Bahalnagar, Oct 30 (IANS) Sheikh Kamrudin travelled all the way to Kashmir to work as a contract labourer because he badly needed funds for surgery of her elder daughter, suffering from a serious kidney issue. But his promise to the ailing girl to ensure her treatment on his return would[Read More…]
Islamabad, Oct 30 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has invited Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu to the Kartapur corridor’s inaugural event, slated for November 9, according to Pakistani media on Wednesday. The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party in a statement said the government had invited Sidhu to the inaugural[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Nearly 1.3 million debit and credit card data of Indian banking customers that can fetch up to $130 million for cybercriminals are available on Dark Web for open sale. According to ZDNet, the cards’ details is available on Joker’s Stash — one of the oldest[Read More…]
Srinagar/New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Desperate to disrupt New Delhi’s development initiatives in the Valley, Pakistan-based terror outfits now plan more killings of “non-residents and non-locals”, particularly in south Kashmir. Top intelligence sources in Srinagar revealed that the new objective of Islamabad is to defeat the very purpose of scrapping[Read More…]
Guwahati, Oct 30 (IANS) Amid the uncertainty over final talks between the NSCN(IM) and the central government, a leading citizens’ platform in Manipur has appealed people to take to streets on October 31 to express solidarity with the demand for protection of state’s territorial integrity. “The call to the people[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) The European Parliament members who visited Kashmir in their “unofficial capacity”, were reportedly invited by the International Institute for Non-aligned Studies, which has a Delhi address. The International Institute for Non-Aligned Studies (IINS), which calls itself a think-tank for the Non-Aligned Movement, cites its head[Read More…]
By Ahana Bhattacharya Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) Actor Sooraj Pancholi, who has been accused of abetment to the suicide of Jiah Khan, blames the media for portraying him wrongfully without knowing the truth. “Not even five per cent of what the media has written about me till date is true,”[Read More…]
Harare, Oct 30 (IANS) Former Zimbabwe captain Hamilton Masakadza was on Wednesday appointed Zimbabwe Cricket’s Director of Cricket. According to a Cricbuzz report, a newly created role by the national board has been created with an aim to transform the game in the country both on and off the field[Read More…]
San Francisco, Oct 30 (IANS) Ahead of announcing its third quarter results, Facebook on Wednesday said it has removed more fake and malicious accounted originated in Russia. The social media platform removed three networks of accounts, Pages and Groups for engaging in foreign interference – which is coordinated inauthentic behaviour[Read More…]
Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has found that the actions taken by implementing agencies on pollution complaints in the Delhi-NCR region have not been up to the mark. The agencies have been asked to resolve all the pending complaints within the next 24 hours. They[Read More…]
Stockholm, Oct 30 (IANS) Teenaged Swedish environment activist Greta Thunberg has rejected an environmental award and the related prize money, calling on the Nordic region countries to do more to curb global warming, media reports said on Wednesday, Terming the award offer from the Nordic Council, the inter-parliamentary cooperation body[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) India and Russis condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and stressed the need for strengthening international cooperation to combat terrorism in a sustained manner without any double standards. This was emphasised during the 11th meeting of the India-Russia Joint Working Group on Counter[Read More…]
Amaravati, Oct 30 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh’s Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government on Wednesday decided to cancel the land allotment made to Lulu Group for developing Lulu International Shopping Mall and Convention Hall in coastal city of Visakhapatnam. The state cabinet meeting, chaired by chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, decided[Read More…]
Amethi, Oct 30 (IANS) Minister of Women and Child Development and Textiles Smriti Irani lashed out at Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday. The minister took to Twitter on Wednesday saying, “Those whose family is accused of grabbing the land of the farmers, should not advise the state government[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) Businessman Raj Kundra, husband of bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, on Wednesday deposed before the Enforcement Directorate for questioning in the probe into underworld don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar’s close aide late Iqbal Mirchi’s associates, admitting that he had business dealings with arrested accused Ranjeet Singh Bindra. An[Read More…]
Taipei, Oct 30 (IANS) Apple is mobilising suppliers to produce its first 5G iPhones next year, the Nikkei Asian Review reported on Wednesday. Apple plans to launch three 5G phones and ship at least 80 million of the new devices, said the report, citing sources. The upgraded iPhones will likely[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) The law and order will be under the direct control of the Centre after Jammu and Kashmir’s transitions from a state to two Union Territories on Thursday. According to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019, a special category has been carved out for land,[Read More…]
Santiago, Oct 30 (IANS) Chile on Wednesday announced it is pulling out of hosting a major United Nations climate change conference in December, as well as the Apec summit as anti-government protests continue in the South American nation, reports said. President Sebastian Pinera said that the decision had “caused him[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) An Indian parliamentary delegation led by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will attend a three-day Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit of G-20 countries (P-20) at Tokyo in Japan due November 3. The delegation will depart from New Delhi for attending the summit on November 2. The summit[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) A fuel cell-based marine propulsion system, which can boost the combat lethality of India’s conventional submarines several fold by enhancing their submerged endurance, was demonstrated by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Ambernath, Maharashtra on Wednesday. The demonstration of the operational mechanism of[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Canada, Australia and the USA have moved the World Trade Organisation (WTO), raising objections over ban on import of certain pulses by India to check falling prices in the domestic market. They have also submitted fresh questions on the validity of the steps taken by[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Madi Sharma, a Brussels-based Indian-origin woman who is said to have organised the “unofficial” visit of the European Union parliamentarians to Kashmir, had last year taken a groups of EU parliamentarians to Maldives ahead of the Presidential elections there, falsely presenting it as an official[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Jyoti (50kg) made a fantastic start to her medal hunt by storming into the semi-finals of the UWW Under-23 World Championships 2019 on Wednesday. With a 6-1 win over Belarus Tatsiana Yafremenka, the young wrestler made it to the quarters, where she notched up a[Read More…]
Patna, Oct 30 (IANS) A Bihar policeman’s leave plea has gone viral on social media in which he swore by ‘Chhati Maiyya’ to seek leave to celebrate Chhat. In his leave application, Sub-Inspector Narayan Singh submitted, “I, Sub-Inspector Narayan Singh, swear by Chhati Maiyya that I have been praying to[Read More…]
Washington, Oct 30 (IANS) Facing economic challenges, Tour Of California’s owner AEG Sports has announced that the popular cycling race will not be held in 2020. “This has been a very difficult decision to make, but the business fundamentals of the Amgen Tour of California have changed since we launched[Read More…]
