New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) With the year 2019 about to end, Twitterati had fun at the expense of US President Donald Trump. #2019in5words trended on Twitter as users tried to sum up the year in five words. Trump’s impeachment in the wake of his controversial call to Ukranian President[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 29 (IANS) Kerala BJP leaders who took part in the all-party meeting called by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday walked out of it, saying it was undemocratic and unconstitutional as it was called to discuss the Citizenship Amendment Act, which is already a law. The Kerala Assembly[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday batted for congress member and activist Sadaf Jafar who is currently lodged in jail in charges of attempted murder and assault on public servants. The activist’s bail petition was denied by a Lucknow court, which termed her offences[Read More…]
BY VISHAL GULATI Shimla, Dec 29 (IANS) For Jai Chand and Yog Raj, life imprisonment was different from life behind bars as he walked daily from a jail to manage a book cafe in the state capital. Ironically, both of them serving life imprisonment at the Kaithu jail near Shimla[Read More…]
Amaravati, Dec 29 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government has constituted a high-power committee to examine the recommendations of the expert committee, which suggested three capital formula for the decentralised development of the state. Two days after the state cabinet decided to form the high-power committee, the government on Sunday issued[Read More…]
Sydney, Dec 29 (IANS) Australian authorities on Sunday asked thousands of tourists and residents to evacuate a popular natural area in the southeast of the country due to forest fires. Victoria state fire chief Chris Hardman urged anyone in the East Gippsland forests to leave the area immediately in the[Read More…]
Chennai, Dec 29 (IANS) In a unique protest method against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) some women drew ‘kolams’ or ‘rangolis’ in Besant Nagar locality here on Sunday and also wrote No to CAA, No to NRC and No to[Read More…]
Thrissur (Kerala) Dec 29 (IANS) It was stuff of which one might have seen in reel life, but State Minister for Agriculture V.S. Sunil Kumar ensured that in ‘real life’, 67 year old Kochaniyan and 66 year old Lakshmiyammal entered wedlock, after around 20 years, it was first proposed. Both[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Prioritizing welfare of armed forces, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday announced the government will soon come up with an arrangement to provide 100-day leave for all Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) as well as a health card to their family members. Shah made[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Dec 29 (IANS) Karnataka’s revered Hindu pontiff Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt passed away at Udupi in the state’s coastal town on Sunday, an official said. He was 88. “Swamiji breathed his last in the mutt around 9.30 a.m. after he was shifted from the Kasturba Hospital at[Read More…]
Colombo, Dec 29 (IANS) Fourteen Indian fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on charges of poaching, officials said on Sunday. The Navy confirmed the arrest during its patrol to prevent the trespassing of Indian poachers and smuggling activities in their territorial waters, reports Xinhua news agency. It has[Read More…]
Moscow, Dec 29 (IANS) India’s Koneru Humpy has won the women’s World Rapid Chess championship beating Lei Tingjie in the Armageddon after the winner was determined through a playoff. Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen won the men’s title. Humpy was returning to the game after a two-year break during 2016-2018[Read More…]
Melbourne, Dec 29 (IANS) New Zealand were once again at the receiving end as they were hammered by 247 runs in the second Test of the three-match rubber by Australia and the Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson felt they were not up to the mark against a quality side. Williamson also[Read More…]
By Aarti Tikoo Singh New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Even as Pakistan is trumpeting that it has secured a diplomatic win by prevailing on Saudi Arabia to hold a special session on Kashmir at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), such meetings have been a regular feature. Sources in New[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 29 (IANS) Bollywood’s superstar and host of “Bigg Boss 13” Salman Khan has taken on the duty of cleaning the ‘Bigg Boss’ house, and entered it to do the chores, leaving the contestants embarrassed. Through this week, contestant Shehnaaz Gill has had a tough time assigning house duties[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Dec 29 (IANS) Actress Katie Holmes took to Instagram to share a rare mother-daughter selfie. Holmes, 41, took to her Instagram Story on Friday to share a rare picture with 13-year-old Suri Cruise, her daughter with former husband Tom Cruise, reports usatoday.com. In the black-and-white snapshot, the mother-daughter[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Dec 29 (IANS) Actor-comedian Kevin Hart’s wife Eniko Parrish says she found out that he was cheating on her while she was pregnant. In an episode of comedian’s new Netflix docuseries “Don’t F**k This Up”, Parrish recalled the moment she discovered Hart was being unfaithful while pregnant with[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Prime Minister firmly put the spotlight back on self-reliance, with his call to Indians that they buy only locally produced goods and products at least till 2022. In his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address to the nation, the last for this year, the prime minister[Read More…]
New York, Dec 29 (IANS) NASA astronaut Christina Koch on Saturday set a new record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, eclipsing the record of 288 days set by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson in 2016-17. Koch still has six weeks to go before returning to Earth from[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANSlife) Indian designer Rahul Mishra will a ‘Guest Member on the Haute couture Calendar, announced The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode. The Committee of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture has decided that Mishra will be the first Indian to present[Read More…]
Ranchi, Dec 29 (IANS) Hemant Soren took oath as the 11th Chief Minister of Jharkhand amid opposition show of strength, here on Sunday. Governor Draupadi Murmu administered the oath of office and secrecy to Hemant Soren. The swearing-in ceremony took place at Morabadi ground in Ranchi at 2 p.m. He[Read More…]
Lucknow, Dec 29 (IANS) Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said on Sunday that he would not fill the National Population Register (NPR) form. He asked his Samajwadi party workers to boycott the NPR exercise also. “The BJP will not decide whether I am an Indian or not. We want employment[Read More…]
Melbourne, Dec 29 (IANS) As Australia hammered New Zealand by 247 runs in the second Test at the historic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here on Sunday to take take an unassaible 2-0 lead in the three-match rubber, an elated skipper Tim Paine lauded the effort of his team beside praising[Read More…]
Islamabad, Dec 29 (IANS) The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has warned all its employees of a possible a possible computer virus attack named “Ransomware” , which has been launched worldwide to target machines running on Microsofts Windows operating systems. The virus specially targets computers running on Windows 7 and 10[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) With government opening the FDI floodgates to spur growth and investment on one side and appealing to buy Swadeshi products on the other, the industry has termed the two contradictory saying it could potentially affect consumption which is on a downward trend. “There is an[Read More…]
