United Nations, Sep 29 (IANS) Cuba denounced in the United Nations the baseness and rottenness of the US government of President Donald Trump, with fierce criticism of the hardening of Washington’s policies against the island and against the Venezuelan executive branch headed by Nicolas Maduro. In the past year the[Read More…]
Hong Kong, Sep 29 (IANS) Radical protesters blocked roads and threw petrol bombs outside the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government offices on Saturday evening. At least one person was assaulted by black-clad men until his face was bleeding. Hong Kong police deployed water cannons and fired pepper spray[Read More…]
United Nations, Sep 29 (IANS) The newly formed Constitutional Committee in Syria has been authorized to draft a new constitution for the war-torn country, according to its terms of reference, which have been agreed on by the government and opposition. “The Constitutional Committee may review the 2012 Constitution (of Syria),[Read More…]
New York, Sep 29 (IANS) US stocks finished the week on a downbeat note, as the market was weighed by a series of mixed economic releases that point to the health of the US economy and Wall Street assessed the possible impact of an impeachment investigation against US President Donald[Read More…]
Sanaa, Sep 29 (IANS) The Houthi Shite rebels announced they had captured “a large number” of Saudi military, including senior officials, during a three-month-long operation in the southern Saudi region of Najran on the border with Yemen. The operation resulted in “the fall of three military brigades of the entire[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Sep 29 (IANS) Actress Elle Fanning says women are expected to be “super jealous” in Hollywood. In an interview to Tatler magazine, Fanning said women are told to pit themselves against one another in Hollywood, reports femalefirst.co.uk. “There is a stigma placed on women in any workplace, especially[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Sep 29 (IANS) Actress Sarah Jessica Parker says the key to her “strong” marriage with actor Matthew Broderick is not talking about their life together. “We’ve grown. We have a family, we have children, we have friends that have passed away, we have relationships… We don’t talk about[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Once a bureaucrat, it is said, always a bureaucrat. Naresh Chandra Saxena, a topper of the 1984 Civil Services Examination and who retired as Secretary, Planning Commission (Niti Aayog in its new avatar), proved this in no small measure at the launch of his book[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) 21-year-old Vishal Sonkar, who just won the second season of the dance reality TV show “Dance Deewane”, says he wants to become one of the big choreographers, and has a dream to choreograph Bollywood’s dancing diva Madhuri Dixit Nenne in future. “This is just the[Read More…]
By Sanjeev Kumar Singh Chauhan New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) The spurt in crime in Delhi, particularly the open use of firearms, was mainly because of the police inaction and lack of pro-active policing, said former Delhi Police Commissioner Ajai Raj Sharma, in an interview with IANS. “Recent incidents, like[Read More…]
Mumbai, Sep 28 (IANS) As the crisis arising out of former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s resignation as MLA subsided, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) demanded to know when the Enforcement Directorate (ED) would take action against other politicians on the board of Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank where a scam[Read More…]
Panchkula, Sep 29 (IANS) Gujarat Fortunegiants thrashed Tamil Thalaivas 50-21 in a Pro Kabaddi League Season 7 contest at the Tau Devi Lal stadium here on Saturday. Sonu Jaglan (15 points) and Rohit Gulia (11 points) secured Super 10s for Fortunegiants as Tamil Thalaivas once again failed to impress on[Read More…]
Jaipur, Sep 28 (IANS) Sumrath Singh has been appointed as the new President of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Rajasthan. While Sumrath Singh will replace Sitaram Meghwal as the Rajasthan BSP chief, Hansraaj Meena has been appointed as the new Vice President of the party in the state, BSP[Read More…]
Kolkata, Sep 28 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) working president J.P. Nadda here on Saturday performed a mass prayer — tarpan, a Hindu ritual — for 80 party activists and supporters killed in violence in the recent years in a significant multi-pronged strategy to pander to Hundutva and Bengali sentiments[Read More…]
Doha, Sep 28 (IANS) The Indian mixed 4x400m relay team qualified for the final at the World Athletics Championships by finishing third in the heat here on Saturday. The team comprising Mohammad Anas, V.K. Vismaya, Jisna Mathew and Noah Nirmal Tom clocked 3:16.14 to finish third behind Poland and Brazil.[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Automobile manufacturer MG Motor India will re-open bookings for its SUV Hector on September 29 for a limited period. Launched on June 27, the SUV garnered over 28,000 bookings within six weeks, forcing the carmaker to temporarily close bookings and ramp up production at its[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) of the BCCI comprising Kapil Dev, Anshuman Gaekwad and Shantha Rangaswamy has been served a notice by Ethics Officer D.K. Jain after Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) life member Sanjiv Gupta levelled allegations of conflict of interest against the trio.[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Another Rahul Gandhi appointee has been replaced by nominee of Old Guards. Congress Social Media Head Divya Spandana has been replaced by Rohan Gupta here on Satyurday. The move comes just ahead of crucial state assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana to be held on[Read More…]
Surat, Sep 28 (IANS) India on Saturday named an unchanged squad for the 4th and 5th women’s T20 international against South Africa to be played here on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively. India lead the five-match series 1-0 after winning the first game by 11 runs, while the second contest was[Read More…]
Antwerp (Belgium), Sep 28 (IANS) The Indian men’s hockey team produced a masterful performance to beat World No. 8 Spain 6-1 in their second match of the Tour of Belgium in Antwerp on Saturday. A brace by Harmanpreet Singh (28′, 32′) along with goals from Manpreet Singh (24′), Nilakanta Sharma[Read More…]
New Delhi Sep 28 (IANS) On his return to India after a week-long visit to the US, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled the cross-border surgical strikes of 2016 and hailed the special forces who carried out the highly risky operation on this day three years back targeting terror camps in[Read More…]
Gurugram, Sep 28 (IANS) City police on Saturday arrested a relative of gangster Kaushal in connection with four criminal cases including two murders. The accused, identified as Sanjeet Kumar, allegedly committed all crimes on Kaushal’s direction. He was allegedly involved in murder of one property dealer Jaydev alias JD, a[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s week-long visit to the US was extremely successful, with his focus on the big picture as he very subtly made a case for India’s global leadership, former diplomats and analysts have said. The Prime Minister conveyed to the US polity India’s[Read More…]
Chandigarh, Sep 28 (IANS) Even as he thanked Union Home Minister Amit Shah for accepting the state government’s proposal to grant special remission to nine Sikh prisoners across the country to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday announced his government’s[Read More…]
By Sanjeev Kumar Singh Chauhan New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) To arrest the rising graph of street crimes, the Delhi Traffic Police have launched a special drive to check bikers at key points, including crime hot-spots. They would be accompanied by armed zonal officers to tackle gun-wielding criminals. Since the[Read More…]
