New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) After trailing briefly in the Okhla constituency, the Aam Aadmi Party has strengthened its lead with over 5,700 votes with a vote share of over 60 per cent at the end of third round of counting. After two rounds of counting, the trends showed AAP’s[Read More…]
Sydney, Feb 11 (IANS) The heavy rains lashing New South Wales (NSW) state have led to hopes that all the bushfires in the Australian state could be out by the end of the week, an official said on Tuesday. Since February 7, parts of the fire-ravaged Australian state have experienced[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The Indian Railways has launched a new service of “wake-up call” on the mobile phones of passengers half-an-hour ahead of their scheduled arrival to their destination. And Tweeple are a happy lot. Railway Minster Piyush Goyal tweeted: “Railways will now help passengers get rid of[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 11 (IANS) The Kerala opposition on Tuesday slammed Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for his relief announcements regarding floods and said that he should get the “Oscar award for the best announcements”. Before leading the entire opposition out of the Kerala Assembly, Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala said that[Read More…]
San Francisco, Feb 11 (IANS) IBM has picked ‘Slack’ a cloud-based proprietary instant messaging platform to power its chat communications companywide and will be moving all its 3,50,000 customers to the service. “Going wall to wall in IBM – it’s basically the maximum scale that there is, so we now[Read More…]
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New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The number of workers at the Aam Aadmi Party headquarters here continues to swell with the party office already jam packed, buoyed by the trends suggesting the return of Arvind Kejriwal-led Party. Close to 2,000 and counting, party volunteers, supporters and workers gathered around the[Read More…]
Canberra, Feb 11 (IANS) The High Court of Australia on Tuesday ruled that Aboriginal people hold a special status and cannot be deported for criminal convictions from the country. The court voted 4-3 that Aboriginal Australians were not subject to the “alien” powers in the constitution, which enables the deportation[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 11 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday described Aam Aadmi Party’s triumph in the Delhi Assembly polls as the victory of democracy and said people did not want divisive politics. Banerjee, who called up AAP supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to congratulate him[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Manish Sisodia, the No 2 man in the Delhi Cabinet as well as in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), is looking worried with counting trends showing him trailing in the Patparganj constituency by around 2,000 votes after the third round. Sporting his favourite maroon coloured[Read More…]
Srinagar, Feb 11 (IANS) Normal life was affected on Tuesday in Kashmir on the death anniversary of JKLF leader Maqbool Bhat. The authorities snapped 2G mobile and Internet services across Kashmir Valley and imposed mild curbs in parts of Srinagar. The train service in Kashmir Valley has also been suspended[Read More…]
Tokyo, Feb 11 (IANS) Organisers of the Tokyo Marathon will distribute surgical masks to runners and volunteers if they request them over concerns about the coronavirus. According to a statement from the organisers, four “preventive safety measures against the coronavirus” will be taken during the event, which will be held[Read More…]
New York, Feb 11 (IANS) Want a healthier future? Your partner may help as researchers have found that those who are optimistic contribute to the health of their partners, staving off the risk factors leading to Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and cognitive decline as they grow old together. “When your partner[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) With Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leading in 57 seats after several rounds of counting, it now seems appears certain that the ‘broom’ is set to retain power while BJP might have to remain content with minor increment in its tally. The Congress, like[Read More…]
Chandigarh, Feb 11 (IANS) Four members of a family, who were travelling in a car, were killed on Tuesday in a road accident in Moga district in Punjab. Poor visibility owing to fog was believed to be the cause of the accident. The deceased, who were returning to Moga town[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 11 (IANS) Bollywood actor Kartik Aaryan shared a love-filled photograph of himself along with his “Love Aajkal” co-star Sara Ali Khan. Kartik on Monday took to Instagram, where he shared a photograph of himself feeding Sara. He captioned the image: “Kaafi dubli ho gayi ho… Aao pehle jaisi[Read More…]
Manila, Feb 11 (IANS) The Philippines has officially notified the US about the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the two countries, a top diplomat said on Tuesday. “The Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of the US has received the notice of termination of the Visiting[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Rear Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan took command of the eastern fleet deployed across the indo-pacific region to safeguard the nation’s maritime interest, the Indian Navy said. He took charge at Visakhapatnam on February 10 (Monday), 2020. The Eastern Fleet comprising of frontline warships of the Indian[Read More…]
Lahore, Feb 11 (IANS) An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore is expected to announce its verdict in two cases of alleged terror financing against Hafiz Saeed, the leader of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) who mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, and his associated on Tuesday. As the ATC takes[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 11 (IANS) Actress Pooja Hegde will be starring opposite superstar Salman Khan in the upcoming film “Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali”. Pooja will be playing Salman’s love interest the film. Sajid Nadiadwala, who is producing and scripting the film, said: “Having worked with Pooja in Housefull 4, we felt[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday directed the Crime Branch to file in 15 days an Action Taken Report (ATR) on a complaint filed by Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat against BJP lawmakers Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma for alleged inflammatory remarks. Chief[Read More…]
San Francisco, Feb 11 (IANS) Google human resources chief Eileen Naughton is set to step aside this year amid growing activism of the company’s employees. “We’re grateful to Eileen for all she’s done and look forward to her next chapter at Google,” Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai was quoted[Read More…]
Beijing, Feb 11 (IANS) Chinese health authorities on Tuesday said the death toll due to the novel coronavirus in China has increased to 1,016, with 42,638 infected cases. According to China’s National Health Commission, 7,333 serious cases had been recorded as of Monday midnight, while 3,996 people were discharged, reports[Read More…]
Washington, Feb 11 (IANS) The New Hampshire primary of the 2020 US presidential election began on Tuesday, with the first group of voters casting ballots in several small towns in the state. In Dixville Notch, a northern New Hampshire town close to the Canadian border, all of its five voters[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Soon after the Delhi Assembly poll trends showed that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is winning with a clear majority, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to have accepted defeat. The party has put up posters at its Delhi party office saying that it is[Read More…]
