Ranchi, Oct 22 (IANS) India registered an emphatic victory over South Africa by an innings and 202 runs in the third and final Test at the JSCA Stadium on Tuesday to clinch their first-ever series whitewash over the Proteas. Needing just two wickets to maintain their supremacy on Day 4,[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Even before its inauguration, the Kartarpur Corridor has got mired in a dispute with Pakistan unrelenting on making the pilgrimage to one of the holiest Sikh shrines free of any charges. The Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara, located about 4.5 kms from Indian border in Pakistani Punjab’s[Read More…]
Lahore, Oct 22 (IANS) Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was rushed to a hospital here after his health condition deteriorated, a media report said on Tuesday. The National Accountability Bureau, Lahore, took the decision to shift him to the Services Hospital on Monday night for a medical check-up, reports[Read More…]
Noida, Oct 22 (IANS) Robert Vadra, husband of Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, has been admitted at Noida’s Metro Hospital. Vadra was hospitalised on Monday night around 11.30 p.m. after he complained of severe back pain. He is being treated by senior orthopaedic doctors. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was at[Read More…]
Lucknow, Oct 22 (IANS) This Diwali, it is back to basics. Potters across Uttar Pradesh are working overtime to make earthen “diyas” that were lost to Chinese lamps and lanterns in the past years. But, now people are again picking up the diyas. “Since people are showing interest in buying[Read More…]
Islamabad, Oct 22 (IANS) Pakistan is committed to fully implementing its action plan to counter money laundering and terrorist financing by February 2020 and get the country out of the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) grey list, a government adviser said. On October 18, FATF, the global watchdog for money[Read More…]
By Arul Louis New York, Oct 22 (IANS) An American clothing company with no connections to India that uses the Sanskrit name ‘Dhvani’, has launched a media campaign showing violence against President Donald Trump, causing confusion and problems for Indian cultural organisations. After the company placed a nine-metre advertisement in[Read More…]
San Francisco, Oct 22 (IANS) Facebook has removed multiple fake accounts that originated in Iran and Russia and targeted the US, North Africa and Latin America before elections. The company said it identified these manipulation campaigns as part of its internal investigations into suspected Iran-linked inauthentic behaviour, as well as[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Bengaluru-based and Ratan Tata-backed home furnishing company Urban Ladder’s co-founder Rajiv Srivatsa has announced to step down from his role. In a LinkedIn post, Srivatsa said that last eight years have been an outstanding journey building Urban Ladder (UL). “I will transition out of my[Read More…]
Ottawa, Oct 22 (IANS) Incumbent Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party was poised to form a minority government after securing enough votes in a tightly contested general elections, media reports said. Despite some early losses in Canada’s eastern provinces, the Liberals won in Atlantic Canada, Quebec and Ontario, giving[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Is Delhi a safe place to live? The unprecedented increase in crime, registered in the national capital, suggests that the city is gradually turning into Chicago, with cases of heinous crimes like rape and murder, almost double and triple of Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Bengaluru.[Read More…]
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Paris, Oct 22 (IANS) The Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralymic Games Paris 2024 has unveiled its new emblem. The new design brings together three iconic symbols connected to sport, the Games and France — the gold medal, the Olympic and Paralympic flames, and Marianne. International Olympic Committee Coordination[Read More…]
Dhaka, Oct 22 (IANS) Amidst the strike called by Bangladesh players, Naimur Rahman has said that he is ready to resign from his post of Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB) president. The Bangladesh cricketers went on strike on Monday, saying that they wouldn’t take part in any cricket activity[Read More…]
Lucknow, Oct 22 (IANS) As many as 23 shops and commercial enterprises in Lucknow were fined for keeping their business open on the voting day for bypolls in the Lucknow Cantt Assembly seat on Monday. The District Magistrate had ordered the closure of all shops and commercial establishments on Monday[Read More…]
Lucknow, Oct 22 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Police has decided to start the registration of senior citizens in the state in an attempt to ensure their safety and security. “We have decided to start registration of senior citizens. The cops will visit the houses of senior citizens in their area[Read More…]
Prayagraj, Oct 22 (IANS) Three members of a family were found dead inside their residence in Prayagraj, police said. The bodies of the 50-year-old Bal Govind Narain, who was a peon in the police department, his wife Chandravati (45) and son Sunil (28) were found by their younger son Bharat[Read More…]
Lucknow, Oct 22 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Special Investigation Team (SIT) is closing in on the killers of Hindu leader Kamlesh Tiwari. The Special Task Force (STF) which is working in close coordination with other agencies has seized the Innova car that the assailants had booked for travel from Palia[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The Economic Offences Wing FIR against the Singh Brothers in the Religare Group fraud case shows their chicanery and duplicity. It points out to how Modland, Platinum, Prius and ANR — entities controlled by Shivinder Mohan Singh (SMS) and Malvinder Mohan Singh (MMS) — acted[Read More…]
By Baidurjo Bhose New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The recent ICC board meetings might have been highlighted by Zimbabwes reinstatement in international cricket, but a major development that has shocked the Board of Control for Cricket in Indias (BCCI) new set of office bearers is the formation of a working[Read More…]
London, Oct 22 (IANS) Professional footballers have a three-and-a-half times higher chance of suffering from degenerative diseases such as dementia and Parkinsons, a study by the University of Glasgow has revealed. The study by academics at the Scottish university on Monday revealed the first major insights into lifelong health outcomes[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Harish Salve, perhaps Indias foremost constitutional lawyer, has said that its unlikely that the Supreme Court will hold the Modi governments treatment of Article 370 or the division and demotion of Jammu and Kashmir unconstitutional. In a 60-minute exclusive and comprehensive interview with Karan Thapar,[Read More…]
Cincinnati, Oct 22 (IANS) Premium American retailer Macy’s, Inc. will stop selling fur by the end of fiscal 2020, it announced in a statement. It added that it will continue to provide “great fashion” and value to their customers, and offer high-quality and fashionable faux fur alternatives. “Over the past[Read More…]
United Nations, Oct 22 (IANS) The UN Security Council has strongly condemned Friday’s terrorist attack inside a mosque in Afghanistan. According to Xinhua news agency, the members of the Security Council on Monday reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to[Read More…]
Damascus, Oct 22 (IANS) The US forces in Syria have moved more than 1,500 Islamic State (IS) women from Syria to Iraq since Turkey launched an assault in northern Syria on October 9, state news agency SANA reported. As the US forces are withdrawing from northern Syria in tandem with[Read More…]
