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Los Angeles, Dec 12 (IANS) Reality TV star Kris Jenner has opted for an unusual gift to send to her friends and family this Christmas — Botox vouchers. The 64-year-old, who herself boasts a line-free visage thanks to regular injections with the wrinkle-smoothing drug, said that she didn’t have to[Read More…]
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By Debayan Mukherjee Kolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) A swashbuckling 233 not out on his Ranji Trophy debut, young Chandigarh opener Arslan Khan has now set his sights on finishing as the top-scorer at the end of the season to ensure his maiden double ton is not considered a flash in[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Singer Papon has called off his Delhi concert this weekend because his home state “Assam is burning, crying and under curfew”. The singer, whose real name is Angaraag Mahanta, is known for hits such as “Jiyein kyun” and “Moh moh ke dhaage”. He was scheduled[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Dutch electronics company Philips on Thursday launched two new soundbars — HTL3320 HTL3310 with Dolby Digital in India for Rs 20,990 and Rs 18,990, respectively. Both the devices are available at the company’s online and offline partners. The Philips HTL3320 with 3.1 channel and 300W[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) PC and printer major HP Inc on Thursday launched world’s smallest convertible Spectre x360 13 for tech-savvy users in India that comes with quad-core 10th Gen Intel chip, up to 22-hour-long battery life and 90 per cent screen-to-body ratio, for Rs 99,990. Weighing just 1.27[Read More…]
Ranchi, Dec 12 (IANS) Voting ended for 12 of the 17 assembly seats at 3 p.m. in the third phase of the polls with 57.96 per cent votes being cast on Thursday. The voting will end at 5 p.m. for the Ranchi, Hatia, Kanke, Ramgarh and Barkatha assembly seats. There[Read More…]
BY VISHAL GULATI Madrid, Dec 12 (IANS) United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said the world was losing the climate race and shifting to a low-carbon economy offered opportunities that could create 65 million new jobs by 2030. “We are losing the climate race. The New Climate Economy[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 12 (IANS) The title track of Jennifer Winget’s ongoing TV show “Beyhadh 2” is out. It is sung by Rahul Jain, who had also crooned the title song of Jennifer’s previous show “Bepannah”. “After the huge success of ‘Bepannah’, which too had Jennifer Winget, the team approached to[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) The Delhi Excise Intelligence Bureau (EIB) said the Director and the General Manager of a private hotel in Chhattarpur were arrested for selling and serving liquor without a proper license. The excise department conducted the raid on Wednesday at the premises of a luxury boutique[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Dec 12 (IANS) Stephen Kings horror novel “The Dark Half” is all set to get a movie treatment with Alex Ross Perry on board to direct the project. King wrote the book in 1989 about a novelist whose pseudonym comes to life as a murderous twin, after his[Read More…]
Velika Kladusa (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Dec 12 (IANS) Two Nigerian students, who were in Croatia for a university level international table tennis tournament, were allegedly robbed by the police and expelled to a country which was completely unknown to them. The two Nigerians — Alexandro Abia and Kenneth Eboh —[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Dec 12 (IANS) Priyanka Chopra and her husband Nick Jonas will create a series inspired by their own sangeet. Amazon Studios on Thursday announced that it has greenlit the Untitled Priyanka Chopra Jonas / Nick Jonas Sangeet Project, an unscripted dance competition series executive produced by the couple[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Russian Ambassador to India Nikolay Kudashev on Thursday met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal here, days after the Delhi government organised the “Days of Moscow in Delhi” event. Kudashev met Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia at the Delhi Secretariat and thanked them for[Read More…]
Jaipur, Dec 12 (IANS) The school teacher of an eminent Sainik School in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district, who was arrested for sodomising 12 students, was produced in court on Thursday and sent to a 15-day judicial custody. Deputy Superintendent of Police Gyan Singh said: “We produced him in court today which[Read More…]
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANSlife) His culinary journey began during his daily preparation for the family’s meals, and today, Liao Fan Hawker Chan is the proud chef behind The World First Hawker Michelin-starred Meal, a humble two-dollar street food dish made from soya sauce, chicken, rice and[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for the passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Parliament, terming it as “courageous step”. RSS general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi on Thursday said: ” The RSS has always believed that[Read More…]
By Baidurjo Bhose New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) The fear of the bowler-friendly conditions in Lahli is something that has remained etched in the minds of domestic batsmen over the years. Even as bowlers have grinned at the prospect of making full use of conditions, batsmen have had nightmares just[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 12 (IANS) Singer Shalmali Kholgade loves the singing skills of colleagues like Jonita Gandhi, Arijit Singh and Neeti Mohan. She says there was a time when she used to compare herself to these artistes. “Being in the music industry is filled with a lot of ups and downs.[Read More…]
London, Dec 12 (IANS) As Britain went to the polls on Thursday, #UKElection trended on Twitter as users posted both in favour of and against the Conservatives. The hashtag got 7,696 tweets. One user posted a picture of Boris Johnson and wrote: “He lied about hospitals, nurses, Brexit being done,[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 12 (IANS) Actress Vidya Balan on Thursday took to Instagram and announced the release date of her upcoming film “Shakuntala Devi” in a quirky way. As the film is based on the life of the late mathematics genius Shakuntala Devi, Vidya teased her followers with a math problem[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) With Russia banned for four years from all major international sporting events by WADA, Amul has come up with yet another creative advertisement on a topical issue, amusing the Twitter users. The company posted on its official Twitter handle @Amul_Coop the ad in which its[Read More…]
Santiago, Dec 12 (IANS) Human remains have been found near the area where an Antarctica-bound Chilean military plane with 38 people onboard disappeared this week, an official said. The announcement came shortly after the Chilean Air Force (FACh) reported finding sponge remains from the aircraft floating in the sea at[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) The government on Thursday ruled out any plans to sell stake or disinvestment of ailing telecom PSUs — Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) in the Parliament while fixing a target of Rs 200 crore and Rs 300 crore for[Read More…]