. Originally from Thiruvananthapuram, Shanavas, 43, told The Khaleej Times: “Even if I had worked for 50 years, I wouldn’t have earned anything[Read More…]
Bhutan King lights thousand lamps in Sushma’s memory
Thimphu, Aug 10 (IANS) Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck offered special prayers and lit a thousand butter lamps at a monastery here in memory of India’s former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj who died in New Delhi earlier this week. On the orders of the King, special prayers were[Read More…]
Centre rejects media report claiming massive protests in Srinagar
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The Centre on Saturday termed a media report as “completely fabricated and incorrect” that claimed there was a protest by 10,000 people in Srinagar on Friday when restrictions were eased. The Union Home Ministry said the news report “originally published in Reuters and which appeared[Read More…]
Crucial CWC meeting ends (2nd Lead)
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The crucial meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), to elect the new party chief, ended here on Saturday afternoon. Coming out of the meeting, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi told reporters she and Rahul Gandhi are not a part of the five regionwise groups formed[Read More…]
Telegram users can now send silent messages, animated emojis
The ability to send messages silently essentially means if the users want to message to someone but don’t want their device to make a sound, they can now choose to send without sound.
Partymen protest, demand Priyanka as Congress chief
-New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Scores of Congress activists on Saturday protested outside the party headquarters here demanding Priyanka Gandhi Vadra be made the party president, amid a crucial Congress Working Committee meet to decide Rahul Gandhi’s successor. “Priyanka Gandhi should be made the party chief as she has the[Read More…]
US, Taliban ‘likely to sign peace deal’ next week
Kabul, Aug 10 (IANS) A senior Taliban member said that the US and negotiators of the militant group will likely sign the much-awaited peace agreement after Eid al-Adha, the media reported on Saturday. In a recorded video published on YouTube, the Taliban member Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwah said that the talks[Read More…]
Anushka wants stricter laws against animal cruelty
Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) Actress-producer Anushka Sharma has started a campaign demanding stricter laws against animal cruelty. The campaign has been named #JusticeForAnimals and Anushka, who has a huge social media following of about 60 million followers, has asked for stricter laws to punish the offenders. Anushka has been deeply[Read More…]
Employees would rather lose job to robots than people
London, Aug 10 (IANS) Most people find the idea of workers being replaced by robots or software worse than if the jobs are taken over by other workers. But when their own job is at stake, people prefer to be replaced by robots than by another employee, says a study.[Read More…]
J&K urges SC to extend admission deadline under Centre’s scholarship scheme
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) administration has moved the Supreme Court seeking extension in the August 15 deadline for admission of selected students from the state in different colleges across the country under the Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS). The court is likely to[Read More…]
China stands by Pakistan on Kashmir (Lead)
Beijing, Aug 10 (IANS) China has “reassured Pakistan of it’s support and commitment” and announced that it supported Islamabad’s decision to approach the UN Security Council in the wake of India’s decision to revoke Article 370 of its Constitution that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said[Read More…]