Jaipur, Oct 2 (IANS) A high voltage political drama was witnessed at the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) office on Wednesday on the last day of filing nominations for its elections. Rameshwar Dudi, President of the Nagaur Cricket Association who was disqualified from participating in the polls on Tuesday, came to[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 2 (IANS) India began their campaign in the World Youth Chess Championship (WYCC) on a thumping note, with Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa, Woman Candidate Master Mrudul Dehankar and Woman International Master Divya Deshmukh scoring emphatic victories in Round 1 here on Wednesday. Fourteen-year-old prodigy Praggnanandhaa, who has opted to[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Sale of residential apartments declined across major cities of the country during the July-September quarter, according to an Anarock report . On a year-on-year basis, sales in the National Capital Region (NCR) declined 13 per cent during the period under review to 9,830 units, while[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Oct 2 (IANS) Calling for job creation and protecting the natural ecosystem to promote a sacred economy, Gandhians on Wednesday re-enacted Mahatma Gandhi’s famous ‘satyagraha’ here on his sesquicentennial. “By sacred economy, we mean a production system which creates maximum jobs with least investment and zero damage to the[Read More…]
Hyderabad, Oct 2 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday, their first meeting since they won second term in the state and at the Centre, respectively. KCR, as Rao is popularly known, will leave for the national capital on[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) From schoolchildren in Kazakhstan drawing pictures of Mahatma Gandhi, to Lebanon issuing a commemorative stamp on him, to walks for peace and tolerance held in many cities, the world paid tribute to Gandhi on his sesquicentennial in various ways. The Nobel Prize Foundation tweeted a[Read More…]
Amaravati, Oct 2 (IANS) Though Andhra Pradesh claims to be among the states to become Open Defecation Free, people feel that there is not much improvement in the situation on the ground. In fact, the southern state is said to have gone a step ahead to achieve ODF Plus. However,[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) With India gearing up to ban plastic, the Noida authority in its over enthusiasm declared that it will burn a Raavana effigy made of plastic waste on Dushera, only to issue a clarification later realizing the goof-up. “Noida will burn effigy of Ravana made from[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Three railway stations in Rajasthan — Jaipur, Jodhpur and Durgapura – have topped the list of the Railways’ cleanliness survey unveiled on Wednesday by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal here. Jaipur was placed at numero uno spot, followed by Jodhpur and Durgapura in the ranking of[Read More…]
New Delhi/Islamabad, Oct 2 (IANS) Rejecting arguments by Pakistan, the UK High Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of India in a 70-year-old legal dispute involving 35 million pounds that belonged to the seventh Nizam of Hyderabad during the state’s accession to India. In Wednesday’s judgment, the UK High Court[Read More…]
Jammu, Oct 2 (IANS) Registering their role in the Modi government’s major mass movement, the Border Security Force (BSF) dog squad participated in the “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” initiative at the Jammu Railway station and bus stop on Wednesday on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary. The dogs, carrying[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) India defender Rahul Bheke was on Wednesday ruled out of the FIFA World Cup qualifier against Bangladesh due to an injury, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said. “Owing to an injury, @RahulBheke will not be able to join the #BlueTigers’ preparatory camp before @FIFAWorldCup[Read More…]
By Nirbhay Kumar New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Flag carrier Air India has been hit by yet another incident involving its engineering unit. In the latest case, one of its CFM engines fell off while being installed on an Airbus 320 airplane with the damage estimated to be in several[Read More…]
Jaipur, Oct 2 (IANS) Seven railway stations in Rajasthan topped the charts in a cleanliness survey ranking in the top 10 category. This railways’ cleanliness survey was unveiled on Wednesday by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal. The railways issued a list of 720 railway stations out of which Jaipur stood on[Read More…]
Visakhapatnam, Oct 2 (IANS) Indian batsman Rohit Sharma grabbed the opportunity to open the innings for his team with both hands as he struck a brilliant century on the rain-hit opening day of the first Test against South Africa here on Wednesday. The right-hander said he was mentally ready for[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) India has topped the list of countries in terms of sending content removal requests to technology companies like Facebook, Twitter, Google, Microsoft and open encyclopaedia Wikimedia, revealed a study by Britain-based tech research firm Comparitech. The Chinese government, which is known for censoring online content,[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) The Tourism Ministry here on Wednesday banned the use of single-use plastics inside or within 100 meters of any monument. “The single-use plastics will not be allowed inside and within 100 metres of monuments,” said Union Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel during the launch Paryatan[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) The BJP went into a huddle on Wednesday evening once again to strategize for the Haryana assembly elections to be held later this month. Party President Amit Shah chaired the closed door meeting with other leaders at the party headquarters here on Wednesday. Narendra Singh[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, Oct 2 (IANS) After missing several deadlines, Odisha finally achieved 100 per cent Open Defecation Free (ODF) status, revealed data on Wednesday. As per data uploaded on the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) website, a total of 66,83,148 toilets have been constructed since October 2, 2014, an increase of 86.22[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) The Bar Council of India (BCI) here on Wednesday decided to hold a protest rally in November against the Centre’s decision to take away the BCI’s power to regulate legal education, and the Higher Education Commission of India (Repeal of University Grants Commission) Bill 2019.[Read More…]
Panaji, Oct 2 (IANS) Even as Goa continues to reel under multiple power failures, an ongoing tussle between the state power department and other state government agencies over non-payment of dues has forced Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to intervene. Sawant on Wednesday directed Power Minister Nilesh Cabral to restore power[Read More…]
Chandigarh, Oct 2 (IANS) Jailed former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala’s Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) on Wednesday announced its first list of 64 candidates for the October 21 Haryana Assembly elections. The list comprised 12 women candidates. Chautala’s youngest son Abhay Chautala is seeking re-election from Ellenabad. O.P.[Read More…]
New Delhi Oct 2 (IANS) As many as 95 per cent schools across 32 states and Union Territories have girls toilets, according to the School Education Quality Index (SEQI) developed by the NITI Aayog. As per the report for 2016-17, Assam and Meghalaya reported the lowest number of girls toilets[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Over a year after the lending major IL&FS started defaulting on its commmercial papers and the massive corporate rot came to the fore, the cash balance of the group stands at over Rs 5,300 crore. The one year progress report of resolution and restructuring of[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Priyanka Chopra Jonas is a leading actress, a singer and also a successful producer. But directing a film is something that makes her nervous. The former beauty queen made her Bollywood debut with “The Hero: Love Story of a Spy” in 2003 and gave remarkable[Read More…]
