Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) Reality TV personality Khloe Kardashian did a hilarious impression of her mother Kris Jenner in the season 17 finale of their reality show “Keeping Up With The Kardashian”. In the finale, which aired on Sunday, the Kardashian and Jenner family members were doing impersonation of each[Read More…]
Beirut, Dec 16 (IANS) At least 20 people have been injured after clashes erupted between protesters and security forces in the Lebanese capital for a second straight day since anti-government rallies began in the country two months ago. The violence that started on Sunday and lasted into the early hours[Read More…]
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By Jagannath Chatterjee New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Moments after the All India Football Federations (AIFF) Technical Committee met national coach Igor Stimac on November 29, reports emerged that the committee led by Shyam Thapa had spoken to Stimac about the teams performance in the World Cup qualifiers against Bangladesh[Read More…]
Perth, Dec 16 (IANS) Former Australia great and spin legend Shane Warne has put his weight behind a Day-Night Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) as he feels it will help to combat the venue’s recently lifeless wicket. Recently, a Sheffield Shield game was abandoned due to[Read More…]
New York, Dec 16 (IANS) Researchers have found that smaller class sizes are not always associated with better pupil performance and achievement. “This finding is perhaps due to the fact that class size effects are more likely to be detected in countries with limited school resources where teacher quality is[Read More…]
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Karachi, Dec 16 (IANS) After having played their first ever Test on their home soil in a decade, the Pakistani cricketers are all excited to take on Sri Lanka in the second and final Test of the series at the National Stadium in Karachi, which is also considered the fortress[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) Celebrities around town had a good time at iconic rock band U2’s The Joshua Tree Concert in the weekend. Among B-town stars spotted at the do were Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, Hrithik Roshan, Sussanne Khan, Amaal Mallik, Diana Penty, Riya Sen with husband Shivam Tewari,[Read More…]
Kolkata, Dec 16 (IANS) With thousands joining in, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday led a huge protest march against the NRC and the CAA through the heart of Kolkata and administered a pledge to people not to allow any National Register of Citizens[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 16 (IANS) The Kerala political canvas is seeing a rare instance when top leaders of the ruling CPM-led Left and the rival Congress-led UDF jointly protested against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan led the Left, while the opposition and Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala led[Read More…]
By Nirbhay Kumar New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) firms have topped the list of customers complaints list for over-charging ever since the new indirect tax regime Goods and Services Tax (GST) was rolled out on July 1, 2017. Restaurateurs came second, followed by entertainment and media[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a series of tweets on Monday has said while dissent is an essential part of democracy, violence is not. He was articulating government’s stand on the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act. “Violent protests on the Citizenship Amendment Act are unfortunate and[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Dec 16 (IANS) Thousands of Bengalureans protested against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), calling the movement another ‘freedom struggle’. The protest took place Sunday evening. “We have another freedom movement… to free India from the real ‘tukde tukde’ gang dividing Indians on the basis of identity,” tweeted Congress Rajya[Read More…]
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Los Angeles, Dec 16 (IANS) Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee’s “Frozen 2” has crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office, setting a record by becoming the sixth Disney release of the year to do so and the eighth title of 2019 over all. The Walt Disney Animation[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Scared after the Delhi Police action in Jamia Millia Islamia University campus on Sunday, the students have vacated the hostels on Monday and moved to their homes. “We are not safe here. We will have to leave. Our parents are very afraid. They have asked[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Taiwanese electronics company BenQ on Monday said it grabbed the No. 1 spot in the India projector market with 25.9 per cent share during the third quarter of this year. BenQ sold more than 24,000 projectors in Q3 2019 , according to a report from[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Republican Party of India (A) President Ramdas Athawale has predicted another “major political earthquake in Maharashtra” very soon in view of the recent developments in the state. He said after the Oct. 21 elections, the state has already[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) Singer Darshan Raval’s song “Hawa banke” has crossed 100 million views on YouTube. This is his second independent song after “Tera zikr” to achieve the feat. ” ‘Hawa banke’ is special in many ways and I am glad that the song has reached 100 million views.[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) A group of Jamia Millia Islamia students stood shirtless in the bone chilling cold outside the varsity campus on Monday morning to protest against the police action on students. Students raised slogans of “Inquilab Zindabad”, and also took out a march, demanding CBI inquiry into[Read More…]
Unnao, Dec 16 (IANS) A woman set herself on fire outside the office of superintendent of police in Unnao district on Monday. The 24-year-old alleged that the police was not acting on her complaint of sexual harassment. According to reports, the woman reached the office of superintendent of police in[Read More…]
London, Dec 16 (IANS) “Coronation Street” actress Suranne Jones is reportedly growing all her body hair. According to thesun.co.uk, Jones has decided to grow her body hair in preparation for the second series of the historical drama ‘”Gentleman Jack”, in which Jones plays the 19th-century industrialist and lesbian Anne Lister.[Read More…]
Colombo, Dec 16 (IANS) Sri Lanka will launch its first-ever luxury electric supercar named “Vega” in April 2020, marking a new milestone in the island nation’s automobile industry. The master builder of the luxury car, techno-entrepreneur Harsha Subasinghe, who is the chief executive of CodeGen, said that following a test[Read More…]