Bengaluru, Oct 1 (IANS) Karnataka’s ruling BJP won the Bengaluru mayoral election, defeating Congress with the support of Independents, an official said on Tuesday. “BJP Corporator M. Goutham Kumar got elected as the 53rd Mayor of Bengaluru, defeating Congress rival R.S. Sathyanarayana by 14 votes in the mayoral election held[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to Citizen Whistle Blowers Forum over a perjury application filed by Indiabulls, and asked it to file its response by October 24. The company has said in its application that the statements mentioned in the forum’s petition[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Expanding its immersive audio equipment category, US-based audio equipment major Skullcandy Inc on Tuesday launched its ‘Crusher ANC’ headphones in India for Rs 24,999. The headphones feature ‘Skullcandy Sensory Bass’, ‘Active Noise Cancellation’ and personal sound and are aimed to take listeners deeper into their[Read More…]
By Baidurjo Bhose New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) India all-rounder Hardik Pandya is set to leave for UK on Wednesday as he will get his back checked by the same doctor who treated him during India’s tour of England in 2018 and the 2019 World Cup. This will be his[Read More…]
Kolkata, Oct 1 (IANS) Accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of ‘misleading’ the people on NRC, Union Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday asserted that all Hindu refugees, as also Sikhs, Christians, Jains and Buddhists will be given permanent citizenship by passing the Citizenship Amendment Bill[Read More…]
New Delhi Oct 1 (IANS) The BJP-led NDA’s strength in the Rajya Sabha is set to increase by at least one after the October 16 by-elections for two seats which fell vacant due to the demise of former Union Ministers Arun Jaitley and Ram Jethmalani recently. While Jaitley’s seat from[Read More…]
Hong Kong, Oct 1 (IANS) A protester was shot in Hong Kong on Tuesday as huge crowds participated in demonstrations here on the 70th anniversary of communist rule in China that began peacefully but spiralled into the worst violence of the four-month old protest movement. The protester was shot when[Read More…]
By Baidurjo Bhose New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) India all-rounder Hardik Pandya is set to leave for UK on Wednesday as he will get his bag checked by the same doctor who treated him during India’s tour of England in 2018 and the 2019 World Cup. This will be his[Read More…]
Islamabad, Oct 1 (IANS) Pakistan recorded a total 18.16 per cent surge in the inflation rate in just one week on September 26. Reports in the Pakistani media said that prices of 21 goods surged this week, including clarified butter, wheat floor, edible oil, milk, rice and egg. Eight goods[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 1 (IANS) Before the first-ever NBA India Games between Indiana Pacers and Sacramento Kings take place here on Friday and Saturday, a host of activities have been lined up to develop the sport in the country. On Thursday, NBA Cares, which is the league’s global social responsibility program[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 1 (IANS) Spanish football club Cadiz CF, which is a part of the Segunda Division, LaLiga SmartBank, conducted trials for the second time in Mumbai to give Indian students a chance to win a full scholarship to visit Spain and get football training there. The trials were hosted[Read More…]
Islamabad, Oct 1 (IANS) Seven people were killed and 11 others injured in separate incidents of roof collapse due to torrential rains in Pakistan’s Punjab and northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provinces on Tuesday, the media reported. Two people were killed and seven others injured when a residential building collapsed in[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Oct 1 (IANS) BJP corporator M. Goutham Kumar was on Tuesday elected as the 53rd Mayor of Bengaluru. Goutham Kumar defeating his Congress rival R.S. Sathyanarayana in the election held at the civic corporation office here, an official told IANS. –IANS fb/vd
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 1 (IANS) Ahead of crucial five assembly by-elections to be held on October 21, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala lost its star campaigner in two-time former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who, on Tuesday morning left to the United States for medical treatment of a throat[Read More…]
Visakhapatnam, Oct 1 (IANS) India captain Virat Kohli has a chance of joining batting legends Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid when India begin their three-Test series against South Africa on Wednesday here with the first rubber. Till date, only Tendulkar, Dravid and Sehwag have scored 1000 or more[Read More…]
Visakhapatnam, Oct 1 (IANS) South African captain Faf du Plessis has indicated that the visitors are also in a position to exploit the conditions if India dish out rank turners during their Test series in the country. The Proteas are set to play three Test matches, the first of which[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 1 (IANS) Allaying fears of a crisis in the country’s banking system, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday said that Indian banking system is safe and stable and there is not need to panic on “rumours”. The statement comes against the backdrop of the revelation of[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday reported a 24.4 per cent decline in its total vehicle sales, including exports, during September 2019 on a year-on-year (YoY) basis. A total of 122,640 units, including exports, were sold last month, compared to 162,290 vehicles in September 2018, Maruti[Read More…]
Havana (Cuba), Oct 1 (IANS) Mo Farah’s former athletics coach, Alberto Salazar, was on Tuesday suspended from the sport for four years after being found guilty of doping violations. According to a BBC report, a four-year investigation by the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) and a two-year court battle behind closed[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The CBI on Tuesday searched 11 locations in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in connection with illegal sand mining leases given in the Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur, the agency said. Separate Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) teams conducted simultaneous raids at these locations including in Saharanpur, Dehradun[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 1 (IANS) The IDBI Bank on Tuesday introduced repo-linked lending and bulk deposit rates, meeting the RBI deadline. The IDBI Bank has decided to adopt the Reserve Bank of India’s policy repo rate as an external benchmark. Accordingly, all floating rate retail and MSE loans will be linked[Read More…]
Chennai, Oct 1 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday announced that it has directed all blood banks in the state to use the blood donation feature on Facebook to reach out to the voluntary donors. The government feels social media can help to create awareness and enable voluntary blood[Read More…]
Jammu, Oct 1 (IANS) BSF Sub-Inspector Paritosh Mondal’s body was found by Pakistan Rangers in their territory early on Tuesday, three days after he went missing from the International Boundary in Jammu and Kashmir while on operational duty, a BSF statement said. Mondal, a resident of West Bengal’s Nadia, had[Read More…]
Islamabad, Oct 1 (IANS) Security of Pakistan’s former President Asif Ali Zardari, currently lodged in Adiala Jail in corruption cases, had been tightened after a threat of terrorist attack on him, Pakistan media reported on Tuesday. According to intelligence inputs received by security agencies, Zardari may be attacked by terrorists[Read More…]
Karachi, Oct 1 (IANS) It was after nearly 10 years that an international 50-over match was being played in this city. However, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had to face embarrassment as one of the six floodlights at the National Stadium malfunctioned twice leading to interruptions in the game when[Read More…]
