Jammu, Feb 12 (IANS) Three firemen died while dousing a massive fire at Saw Mill near Gole Pulley, Talab Tiloo Jammu. A statement by Fire and Emergency services stated that after receiving information regarding the fire incident fire tenders were pressed into service from Fire Stations Canal, Roop Nagar, City[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Twenty-four hours after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was routed in Delhi Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was at his usual aggressive avatar on Wednesday, hitting out at the opposition. However, he remained tight-lipped on the party’s poll debacle in the national capital while[Read More…]
By Sharon Thambala Bengaluru, Feb 12 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party lost the Delhi Assembly elections to freebies announced by the Aam Aadmi Party government and lack of suitable leader to challenge Arvind Kejriwal, said Karnataka BJP spokesperson G. Madhusudhana, here on Wednesday. “As you have no match to Narendra[Read More…]
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) As NASA prepares to land the first woman and the next man on the South Pole of the Moon by 2024 under its Artemis programme and then send humans to Mars, the US space agency wants to hire more astronauts. NASA will accept applications March 2-31[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Avanta India, a co-working service provider, is on an expansion mode with an amount of Rs 200 crore to be invested in leading business districts across major metros. The metro cities targeted include Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune. At present, their expansion business model works[Read More…]
By Baidurjo Bhose While the Rajasthan High Court is on Thursday expected to give a decision on the PIL that has challenged the decision of Rajasthan Royals to shift a couple of their home games to Guwahati for the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the BCCI has[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 12 (IANS) Optimystix Entertainment, an Indian television production company, announced a strategic partnership with film producer Ashwin Varde, to launch a new film production company, Wakaoo Films. “We have been successfully scripting our success story in highly competitive TV arena with an array of leading fiction and non-fiction[Read More…]
Jaipur, Feb 12 (IANS) It was a stormy day in the Rajasthan Assembly on Wednesday with bits of paper flying. Such was the situation that Speaker C.P. Joshi had to stand up and say, “I am feeling tortured of holding the Chair.” Soon after the Speaker’s remark, Chief Minister Ashok[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 12 (IANS) In a seemingly unprecedented order, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday allowed live streaming on YouTube the hearing in a pending case relating to a Parsi woman, saying the proceedings would have ramifications for the community across the country. The woman had moved the court seeking[Read More…]
Panaji, Feb 12 (IANS) Well known fashion designer, gay rights activist and Padma Shri awardee Wendell Rodricks died on Wednesday evening following a prolonged illness. Speaking to IANS on Wednesday Nilakanth Halarnkar, BJP MLA from the Thivim Assembly constituency and a longtime associate of the 60-year-old designer confirmed his death.[Read More…]
Nairobi, Feb 12 (IANS) Lawmakers drawn from the Sub-Saharan Africa region on Wednesday urged governments to enforce punitive legislation and invest in awareness campaigns against sexual violence that is rampant in urban slums. Marie R Nguini-Effa, a female lawmaker from Cameroon said at a forum in Nairobi that sexual violence[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) The PCF CUP Cricket Season II, organised by Ponty Chadha Foundation & Citiskape Mediacom, will be held from February 15 to April 5 at Genesis Global Public School in Noida. This follows the success of PCF CUP Cricket Season I, 2019, and PCF Football, 2019.[Read More…]
Dublin, Feb 12 (IANS) An Irish high court in Dublin on Wednesday granted a lorry driver an appeal against his extradition to the United Kingdom (UK) over his alleged involvement in multiple counts of manslaughter. The man faces charges after the bodies of 39 illegal Vietnamese immigrants were found in[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 12 (IANS) Actress Amruta Khanvilkar is happy that “Malang” has been receiving love and appreciation of the audience since release. She is also all praise for actor Kunal Kemmu, opposite whom she is paired in the film. “I love how the secondary cast not only brings their A-game[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Attacking the Central government over the LPG price hike and food inflation, the Congress on Wednesday alleged that the Modi government has increased the LPG prices, when the crude prices have fallen, to fill its coffers. The food inflation in the country is at 7.59[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) “Even if bail is not granted, the child cannot be kept in jail or police lockup and has to be kept in an observation home or place of safety”, said the Supreme Court, adding that juvenile justice boards are not meant to be “silent spectators.”[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Hailing the Delhi Assembly election results, the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) on Wednesday said it is hopeful that the newly elected Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government will pass a resolution against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). JIH president Syed Sadatullah Hussaini said: “The election results[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) The BJP has launched a blistering attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after he tweeted a distorted map of India where a portion of the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir is shown as part of Pakistan. BJP’s IT cell chief Amit Malviya tweeted: “Why[Read More…]
New York, Feb 12 (IANS) If you ever felt frustrated because the software updates that are intended to make our applications run faster inadvertently ended up doing just the opposite, there could be help at hand. Scientists have now developed a complete automated way of identifying the source of errors[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 12 (IANS) The Maharashtra government’s economical Rs 10 ‘Shiv Bhojan’ thali sells virtually like hot cakes. In the past 17 days, it has been lapped up by 2,33,738 hungry customers at 139 distribution centres, averaging to 13,750 meals per day, an official said here on Wednesday. The ‘Shiv[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) After successfully running two Tejas Express trains between New Delhi-Lucknow and Mumbai-Ahmedabad, the IRCTC is all set to launch its third such service – Kashi Mahakal Express – between Varanasi and Indore on February 16, officials said on Wednesday. According to the Railway Ministry, the[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 12 (IANS) Signs of slowing coronavirus spread and Federal Reserve chairman’s optimistic view on US economy lifted that global markets on Wednesday. The Sensex added 350 points while the broader Nifty finished above the 12,200 mark. Hindustan Unilever was the top gainer, rising over 5 per cent. Other[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 12 (IANS) India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) on Wednesday downgraded Yes Bank as Long-Term Issuer Rating to ‘IND A-‘ from ‘IND A’, while maintaining it on Rating Watch Negative (RWN). The agency said that the downgrade reflects the continued delay and inconclusive quantum of the anticipated equity infusion[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 12 (IANS) Actor Ali Fazal, who has plenty of diverse projects in his kitty, believes in reinvention. While on one hand, he will soon be seen in the Hollywood film “Death On The Nile”, which is based on Agatha Christie’s bestselling novel of the same name, in Bollywood[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) A Delhi court on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of Sharjeel Imam, a JNU student facing sedition charges. Imam, whose six-day judicial custody ended today, was nabbed from Kako in Bihar’s Jehanabad district on January 28 for allegedly making seditious and inflammatory speeches against the[Read More…]
