Author: IANS

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday granted one year extension to a family court to decide the maintenance case dispute between tennis player Leander Paes and his estranged live-in partner Rhea Pillai. The order by a bench of Justice U.U. Lalit and Justice Vineet Sharan came[Read More…]

Portrush (Ireland), July 22 (IANS) Shubhankar Sharma signed off tied 51st at the 148th Open Championships, the ace golfer’s best showing in a Major, here. Sharma sunk a 45-foot birdie on the final hole to script a career-best round of 68 at the Majors on the final day which took[Read More…]

Kolkata, July 22 (IANS) Croatia-born Australian footballer Dario Vidosic on Monday joined two-time Indian Super League (ISL) champions ATK to strengthen their midfield, the club said in a statement. Vidosic is an attacking midfielder who also doubles up as a winger. He started his career in the A-League, signing a[Read More…]

Shimla, July 22 (IANS) Himachal’s picturesque Kinnaur district has been cut off due to massive landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in the region in the past few days have blocked the highway, an official said here on Monday. Hundreds of vehicles, carrying tourists and locals, have been stranded on the[Read More…]

Tokyo, July 22 (IANS) US National Security Adviser John Bolton on Monday met top Japanese officials amid growing tensions with Iran regarding the Strait of Hormuz. Bolton first met with Shotaro Yachi, chair of Japan’s National Security Council, and later Foreign Minister Taro Kono, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said[Read More…]

Ranchi, July 22 (IANS) The Jharkhand Assembly on Monday paid tribute to late former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Lok Janshakti Party MP Ramchandra Paswan and others as its monsoon session began on Monday. As the house assembled, Speaker Dinesh Oraon paid tributes to Dikshit, Paswan, veteran Left leader and[Read More…]

Chandigarh, July 22 (IANS) A high-level delegation of officials of the Punjab government and industrialists left for Taiwan on Monday to discuss potential economic and trade partnerships, talent exchanges and resource sharing. Punjab has selected Taiwan as a focus country owing to various investment opportunities and potential business synergies possible[Read More…]

Mumbai/Thiruvananthapuram, July 22 (IANS) Kerala CPI-M leader Kodiyeri Balakrishnan’s son Binoy Kodiyeri on Monday moved the Bombay High Court, seeking to quash the FIR registered against him in a rape case. The high court will now hear his petition on Wednesday. A 33-year-old Mumbai-based woman had filed an FIR at[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Six I-League clubs — Minerva Punjab FC, Mohun Bagan, Quess East Bengal, Churchill Brothers Goa, Aizawl FC and Gokulam Kerala FC — have written to FIFA chief Gianni Infantino asking him to intervene and save Indian football. Minerva owner Ranjit Bajaj signed the letter which[Read More…]

Chandigarh, July 22 (IANS) To accelerate implementation of projects, the Punjab government has decided to give the mayors of 10 municipal corporations more powers. Local Government Minister Brahm Mohindra said, here on Monday, it had been brought to his notice that work on some crucial projects had stopped for want[Read More…]

Jerusalem, July 22 (IANS) Israeli forces began demolishing a number of Palestinian homes on the outskirts of East Jerusalem on Monday despite protests and international criticism. Hundreds of Israeli troops and police officers accompanied by bulldozers arrived before dawn at the Wadi al-Hummos area in Sur Baher, a Palestinian neighbourhood[Read More…]

Srinagar, July 22 (IANS) After senior People’s Democratic Party leader and former Public Works Minister Naeem Akhtar was questioned in a multi-crore works allotment scam, sources here said sleuths of the state crime branch could now question PDP chief and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. Crime Branch[Read More…]

By Venkatachari Jagannathan Sriharikota, July 22 (IANS) The Indian space scientists at the mission control room here were cautious but not tense, said a senior official. “There was no reason to be tense. We were cautious as usual,” S. Somanath, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), told IANS. Queried about[Read More…]

Mumbai, July 22 (IANS) At least 20 persons were rescued but scores more were still trapped as a massive fire engulfed the Mahanagar Telephone Nagar Ltd building in Bandra here on Monday afternoon, an official said. The blaze erupted round 3.10 pm on the fourth floor of the ground-plus-nine storey[Read More…]

New York/New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Senior Indian diplomats in the US have thanked the authorities for the quick arrest of the assailant of a Hindu priest in the Queens, and the two US Congress members for condemning the attack. Consul General in New York Sandeep Chakravorty met Swami Harish[Read More…]

Kolkata, July 22 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday condemned the BJP-led NDA government’s move to send income tax notices to Durga Puja committees in the state and said religious festivals should not be taxed. “Festivals are festivals. Those who believe in the Hindu religion, observe Durga[Read More…]

Tokyo, July 22 (IANS) After missing out on her first title of the year and the first Super 1000 title of her career at the Indonesia Open, ace shuttler P.V. Sindhu will look to bounce back and end her 2019 title drought when she leads India’s challenge at the Japan[Read More…]

Islamabad, July 22 (IANS) Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan’s official visit to the US has been made possible by the role played by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – aiming to mend strained relations and attract much-needed investment for the cash-strapped country, the Express Tribune has reported. According to[Read More…]

Mumbai, July 22 (IANS) Sensex lost over 850 points in past two sessions as the government ruled out any possibility of a roll-back of increase in tax surcharge for the super-rich in the Budget. Since, July 5, when the Union Budget was proposed, Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) have been in[Read More…]

Kolkata, July 22 (IANS) Aiming to lend support to geriatric care by aiding caregivers to reach out to the aged on time, students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have developed two interconnected android smartphone applications, an official said on Monday. The app named ‘CARE4U’, developed by an[Read More…]

Beijing, July 22 (IANS) Xiaomi-backed company Black Shark’s Founder and CEO Wu Shimin said the company has developed a prototype 5G smartphone which would be launched in the first half of next year. The company has scheduled a launch event on July 30 in China where it will launch the[Read More…]

Dharamsala, July 22 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has offered prayers for former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit who passed away recently, describing her as a close friend of the Tibetan people. In a letter written to her son Sandeep Dikshit, the Dalai Lama said: “I am sorry[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Set three decades back in the bylanes of Kolkata’s Ballygunge, a theatre production by director Atul Satya Koushik explores, along with love, longing and loss, a genre under-done in Hindi drama – that of mystery and suspense. The 85-minute play “Ballygunge 1990” attracts with its[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The BMC-owned Bhau Daji Lad (BDL) Museum, Mumbai’s oldest museum dating back to 1857, has been subject to a “difference of opinion” between the trust that manages it as per an agreement and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation that wants to take back operations. While the[Read More…]