Hyderabad, Oct 17 (IANS) The indefinite strike by employees of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) entered the 13th day on Thursday as no end appears in sight to the impasse despite High Court directions to both the government and employees to find a negotiated settlement. With no invitation from[Read More…]
San Francisco, Oct 17 (IANS) Just days before the slated arrival of “The Laundromat” on Netflix, the law firm at the centre of Panama Papers, portrayed in the movie have filed a defamation action against the streaming giant and are trying to prevent the film’s release. The Steven Soderbergh film[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) The National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) on Thursday submitted a revised proposal to complete the stalled projects of Jaypee Infratech. The proposal was later handed back to the NBCC counsel. The homebuyers’ counsel urged the top court to share a copy of the NBCC proposal[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Wishes poured in on social media for legendary Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble who turned 49 on Wednesday. Former Indian opener and current Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker Gautam Gambhir termed Kumble the biggest match-winner for the country and tweeted: “Birthday wishes to India’s greatest match-winner Anil[Read More…]
San Francisco, Oct 17 (IANS) The US based search engine giant Google has quietly retired its AI-powered camera product ‘Google Clips’, because the actual product listing has been removed from the companys online store. Google Clips was launched in 2017 for $249. It features a 12-megapixel sensor, 130-degree field-of-view lens[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Some 1,169 candidates are in the fray for the 90 seats in the Haryana Assembly elections scheduled for October 21. The main contest is between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has set a target of winning 75 seats for itself riding[Read More…]
By Arul Louis New York, Oct 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s sudden decision to withdraw troops from Syria has sown a whirlwind of chaos cutting a swath across the Middle East, Europe, NATO and at home in the US. Conceived in the heat of the impeachment inquiry moving into[Read More…]
Dehradun, Oct 17 (IANS) After the Uttarakhand High Court banned the practice of using red chillies and chilli bombs to drive away the elephants, the local people are at their wit’s end now. Sackfuls of chilli powder and chilli bombs were used by people living on the outskirts of the[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 17 (IANS) The Deaf Cricket Society (DCS), India’s team will be participating in the Deaf International Cricket Series 2019 at Kroonstad, South Africa, on the invitation of Deaf Cricket South Africa. The tournament consisting of two T20s and three ODIs will be played from November 24 to December[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Oct 17 (IANS) After being offered a role in “The Batman”, actor Jonah Hill has moved on from the project. Why exactly Hill is passing the role is currently unknown. Insiders told variety.com that when the news was initially reported, it was very early in the negotiations and[Read More…]
Dehradun, Oct 17 (IANS) After the Uttarakhand High Court banned the practice of using red chillies and chilly bombs to drive away the elephants, the local people are at their wit’s end now. Sackfuls of chilli powder and chilly bombs were used by people living on the outskirts of the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Chinese smartphone maker OPPO which doled out Rs 300 crore worth unique offers on its smartphone portfolio during the first wave of festive sales has paid off well and the company has witnessed an overwhelming response, Sumit Walia, VP, Product and Marketing, OPPO India, said[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Oct 17 (IANS) Director Robert Eggers next film “The Northman” has cast two leads Nicole Kidman and Alexander Skarsgard. The movie is described as a Viking revenge saga set in Iceland at the turn of the 10th century. In talks to join Kidman and Skarsgard are “The Witch’s”[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) The MiG 29 fighter aircraft of Indian Air Force (IAF) will be flying alongside the Eurofighter Typhoon and F-16 in India’s bilateral air exercise with Oman which kicked off on Thursday. According to the IAF, this is the first occasion that the MiG 29 will[Read More…]
St. John’s (Antigua), Oct 17 (IANS) Former West Indies batsman Gus Logie has been appointed as the interim head coach of the women’s national team. Gus Logie, who played 52 Tests and 158 ODIs, will take over the duties from Henderson Springer, who will continue to assist coaching education programs[Read More…]
Washington, Oct 17 (IANS) Twitter has told California Senator and Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris that it will not suspend US President Donald Trump’s account. In a letter sent to the Harris presidential campaign, Twitter refused to entertain Harris’ request who asked Twitter to suspend Trump’s account for attacking lawmakers[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 17 (IANS) Healthy inflow of Foreign Institutional Investment and supportive global markets aided the Indian market to start in the green on Thursday. The benchmark Sensex opened at 38,647.44, higher from its previous close of 38,598.99. At 9.58 a.m., the Sensex was up 49.50 points at 38,648.49 while[Read More…]
Rae Bareli, Oct 17 (IANS) A POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli has created a new record by convicting a rape accused and awarding life sentence to him in a span of 10 working days. Special judge (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act) Vijay Pal convicted 30-year-old accused[Read More…]
London, Oct 17 (IANS) Ravi Bopara has ended his 18-year-old association with English County club Essex to join Sussex. Announcing the move in a post on Twitter, Bopara on Wednesday paid tribute to his Essex team-mates and fans, in particular his “best friend” Ryan Ten Doeschate, the club captain alongside[Read More…]
Ayodhya, Oct 17 (IANS) Plaintiff Iqbal Ansari has said that he would accept the Supreme Court decision in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit and would not file any petition challenging the verdict. Iqbal Ansari, whose father Hashim Ansari was the oldest litigant in the Babri case, said he is[Read More…]
Washington, Oct 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has threatened that Ankara will face “devastating” sanctions if high-level discussions between the two sides do not “work it out”. “I think they’ll have a successful meeting,” Trump said on Wednesday at the White House in a joint press conference with visiting[Read More…]
Hapur (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 17 (IANS) “More than 10 policemen were beating up my father. They gave him electric shocks and also stabbed him with screwdrivers. The policemen were also drinking alcohol and they denied water to my father who was crying in pain. I was given a packet of[Read More…]
Barcelona, Oct 17 (IANS) Lionel Messi, star striker of FC Barcelona, has won the 2018/19 European Golden Shoe award, the sixth of his illustrious career and the third consecutively. The star striker scored a total of 36 goals in 34 games last season in the league and helped Barca to[Read More…]
Washington, Oct 17 (IANS) American, British and South Korean officials announced at a news briefing here on Wednesday that they have busted one of the worlds largest child sexual exploitation networks. An analysis of a server, seized by South Korean authorities, revealed that the website had more than one million[Read More…]
Hong Kong, Oct 17 (IANS) The leader of one of Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy groups, Jimmy Sham was attacked with hammers. Photographs on social media showed Jimmy Sham of the Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF) lying in the street, covered in blood, the BBC reported on Thursday. Afterwards, the activist[Read More…]
