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New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) The Election Commission on Saturday imposed a 48-hour campaign ban on Kapil Mishra, BJP candidate from Delhi’s Model Town constituency. In a statement, the poll body said, “The Commission under Article 324 of the Constitution and all other powers enabling it in this behalf, bars[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind, here on Saturday, invoked Mahatma Gandhi’s message of truth and non-violence and urged the people, especially the youth, to follow non-violence while expressing concern over a cause and stick to constitutional methods of achieving social and economic objectives. “It should be[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable Jagbir Rana, who saved three children from being run over by Hoshiarpur Express in April last year, has been awarded Police Medal for Gallantry posthumously by President Ram Nath Kovind on Republic Day. According to Railway Ministry, Rana has been[Read More…]
Bhopal, Jan 25 (IANS) The Income Tax Department has launched a probe into a case pertaining to a transaction of Rs 274 crore from the bank accounts of two youths in Madhya Pradesh, officials said. In what seems to be a ‘questionable’ transaction, sources in the know said the names[Read More…]
Hyderabad, Jan 25 (IANS) Breaking his silence on Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday announced that the state Assembly will pass a resolution against the Act. He also announced he is ready to lead a nationwide campaign against CAA. Terming CAA “100 per cent[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Adidas kicked off the first-of-its-kind “Unfair Tournament” at Adidas The Base in New Delhi. The tournament will be held on January 25 and 26. Featuring the potent ‘Red Bib’ rule, where every scorer sporting the bib will get 2 goals instead of 1 thereby winning[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Jan 25 (IANS) Foraying into electric mobility, two-wheeler major TVS Motor Company on Saturday rolled out its electric scooter for this tech city as part of its contribution to cleaner environment. “Our focus on ‘green and connected’ youth of India is embodied in the first of the TVS Electric[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 25 (IANS) Actor Karanvir Malhotra, who plays a pivotal role in Kabir Khans web series “The Forgotten Army” says that he shot for the show even before he faced the camera for his other series, “Selection Day”, which released last year, so technically Khans series could have been[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, Jan 25 (IANS) Following outbreak of the novel Coronavirus (nCoV) in China and a few suspected cases in the country, the Odisha government on Saturday issued an advisory to the authorities to remain prepared to deal with the situation. In a letter, the health department has asked the Biju[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 25 (IANS) Shah Rukh Khan has teased his fans with a new video on Instagram, which has left them confused! The superstar posted the video to celebrate three years of his film “Raees”, which released on January 25, 2017, but fans are assuming that the actor might be[Read More…]
By Sfoorti Mishra New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) The China office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) was informed regarding a cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology or unknown cause, detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China in December 2019. Since then the novel Coronavirus has set alarm bells[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) At least four persons, including three students, were killed in north-east Delhi’s Bhajanpura area after an under-construction three-storey building collapsed on Saturday evening, the police said. A police officer said the building came crashing down on a nearby building whose coaching centre took the impact,[Read More…]
Srinagar, Jan 25 (IANS) The Pakistan Army had requested the Indian Army to de-escalate the action along the LoC last month, Lt. General K.J.S Dhillon, 15 Corps Commander, said at a press conference here on Saturday. General Dhillon said that on December 27 last year the DGMO Pakistani Army called[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) A death-row convict in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case on Saturday moved the Supreme Court seeking judicial review of his mercy petition, which was rejected by the President. On January 17, the President rejected the mercy petition of Mukesh Kumar Singh (32). Now he[Read More…]
By Rohit Mundayur New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Playing five-set games as opposed to three is a step up that India’s men’s singles players need to get used to so as to perform better at Grand Slams, according to former player Somdev Devvarman. The 34-year-old remains the last Indian men’s[Read More…]
Panaji, Jan 25 (IANS) When rigging during voting was at its peak before the advent of the T.N. Seshan era, local musclemen would only allow Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav’s voters to cast ballot in his stronghold of Mainpuri district in UP, Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik said on[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) CBI Deputy Superintendent of Police Ramaswamy Parthasarathy, who arrested former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram in the INX Media case along with six other senior officers, has been awarded President’s Police Medals for Distinguished Service on Republic Day. Twenty-one officers of the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind has approved 409 gallantry and other defence decorations to armed forces personnel and others on the eve of 71st Republic Day. These awards include nine Shaurya Chakras, six conferred on army personnel and three on police personnel for their raw courage[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) The I-League Republic Day fixtures will take centre stage as the young Indian Arrows host the Snow Leopards on Sunday. Both the teams havent been in the greatest of forms this year and are placed last on the table. Indian Arrows haven’t been able to[Read More…]
Melbourne, Jan 25 (IANS) More champions tumbled out of the women’s draw on Day 6 of the Australian Open on Saturday. This time it was current World No. 2 Karolina Pliskova along with top ten seeds, Belinda Bencic and Elina Svitolina. They joined Serena Williams and defending champion Naomi Osaka[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 25 (IANS) “Bigg Boss 13” host, superstar Salman Khan, is fed up with the usual “tu baahar milna (You meet me outside)” threats of contestants. He finally opens gates of the “Bigg Boss” house and asked contestants Sidharth Shukla and Asim Riaz to step outside and settle scores[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) SHEROES, an app for women, is now enabling peer-to-peer social commerce and credit to the users on its network. Having successfully replicated the community model online, SHEROES users engage in multiple ways on the platform – buying and selling products and services, finding work, seeking[Read More…]
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New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Vir Das has spent over 10 years in the industry, and now wants to try “everything different”. The actor-comedian says his resolution is to scare the hell out of him by exploring new arenas of showbiz. Asked about New Year resolution, Vir told IANS: “I[Read More…]