By Sanjeev Kumar Singh Chauhan New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah suggested to the Delhi Police that it should be ready to deal with miscreants with firm hands, an encounter took place in Delhi on Monday in which two criminals were gunned down.[Read More…]
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Beijing, Feb 17 (IANS) Chinese courts at various levels will postpone enforcement measures against personnel and units engaging in coronavirus (COVID -19) containment, according to a circular. The circular, issued by the Supreme People’s Court, said that enforcement measures including the seizure and freeze of funds and materials earmarked for[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) Irrfan Khan’s “Angrezi Medium”, which was scheduled for release on March 20, will now come to the theatres on March 13, a week earlier. The trailer has been received exceptionally well, leaving the audiences excited to watch Irrfan back on the silver screen. Producer Dinesh Vijan[Read More…]
Chandigarh, Feb 17 (IANS) Four armed robbers looted 30 kg gold at gunpoint from a financial services company in broad daylight in Ludhiana in Punjab, police said on Monday. The dacoity was reported at IIFL Finance on the Gill Road here around 11am. The crime was recorded on CCTVs, police[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) After fresh footage of Jamia Millia Islamia library emerged showing students purportedly carrying stones inside and blocking doors, the BJP went all out to hit out at the Congress and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for questioning the role of police in the incident. In a no[Read More…]
By Zaffar Iqbal Srinagar, Feb 17 (IANS) Days after the dates for bye-elections to Panchayats were announced, the Jammu and Kashmir Congress party has said that it will take part in the polls if restrictions on its leaders were lifted and they are allowed to move freely. State Party President[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Indias Harsimran Kaur has been invited to participate in a multi-week training camp from at The NBA Global Academy at Basketball Australias Centre of Excellence in Canberra. This will be her second stint at the NBA Global Academy after attending a camp from November 7[Read More…]
Panaji, Feb 17 (IANS) Chief Minister Pramod Sawant last week downplayed a terror threat to Goa, because the Opposition demanded closure of casinos in the state, which are potentially vulnerable to such attack, state Congress president Girish Chodankar said on Monday. Addressing a press conference in Panaji at the party’s[Read More…]
Lucknow, Feb 17 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party, on Monday, stalled the entire question hour in the Uttar Pradesh assembly on the issue of threats to party president Akhilesh Yadav. As soon as the House met for the day, Leader of Opposition Ram Govind Chaudhary raised the issue, demanding immediate discussion[Read More…]
Gandhinagar, Feb 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13) with the presence of over 2,500 delegates from 111 countries in this Gujarat city. Modi opened[Read More…]
Agra, Feb 17 (IANS) The dry and polluted river Yamuna at the rear of the Taj Mahal is the biggest concern for the Uttar Pradesh administration engaged in organising a grand welcome to US President Donald Trump, his wife Melania and delegation members who will arrive at the Kheria airport[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) India men’s hockey skipper Manpreet Singh, who won the FIH Player of the Year 2019 Award on Thursday, has dedicated the prize to his late father. “I would like to thank my family and friends for always supporting me. They have been motivating me throughout[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday imposed additional cost of Rs 5 lakh on five states — Delhi, Maharashtra, Odisha, Goa and Manipur, for failing to deposit Rs 5 lakh imposed earlier and not complying with its directions to file their affidavits on a PIL seeking[Read More…]
Johannesburg, Feb 17 (IANS) Faf du Plessis has stepped down from South Africa captaincy in Tests and T20Is effective immediately, Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed on Monday. “When I took over the leadership, I did so with the commitment to lead, perform and most importantly, to serve. As the team[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) After being rapped by the Supreme Court for failing to deposit AGR dues, Vodafone Idea on Monday moved the apex court stating it can as of now pay only Rs 2,500 crore of the arears to the government and will follow it up with another[Read More…]
By Debayan Mukherjee Bellary (Karnataka), Feb 17 (IANS) A billion expectations will be on Manu Bhaker’s mind when she takes part in her maiden Olympics later this year. But for the teen shooting star, the hopes of people is a way of showing their support which can only fuel her[Read More…]
Dhaka, Feb 17 (IANS) Bangladesh has announced that it may drop its previous plans to move 100,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island located in the Bay of Bengal. “Our main target is to repatriate Rohingya to their original homeland, Myanmar’s Rakhine state,” Foreign Minister Abul Kalam Abdul Momen on[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Feb 17 (IANS) James Bond’s latest “No Time to Die” will not go ahead with the Chinese press tour and premiere as it has been scrapped due to the coronavirus epidemic. “No Time to Die” was set to premiere in Beijing in April 2020, but the event and[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) A massive fire broke out on the top floors of the ground plus eight-storied GST Bhavan here at Byculla on Monday morning, officials said. At least five fire-tenders were deployed to battle the blaze even as thick clouds of smoke billowed out of the upper two[Read More…]
New York, Feb 17 (IANS) Facial expressions might not be reliable indicators of emotion, say researchers, adding that, people should never trust a person’s face. According to the study, some businesses are even working on technology to determine customer satisfaction through facial expressions. “The question we really asked is: ‘Can[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) Kangana Ranauts first look as an Air Force pilot in her upcoming flick “Tejas” has taken the internet by storm. On Monday morning, Ronnie Screwvala’s production house RSVP movies shared Kangana Ranaut’s first look from “Tejas” on Twitter where she can be seen posing in front[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Former Mumbai Congress president Milind Deora is facing flak from his own party colleagues for praising Arvind Kejriwal after he said that Delhi Chief Minister made the national capital a surplus state. Milind Deora wrote on Twitter, “Sharing a lesser known & welcome fact –[Read More…]
Berlin, Feb 17 (IANS) Former Australia captain Steve Waugh believes Steve Smith and David Warner will be expecting a tough time by the crowd during their upcoming tour to South Africa and that in turn will only egg them on to perform better. In March 2018, during the third Test[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) A day after taking oath as Chief Minister, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Monday took charge of his office. This is the third consecutive term for AAP supremo as Delhi Chief Minister. Members of his Cabinet, including Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, Rajendra Pal[Read More…]
