Lucknow, Dec 4 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Raj Bhawan has received a letter threatening to blow up the building if Governor Anandiben Patel does not vacate it in 10 days. The letter, according to Raj Bhawan sources was sent by “TSPC Jharkhand”, an apparent reference to the Maoist group Tritya[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Dec 4 (IANS) Dorothy Catherine Fontana, a writer on the original “Star Trek” series who had a long association with the franchise, has passed away. She was 80. Fontana passed away on December 2. Fontana’s death was confirmed by the official “Star Trek” website, which described her as[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Dec 4 (IANS) Singer Jason Derulo’s took to Instagram to question the photo-sharing website’s decision to remove one of his steamy images as the site dubbed it “nudity or sexual activity.” The musician, however, didn’t think so. Expressing his dismay, Derulo shared the warning he got over the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday disposed off a plea regarding delay in sanction in the JNU sedition case. “We see no reason to frame guidelines in this regard as there is enough law available,” said the court. The court also asked the government to[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 that seeks to provide Indian nationality to Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, Jains and Buddhists fleeing persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, said sources. The Bill, which amends the Citizenship Act, 1955[Read More…]
Pratapgarh, Dec 4 (IANS) Bodies of two sisters, aged between 15 and 17 years, were recovered from Sai river near Ghursainath Dham in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh district, police said on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Anjali and Shivani, both residents of Sangipur. Pratapgarh SP Abhishek Singh said that both[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Bharti Airtel board will meet on Wednesday to explore ways for fundraising to meet the AGR dues of Rs 43,000 crore to the government within the stipulated three month period expiring on January 24. The company will consider various options before it to raise the[Read More…]
Madrid, Dec 4 (IANS) You can now experience New Delhi’s high level of toxic air in this Spanish capital too, but with no harmful effects on your health! In a side event at the ongoing 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)[Read More…]
Lahore, Dec 4 (IANS) Young speedster Naseem Shah, who made his debut in the recently-concluded Test series in Australia, is expected to return to Pakistan Under-19 ranks as they gear up for next year’s Under-19 World Cup slated to be held in South Africa from January 17 to February 9.[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) The draw for next year’s Copa America has been announced in which Australia and Qatar have been added. CONMEBOL, South America’s football governing body, announced the draw on Tuesday for the tournament which will be co-hosted by Argentina and Colombia. Argentina will play the tournament[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Delhi recorded the coldest day of the season on Wednesday with temperatures below 8 per cent on a day when the air quality index (AQI) has also worsened. According to Skymet Weather, on Wednesday, both the observatories of Delhi – Palam and Safdarjung – recorded[Read More…]
Chennai, Dec 4 (IANS) Indian Super League (ISL) franchise Chennayin FC on Wednesday announced Scotsman Owen Coyle as their new head coach. Coyle, a former English Premier League manager with Burnley and Bolton Wanderers, has joined Chennayin FC on a contract till the end of the season. “I am incredibly[Read More…]
Varanasi, Dec 4 (IANS) Students of Sanskrit Vidya Dharam Vigyan (SVDV) faculty at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) have resumed their protest against the appointment of a Muslim assistant professor in the faculty. The students said that they were resuming their agitation because they were not satisfied with the reply submitted[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) The spectre of rollback of large scale infrastructure projects worth Rs 2 lakh crore is looming over Maharashtra which may be a redux of Andhra Pradesh and in the eventuality also cause grave damage to the already faltering Indian economy’s growth. While the new Maharashtra[Read More…]
Lucknow, Dec 4 (IANS) Kaifi Ali Rizvi, accused of helping the accused in the Kamlesh Tiwari murder case, has been granted bail by a court in Uttar Pradesh. The court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate granted bail to Rizvi on two personal bonds of Rs 20,000 each. The counsel, who[Read More…]
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New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram in a case registered by the Enforcement Directorate in the INX Media scam. A bench headed by Justice R. Banumathi said that the Congress leader will not make any public statements regarding[Read More…]
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Dec 4 (IANS) Were they really the debris of Indian moon lander Vikram as announced by the US space agency on Tuesday, wondered a senior official of the Indian space agency. Interestingly, the Indian space agency Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is maintaining a sound silence[Read More…]
Srinagar , Dec 4 (IANS) Three army jawans were rescued and two were missing after an avalanche hit an army patrol in Kashmir’s Tangdhar sector on Tuesday night, sources said. Rescue teams have been rushed to the spot and the army has started an operation to locate the missing jawans.[Read More…]
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Las Vegas, Dec 4 (IANS) Shocked at the US government’s decision to award $10 billion Pentagon Cloud project to Microsoft despite being the favourite, Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO has now targeted Satya Nadella-led tech giant with criticising its licensing practices and making a pitch for open-source Linux operating system[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Amazon India on Wednesday launched Echo Input Portable, its portable voice-controlled smart speaker with a big 4,800 mAh rechargeable battery, in the country for Rs 4,999. Echo Input Portable is available for pre-order on Amazon India with a black fabric design. According to the company,[Read More…]
San Francisco, Dec 4 (IANS) Signalling the end of an era, Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have decided to relinquish their current positions in the parent company Alphabet, making India-born Sundar Pichai the CEO of both Google and Alphabet. Page and Brin, the CEO and President, respectively, of[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) The Union Cabinet may take up the Personal Data Protection Bill on Wednesday to lay down a framework for processing of personal and private data by public and private entities. Telecom and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad recently informed the Upper House that the[Read More…]
By Sanjeev Kumar Singh Chauhan New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) “You just can’t stop the cases like Nirbhaya and Hyderabad veterinarian gang rape and murder by doing nothing. You have to execute the death penalty in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case as soon as possible to set an[Read More…]
