Author: IANS

Panaji, July 22 (IANS) The Goa Legislative Assembly on Monday condoled the death of former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Former Chief Minister and Congress MLA Luizinho Faleiero said Dikshit was the “grand old lady” of Delhi who contributed immensely to the national capital’s infrastructure. Former Deputy Chief Minister and[Read More…]

Patna, July 22 (IANS) With more than 7.2 million people affected by the floods in Bihar, the local weather department on Monday warned of heavy rainfall in the next two days that may worsen the situation, officials of the state disaster management department said. According to officials, half a dozen[Read More…]

New York, July 22 (IANS) Researchers have found that pre-schoolers with symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are much less likely to be ready for school, compared to other children of the same age. The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, included 93 children — 45 children with ADHD[Read More…]

Jammu, July 22 (IANS) The Indian and Pakistan Army exchanged heavy fire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Monday. Defence Ministry spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Devender Anand said here: “In early morning hours on Monday, Pakistan initiated unprovoked cease fire violation with firing of[Read More…]

Aurangabad (Maharashtra), July 22 (IANS) At least four persons have been arrested by the police for assaulting a Muslim man in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad on Friday. Investigating Officer Madhukar Sawant said the accused will be produced in court on Monday. According to the police, Imran Ismail Patel, 27, who works at[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The second term of the Modi government caters to all sections of the society and the pace of reforms, welfare and justice for all has been faster than in the first term, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Monday. He was presenting the report card[Read More…]

Patna, July 22 (IANS) Opposition parties — the RJD, Congress and CPI-ML — created a ruckus in the Bihar Assembly on Monday demanding a discussion and strict action in incidents of mob-lynching at different places across the state. They also staged a protest outside the Assembly with placards in their[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court will conduct a hearing on a plea challenging the delay in the elevation of Justice Akil Kureshi as Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in the first week of August. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the court that the matter[Read More…]

Seoul, July 22 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un voted in nationwide local elections that registered an almost 100 per cent turnout rate, the state media reported on Monday. The elections that took place on Sunday look to project democratic legitimacy, even though watchdogs say candidates were preselected and ran[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) A Delhi court on Monday took cognizance of the chargesheet filed in the death of Congress leader N.D. Tiwari’s son Rohit Shekhar Tiwari. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sehrawat slated the matter for hearing on July 25. Advocate Mahmood Paracha appeared for Apoorva Shukla Tiwari, who[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Cloud data management vendor Veeam on Monday appointed Alistair MacIntyre-Currie as Vice President of Field Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ). MacIntyre-Currie who earlier worked at Nokia, HP Inc and Riverbed, will lead Veeam’s marketing team across the APJ region and report to Brian[Read More…]

Beijing, July 22 (IANS) Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomis subsidiary Redmi on Monday shared an image taken from its first handset featuring a 64MP camera sensor, on its official Weibo account. The teaser shows an image with a zoomed-in section that shows details around a cat’s eye, news portal GizmoChina reported.[Read More…]

San Francisco, July 22 (IANS) To make its devices more gaming-centric, Apple may add quick and ultra-smooth displays to its 2020 line-up of iPhones, for which the company is currently in discussion with Samsung and LG. Both LG and Samsung are known to be the two biggest suppliers of smartphone[Read More…]

Mumbai, July 22 (IANS) Taapsee Pannu shared a sneak peek into an actors life showing the moment between “reality and drama”. Taapsee on Monday tweeted a photograph of herself looking into a mirror and getting her make-up done. “That moment between reality and drama. Actors life,” Taapsee captioned the image.[Read More…]

Kota, July 22 (IANS) Extramarks, a leading education technology company, has opened Extramarks EduCafé — India’s first lounge for students to unwind and learn at leisure — in Kota, the city famous for engineering and medical college aspirants training at a grueling pace. The EduCafé is Extramarks’ way of doing[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday ruled status quo on the sale of Essar Steel to ArcelorMittal. A bench headed by Justice Rhinton F. Nariman admitted the appeals by Essar Steel lenders and ArcelorMittal challenging the order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT). The[Read More…]

Srinagar, July 22 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday retracted his comment that the militants should kill corrupt politicians and bureaucrats who have robbed Kashmir. Addressing a gathering at the inauguration of the Kargil and Ladakh tourism festival on Sunday, Malik said: “These boys with guns[Read More…]

Ghaziabad, July 22 (IANS) Three police officers in Ghaziabad were suspended on Monday after an FIR was lodged against them for trying to extort money from a railway contractor. IANS had earlier reported on how then Station House Officer (SHO) Sanjay Pandey and his deputies Aniruddh and Sachin, posted at[Read More…]

Bengaluru, July 22 (IANS) Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar on Monday issued a notice to 15 rebel legislators of the state’s ruling Congress-Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) coalition. In the notice, the Speaker asked the 15 MLAs to meet him in his office here on Tuesday at 11 a.m. to record[Read More…]

Yerevan (Armenia), July 22 (IANS) Actress Sushmita Sen, who is currently enjoying her vacation here with her children Renee and Alisah, was spotted walking hand-in-hand with her beau Rohman Shawl. Sushmita on Sunday shared a string a photographs on Instagram from her romantic getaway and wrote: “Come walk with me,[Read More…]

By Rajnish Singh New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Putting Lok Sabha member Azam Khans name on “anti-land mafia” portal and lodging over a dozen FIRs for land grabbing is “certainly a political conspiracy” hatched by the Uttar Pradesh government, his wife Rajya Sabha member Tazeen Fatma said. Fatma accused both[Read More…]