New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, on Tuesday, clarified that the government has not taken any decision on preparing a National Register of Citizens (NRC). The clarification came in response to a question in the Lok Sabha, regarding preparation of the NRC.[Read More…]
Auckland, Feb 4 (IANS) A confident Indian Women’s hockey team registered a 1-0 win against Great Britain on Tuesday in their fourth match in Auckland. Having won their first match in the New Zealand Tour 4-0 against the NZ Development Squad, India lost the following two matches 2-1 and 1-0[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) A petition has reportedly been filed in Jammu and Kashmir High Court against Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s upcoming film “Shikara: The Untold Story Of Kashmiri Pandits”, demanding a stay on the film’s release. “Shikara” is set against the backdrop of the Kashmiri Pandit exodus from the Kashmir[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) A petition has reportedly been filed in Jammu and Kashmir High Court against Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s upcoming film “Shikara: The Untold Story Of Kashmiri Pandits”, demanding a stay on the film’s release. “Shikara” is set against the backdrop of the Kashmiri Pandit exodus from the Kashmir[Read More…]
Panaji, Feb 4 (IANS) Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat on Tuesday urged State Health Minister Vishwajit Rane to take adequate precautions and install mechanisms to screen movement of people from Kerala to Goa, in order to keep the coronavirus spread at bay. “There is a need to take precautions against[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Since ovarian cancer, the third most commonly detected cancer among Indian women, has very silent symptoms, women can take care of themselves by staying vigilant and going for regular health checkups, doctors have advised on the occasion of World Cancer Day on Tuesday. It is[Read More…]
San Francisco, Feb 4 (IANS) Google-owned YouTube has reached 20 million music and premium paid subscribers and over 2 million YouTube TV paid subscribers. YouTube ended 2019 at a $3 billion annual run rate in YouTube subscriptions and other non-advertising revenues, Alphabet Founder and CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Monday.[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that investigation in the Jamia violence that took place on December 15 is at a “crucial stage.” “Investigation is at crucial stage, let it reach to a reasonable state as it would provide a[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday while hearing a plea by a minor rape victim seeking Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) directed the Medical Superintendent of Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital to constitute a board and examine the victim as expeditiously as possible and submit[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) Mirabai Chanu on Tuesday bettered her own national record enroute to winning the ongoing senior National Weightlifting Championships in Kolkata. Mirabai lifted a total of 203kg to win the 49kg gold, bettering her previous record of 201 which she had achieved at the World Championships in[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra has declined to pass any order on a plea for live streaming of important national and constitutional cases, and instead placed it before the Chief Justice on the administrative side. Senior advocate Indira Jaising had moved[Read More…]
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By Zaffar Iqbal Srinagar, Feb 4 (IANS) Undeterred by the challenges that Kashmir often throws up, two women police officers have launched a crusade to rescue young men from the clutches of drug addiction in the valley. The lockdown and communication blockade that was imposed in Kashmir after the abrogation[Read More…]
Beijing, Feb 4 (IANS) It’s never easy to set a new standard of organizing a sporting event, especially when it comes to the Olympic Games. But Beijing is on its way to achieving this goal for the second time, just as it did in 2008 when the 29th Summer Olympic[Read More…]
Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh), Feb 4 (IANS) Even while there is concern and worry over the outbreak of coronavirus which originated in China, wedding bells chimed for Jihao Wang from Beijing who married Satyarth Mishra at Mandsaur, 4500 km from her home. The couple entered into wedlock on Sunday. Jihao said[Read More…]
Lucknow, Feb 4 (IANS) Hotel tariffs in Lucknow have skyrocketed with hotels having almost run out of rooms due to the Defence Expo which begins on Wednesday. The biggest sufferers are those who have scheduled their weddings in this season, mainly before February 15. According to a travel portal, the[Read More…]
Dubai, Feb 4 (IANSlife) The 25th edition of Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF), the longest running festival of its kind, has come to an end and this year it has been confirmed as the most successful edition to date. Clocking up some impressive figures that make this one of the world’s[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has lent support to comedian Kunal Kamra by not flying in IndiGo Airlines. He chose Vistara instead. “No @IndiGo6E.. on @airvistara .. in solidarity with @kunalkamra88,” Kashyap tweeted on Monday. Kashyap came out in support of Kamra after the latter was banned from[Read More…]
Coimbatore, Feb 4 (IANS) Defending Champions Chennai City FC will be playing host to All India Football Federations (AIFF) developmental side Indian Arrows at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Wednesday. Having picked up just one win from their previous five outings, Chennai City find themselves in a relegation scrap[Read More…]
Bhopal, Feb 4 (IANS) Conflicting reports and unchecked data have caused confusion about the incidence of coronavirus among persons from Madhya Pradesh studying or working in China. The health department has clarified that there have been no confirmed cases of viral infection so far. Six persons from the state were[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) A Bangkok-bound Qatar Airways flight from Doha made an emergency landing in Kolkata in the wee hours of Tuesday after it was diverted to facilitate medical treatment of a Thai national in advanced stage of pregnancy. The woman gave birth to a baby in the flight[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) China-based content-sharing app SHAREit with over 1.8 billion users worldwide has been included in the top ten most downloaded mobile applications globally, a recently published report ‘The State of Mobile in 2020’ by App Annie revealed on Tuesday. “Going forward, we would continue to drive[Read More…]
Beijing, Feb 4 (IANS) It’s never easy to set a new standard of organizing a sporting event, especially when it comes to the Olympic Games. But Beijing is on its way to achieving this goal for the second time, just as it did in 2008 when the 29th Summer Olympic[Read More…]
Tehran, Feb 4 (IANS) The spokesman of Iran’s Judiciary said on Tuesday that the country’s Supreme Court has approved the death sentence of an Iranian national who was spying for the US. “Amir Rahimpour, who was the CIA spy and received huge money to give part of the information of[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Salman Khan unveiled the first look of the upcoming biopic of Hawa Singh, who is widely regarded the Father of Indian Boxing. The film will feature Sooraj Pancholi. “@sooraj9pancholi aces the look of a boxer in the biopic of legendary Hawa Singh is also[Read More…]
