By N. Lothungbeni Humtsoe New Delhi, May 22 (IANSlife) After aviation, the hospitality industry has felt the heat created by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. With international and national borders sealed, tourism has taken a huge hit. Stepping up to the need of the hour, India’s leading luxury hospitality chain, The[Read More…]
Lucknow, May 22 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday said that it has filed a charge sheet against a West Bengal resident in Lucknow Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) case. A, NIA statement said that the agency filed a second supplementary charge sheet in the NIA Special Court[Read More…]
Lucknow, May 22 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday said that it has filed a charge sheet against three persons on charge of hatching a conspiracy to circulate high-quality Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) after procuring them from West Bengal. An NIA spokesperson said in a statement that[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The ruling BJP on Friday lashed out at the Congress and other opposition parties which met in the national capital today, accusing them of “doing politics even in the time of corona pandemic”. “The opposition is cut off from people and is frustrated. The Opposition[Read More…]
Islamabad/Karachi, May 22 (IANS) At least 60 people were killed as a Pakistan International Airline (PIA) passenger plane from Lahore to Karachi crashed minutes before landing at the Jinnah International Airport on Friday. The PIA A320 passenger aircraft was carrying at least 90 passengers and eight crew members in the[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Game art and animation services company Lakshya Digital on Friday said it will be hiring over 12 per cent more employees this year to meet demands of new businesses that it has gained in last couple of months, clearly bucking the trend of laying off[Read More…]
Hyderabad, May 22 (IANS) Telangana police are piecing together information about an engineering graduate from Hyderabad, Mohammad Ibrahim Zubair, who was convicted in the United States for terror financing of Al-Qaeda and deported to India three days ago. Intelligence officials were digging out information about the 40-year-old’s family background and[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar said on Friday beekeeping will be an important factor in achieving the goal of doubling farmers’ income. Addressing a webinar organised by the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), Tomar said the government has allocated Rs[Read More…]
New Delhi/Mumbai, May 22 (IANS) Air passengers gave an overwhelming response to the re-commencement of passenger flight services from Monday (May 25), as healthy demand was witnessed for tickets on all metro routes. Industry insiders pointed out that majority of bookings received were for flights between metro cities, due to[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 22 (IANS) Actor Siddhant Chaturvedi turned assassin in a social media post, with a little styling assistance by his mother’s apron! Siddhant is seen dressed in a grey hoodie with a red chequered apron, somewhat like the character from the popular video game “Assassin Creed”. “Open-world Single player.[Read More…]
Guwahati, May 22 (IANS) As no new positive case was reported in seven northeasatern states, Assam’s Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that 57 new cases were reported in his state in 24 hours to take its total count to 256 on Friday night. Currently, Assam has 195 active cases.[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 22 (IANS) Actress Ileana D’Cruz has shared a birthday wish for younger sister Eileen and said she will always be her baby. Ileana first shared a string of photographs and clips of herself with Eileen on Instagram Stories. She then shared a monochrome photograph of her sister and[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Leaders of 22 like-minded parties met on Friday to exchange views on the extraordinary situation in the country arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic. The parties put forth 11 demands and agreed that the economy has collapsed and all sections of society are facing acute[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 22 (IANS) Actor Vijay Varma says before the trend of torrents was in vogue, he had ended up with a collection of 500 movie CDs and DVDs. Vijay took to Instagram, where he shared a behind-the-scenes image of himself from the recent digital film “Bamfaad”, sitting on the[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to consider infusing Rs 500 crore loan immediately into the stalled housing projects of Amrapali Group, and also consider waiver of GST to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore. A bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra and U.U.[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Shikhar Dhawan juxtaposed an image of his son Zorawar with that of a photo from his own childhood, showcasing the similarities between the two. “The Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” said the Indian opener in the caption to the photo on his Instagram[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Hailing the Reserve Bank of India’s latest measure to boost liquidity and give regulatory relief to businesses, Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) Chairman A. Sakthivel on Friday said that all the penalties levied by banks should be converted into a working capital term-loan with minimum[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) As the country reels under the coronavirus crisis, India Post has so far delivered more than 2,000 tonne of medicines and medical equipment to needy individuals and hospitals across the country during the lockdown period, an official statement said. Further around Rs 1,500 crore were[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday expressed his grief over the lives lost in Pakistan air crash. At least three of the nearly 100 people aboard a Pakistan International Airline (PIA) passenger plane from Lahore to Karachi survived as it crashed minutes before landing at[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal on Friday said that one of its officials has turned out to be Covid-19 positive and all his contacts have been asked to self-quarantine for 14-days. A circular issued by NGT Registrar General Ashu Garg read: “It is notified for all[Read More…]
Bengaluru, May 22 (IANS) Evacuation planes from Male in Maldives and Doha in Qatar landed here with returnees from Karnataka after they were stranded for two months due to suspension of international flights since March 23 and extended lockdown, an official said on Friday. “An Air-India flight (#0266) with 152[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) With more and more buses out on rodas, the ridership of the DTC and cluster buses in the national capital has reached more than 3.5 lakh on Thursday, the Transport Department said on Friday. While there were only 2,259 buses — DTC as well as[Read More…]
Sydney, May 22 (IANS) Former Australian tennis player Ashley Cooper died on Friday. The four-time Grand Slam winner was 83 years old and Tennis Australia said in a statement that Cooper died after a long time illness. Cooper won singles titles at the Australian Open in 1957 and 1958. He[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Political leaders and celebrities are pushing stories of alternate reality at a fierce speed in India — and targeting their own country in the process. They are openly resorting to fake news not just about the origin and spread of the Covid-19 pandemic but also[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 22 (IANS) Kartik Aaryan shared a photograph of himself with the afterthought that he wouldn’t delete it later. In the Instagram picture, Kartik flashes a cute smile and glowing skin. “Felt cute won’t delete later,” he captioned it. Ace couturier Manish Malhotra commented: “Looking very good. All glowing.”[Read More…]
