New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) As the campaigning for Delhi assembly elections ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, political parties are leaving no stone unturned to woo the voters. However, on the final day of campaigning, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president J.P. Nadda has asked all its party cadres to[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANSlife) Lotus Make-up India Fashion Week Autumn-Winter 2020 will be take place from March 11-15 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) announced on Thursday. The Pearl Portfolio will be held on March 15 along-with the Designer Stockroom. This[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANSlife) The Berlinaleis one of the most sought-after international film festivals for filmmakers and film lovers. National Award winning filmmaker Rima Das returns as a jury member of the Generation 14plus at the festival at the event. The other jury members for the 14plus category are[Read More…]
By Ananya Bhatnagar New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Judiciary, one of the three pillars of the democracy in India, is facing major crisis due to the twin plagues of “vacancies” and “inexperience.” As per statement given by nominated Rajya Sabha Member P. Wilson on Tuesday, the High Courts in the[Read More…]
Beijing, Feb 6 (IANS) The death toll due to the fast-spreading novel coronavirus outbreak in China has increased to 563, authorities said on Thursday, while the number of confirmed cases also rose to 28,018. The National Health Commission on Wednesday received reports of 3,694 new confirmed cases and 73 deaths[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Actor Jitendra Kumar, who will be Ayushmann Khurrana’s love interest in the upcoming film “Shubh Mangal Zyada Savdhan”, revealed his first encounter with his co-star. Jitendra said: “I met Ayushmann way back in 2009 when I was a student in IIT Kharagpur, he had come to[Read More…]
Srinagar, Feb 6 (IANS) Tainted DSP Davinder Singh along with three accused including Hizbul Mujahideen Commander Naveed Babu and his accomplice Mohammad Rafi and law school dropout Mohammad Irfan will be produced in NIA special court in Jammu on Thursday to extend his remand, sources said. Davinder Singh, whose police[Read More…]
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New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) It was a bright cold morning in the national capital on Thursday with the minimum temperature recorded at 8.4 degrees Celcius, a notch below the season’s average, the weather office said. The maximum temperature is expected to hover around 22 degrees Celcius. “The city witnessed[Read More…]
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New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) In a bid to further provide state-of-the-art facilities to junior and sub-junior hockey players across the country, Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Hockey India on Thursday announced the establishment of the high performance hockey centres (HPHC) in seven different locations across India, which will[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, Feb 6 (IANS) Belgium captain Thomas Briels is expecting a tough challenge from India in the upcoming two FIH Hockey Pro League matches at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium scheduled to be played on Saturday and Sunday. “India is looking really sharp as well, and they have been playing well[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday kept the benchmark rate of interest unchanged at 5.15 per cent in view of the uptick in inflation. The RBI has kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.15 per cent maintaining status quo. Inflation for December had touched 7.35[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Kirk Douglas, one of the great Hollywood leading men whose off-screen life was nearly as colorful as his on-screen exploits in movies like “Spartacus” and “Champion,” is no more. Douglas was 103. The news of his death on Wednesday was confirmed by his son, actor[Read More…]
San Francisco, Feb 6 (IANS) Apple Watch outsold the entire Swiss watch industry by a huge margin in 2019. Apple Watch shipped 31 million units worldwide in 2019, compared with 21 million for all Swiss watch brands combined. According to Strategy Analytics a global, independent research and consulting firm, traditional[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Superstar Shah Rukh Khan is all praises for ‘Whenever’ singer Shakira after her power-packed performance at the Super Bowl event. SRK on Wednesday took to Twitter and heaped praises for the “Hips don’t lie” fame artiste for her recent performance at the Super Bowl 2020 on[Read More…]
Srinagar, Feb 6 (IANS) Even as the Jammu and Kashmir administration is gradually releasing the mainstream politicians, two former chief ministers, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti’s detention may be extended. Sources say that authorities could extend the detention of Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, whose custody under section 107 of[Read More…]
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New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will on Friday hear Centre and the Delhi Government’s appeal challenging the High Court’s order that said all four convicts must be hanged together, and not separately. In its appeal, the Centre said the question is whether a[Read More…]
Washington, Feb 6 (IANS) Members of the Indian-American community were disappointed with the chaos that took place within the Democratic Party in the Iowa caucus earlier this week, a media report said. All eyes were on Iowa on Monday night as its biennial caucuses officially kicked off the first major[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Feb 6 (IANS) Kirk Douglas, the last of the giants who ruled Hollywood’s Golden Age, and starred in iconic films like “Spartacus” besides being the greatest ladies man in Tinseltown, has died, his family has announced. He was 103. “It is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and[Read More…]
Melbourne, Feb 6 (IANS) Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist will lead their respective sides in the Bushfire Cricket Bash now set to be played on Sunday at the Melbourne’s Junction Oval. The fundraiser game was originally scheduled to be played between Ponting XI and Shane Warne XI on Saturday in[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) As the election campaign entered its last day, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday said the city has witnessed its schools and hospitals changing in the last five years and it knows that if the intentions are honest, the picture can be changed,[Read More…]