Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh), May 18 (IANS) Five members of a family were burnt to death and three others seriously injured on Monday morning when a fire broke out in a paint shop in Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, police said. The family resided on the first floor of the building owned[Read More…]
Chandigarh, May 18 (IANS) Even as the state gets ready to utilise the additional allocation to MGNREGS to help the rural poor by creating livelihoods and assets, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday said the state has undertaken significant labour-intensive works in the villages to effectively leverage the scheme even[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday released the datesheet for class 10 and class 12 examinations. The exams will be held from July 1 to July 15. “Dear students of class 12th of #CBSE Board here is the date sheet for your[Read More…]
Chennai, May 18 (IANS) Aggressively pushing a reforms agenda on which a consensus is yet to be built is not in keeping with the spirit of cooperative federalism, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami told the central government on Monday. He also said it is unreasonable to attach conditionalities for[Read More…]
London, May 18 (IANS) Former England head coach Sam Allardyce believes authorities will have to give greater importance to mental conditioning of the players before they can get back to resuming football in the country. The former Bolton Wanderers manager believes players should be told they won’t be reprimanded if[Read More…]
Lucknow, May 18 (IANS) All offices of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh will now be equipped with sanitisation tools to check the spread of coronavirus. The party has already installed a sanitization tunnel at its state headquarters in Lucknow and all those visiting the party office will have to pass[Read More…]
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) With Amphan turning into a super-cyclone, the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government geared up to make necessary arrangements for the cyclonic spell that is expected to make a landfall in the state on Wednesday. State government sources said that special arrangements have been made by deploying[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) Actress Ileana D’Cruz shared a photograph of herself hugging her mother Samira D’Cruz and said that she’s a big cuddler. Ileana took to Instagram, where she shared an adorable photograph of the mother-daughter duo. In the image, Ileana and her mother are seen looking at the[Read More…]
Los Angeles, May 18 (IANS) Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger has shared a scary but inspiring story about having open heart surgery, saying life is all about overcoming obstacles. He recalled his emergency heart operation while delivering speech to students graduating in 2020. The “Terminator” star later posted the speech on[Read More…]
Los Angeles, May 18 (IANS) Actor Geno Silva, best known for his role in the 1983 crime drama “Scarface”, has died. He was 72. Silva passed away on May 9 at his home here of complications from frontotemporal degeneration, a form of dementia. His family shared the news of his[Read More…]
Colombo, May 18 (IANS) Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene questioned the need to build a new cricket stadium in the country after it was revealed that the government is planning to build the largest cricket stadium in the Island Nation in Homagama. The construction of the new stadium is[Read More…]
Bangkok, May 18 (IANS) Thai Airways said on Monday that it would file for bankruptcy after suffering severe economic setbacks in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. A spokeswoman for Thai Airways International Pcl said flag carrier would declare bankruptcy in the coming days instead of going ahead with a[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) Actor Kunal Kemmu is waiting for things to get back to normal as he is looking forward to resume shooting for “Abhay 2” with full force. “Abhay” recently won most viewed series award. “The honour the series has won inspires me as an actor to try[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) Actress Sayani Gupta tried making a vegan “gajar ka halwa” for the first time and she said it turned out to be epic. Sayani took to her Instagram Stories, where she shared glimpses of her cooking. In one image, she shared the recipe for the dessert.[Read More…]
Dhaka, May 18 (IANS) Ottis Gibson, Bangladesh’s bowling coach, has urged Mashrafe Mortaza to bid adieu to international cricket as he doesn’t see the 36-year-old fast bowler in the scheme of things for the 2023 World Cup slated to be played in India. Gibson, who joined Bangladesh in January this[Read More…]
Lucknow, May 18 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that he had sought the list of 1,000 buses that were being arranged by the Congress to ferry the migrant workers but their leaders did not provide him with the same. “The Congress should not indulge in petty[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 18 (IANSlife) The pandemic has contributed to an increase in obesity rates as weight loss programmes (which are often delivered in groups) and referred interventions such as surgery are being severely curtailed. Importantly, the current crisis and the need for self-isolation is prompting many to rely on[Read More…]
Tokyo, May 18 (IANS) Alibaba Co-founder Jack ma has stepped down from the board of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group after serving it for nearly 13 years, the company announced on Monday. The heavily indebted SoftBank did not give any reason but Ma has slowly been moving away from daily roles[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 18 (IANSlife) Like most, my life and universe have been directly disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact on families, jobs, teams, roles, finances and the economy are immense, and the fallout from the crises has only just started making its effects felt. In real time, COVID-19[Read More…]
Bengaluru, May 18 (IANS) Lockdown would be enforced only on Sundays across Karnataka till May 31, while shops will reopen and bus services resume from Tuesday, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa said on Monday. “Total lockdown will be enforced only on Sundays across the state. Standalone shops, including salons, will reopen[Read More…]
Seoul, May 18 (IANS) Samsung Electronics’ chip production in the first quarter of the year increased 57.4 per cent from a year earlier despite the spread of the novel coronavirus, the company’s quarterly business report showed on Monday. Samsung, the world’s largest memory chip maker, produced 277.4 billion units of[Read More…]
Srinagar, May 18 (IANS) Kashmir’s apple industry is facing a major crisis. The lockdown following the abrogation of article 370 last year was a huge setback and then early snowfall that destroyed the apple orchards, and now the coronavirus lockdown that has broken the supply chain and hampered business causing[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) Ahead of the release of his comedy drama “Ghoomketu”, actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui opened up on his process of portraying comic roles. “When I was in theater, I used to do a lot of comedy plays but on the silver screen, because of my intense look, the[Read More…]
Washington, May 18 (IANS) The US Air Force has successfully launched its Atlas V rocket, carrying a X-37B space plane for a secretive mission, a media report said on Monday. The rocket launched on Sunday from Cape Canaveral, a day after bad weather halted plans for a Saturday launch, said[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Joining arch rival Zomato, food delivery platform Swiggy on Monday announced to lay off 1,100 employees, nearly 14 per cent of its workforce, spanning across grades and functions in the cities and head office over the next few days as Covid-19 continues to hurt its[Read More…]
