Author: IANS

New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) As part of its efforts to re-establish Doordarshan as “the channel of India” and to help viewers savour the nostalgia of its famous shows and serials, the national broadcaster on Monday launched its souvenir store on an e-commerce portal Amazon India. “Doordarshan has always been[Read More…]

Tundla, May 14 (IANS) The traffic on Delhi-Kanpur railway line disrupted after Bhagalpur bound Vikramshila Express reported a cattle run-over. A senior railway official said, “The Vikramshila Express reported a cattle run over around 7.47 p.m. between Kanchausi and Jhanjhak railway stations.” The official said that the incident happened between[Read More…]

Tehran, May 14 (IANS) Iran may quit the nuclear deal it clinched with major world powers in 2015 if the case is sent back to the UN Security Council, an Iranian official has said. Iran has a host of different measures to take, including withdrawal from the nuclear accord, if[Read More…]

Pune, May 13 (IANS) Hosts Pune Pride’s Indo-International Premier League (IPKL) campaign got off to a perfect start with an overwhelming 43-34 win over the Haryana Heroes at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Balewadi on Monday. Riding on the performance of their inspirational captain and raider Abdul Sheikh, who[Read More…]

New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Election Commission on Monday ordered repolling at a polling station in Faridabad Lok Sabha seat on May 19 after a polling agent was arrested for influencing voters. The re-poll will be held at the polling station in Prithla assembly segment of the constituency. The[Read More…]

Los Angeles, May 14 (IANS) Doris Day, who sang away “Que Sera, Sera” to people’s hearts, and acted her way to stardom in the Golden Age of Hollywood, breathed her last at 97, leaving fans and fraternity members ‘sentimental’ about her glorious ‘journey’. The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed the[Read More…]

Amaravati, May 14 (IANS) The Election Commission on Monday shunted out joint collector of Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district for his failure to stop screening of Telugu movie ‘Lakshmi’s NTR’in theatres early this month. The ECI transferred Joint Collector Koteswar Rao to non-election post. This followed State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO)[Read More…]

Bengaluru, May 14 (IANS) Exhorting students to develop scientific temper, Indian space agency’s top executive K. Sivan on Monday hoped the space programme for the youth would produce a good number of scientists every year. “I wish our novel Yuvika space programme to produce a good number of scientists every[Read More…]

Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) A BJP delegation approached the Election Commission (EC) on Monday seeking strong action against the district magistrate of South 24 Parganas for sabotaging their party’s rallies and also accused the CEO office of favouring Trinamool. Party’s national secretary Sunil V. Deodhar accused the DM Ratnakar Rao[Read More…]

Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Actress Tillotama Shome is excited to have won the Best Actress award at the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) for her performance in ‘Sir’, which was adjudged the Best Film. The movie, which has been widely lauded at film festival, features Tillotama with Vivek Gomber[Read More…]

New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Civil society activists and NGOs on Monday demanded that the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) withdraw its report approving the nutritional value of food supplied by the Akshaya Patra Foundation as part of the mid-day meals scheme without proper scientific assessment. In a letter to[Read More…]

New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Congress on Monday described the BJP as ‘Bharatiya Jinnah Party’ two days after its party’s Ratlam Jhabua Lok Sabha candidate Guman Singh Damor stirred a controversy saying that the Partition could have been avoided if Jawaharlal Nehru had allowed Muhammad Ali Jinnah to be[Read More…]

Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Arguing on behalf of Standard Chartered Bank, senior advocate Kapil Sibal on Monday challenged the acceptance of Rs 39,500 crore bid amount by the Committee of Creditors(CoC) of bankrupt Essar Steel. The amount was contrary to the ArcelorMittal undertaking given to Supreme Court of Rs 42,000[Read More…]

Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Hindi film personalities on Monday attended a prayer meeting of acting coach Roshan Taneja who passed away at the age of 87 after battling prolonged illness. Jaya Bachchan, Raza Murad, Jimmy Sheirgill, Punit Issar, Rakesh Bedi and Mukesh Khanna were among those who paid their homage[Read More…]

By Nirbhay Kumar New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Attaching too many riders for infusing funds into grounded Jet Airways, the Abu Dhabi-based Etihad has put the onus of reviving the airline on lenders led by State Bank of India (SBI). Besides offering a meagre fund infusion of Rs 1,700 crore,[Read More…]

By Sanjeev Pal New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Delhi Police on Monday charged the owners of Hotel Arpit Palace, Sharad Indu Goel and Rakesh Goel, along with two of their employees, with culpable homicide not amounting to murder for the February 12 fire tragedy in the Karol Bagh hotel[Read More…]

New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Monday conducted successfully flight test of ‘Abhyas, a high-speed expendable aerial target (HEAT), which offers a realistic threat scenario for practice of weapon systems. The flight test was conducted at the Interim Test Range, Chandipur, in Odisha.[Read More…]

Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Bollywood actor Riteish Deshmukh, son of former Maharashtra Chief Minister late Vilasrao Deshmukh, on Monday replied to Union Minister Piyush Goyel who accused the late politician of being busy with film producers for his actor-son while the deadly 26/11 terrorist attack took place in the city[Read More…]

New Delhi, May 13 (IANS ) Two-wheeler major Hero MotoCorp on Monday launched two new scooters – Maestro Edge 125 and Pleasure+ 110 a” for the domestic and international markets. Accordingly, the company launched India’s first scooter with ‘Fuel Injection’ (FI) technology – the Maestro Edge 125. “The FI variant[Read More…]

Indore, May 13 (IANS) Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday took BJP supporters by surprise: she shook hands with them as they raised pro-Modi slogans. The Congress leader, who had arrived in the city to hold a five km-long road show for the party’s candidate Pankaj Sanghvi, was[Read More…]

Hyderabad, May 13 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao may not be averse to extending support to Congress-led government at the Centre, sources said. Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief is believed to have conveyed this to DMK leader M.K. Stalin during the meeting with the latter in Chennai on[Read More…]