Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) A special court in Mumbai on Tuesday sent gangster Ravi Pujari brought here from Bengaluru, to police custody till March 9 in a 2016 firing case, officials said. Absconding since years, Pujari was extradited from the west African nation of Senegal in February 2020 and was[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Amid the hearing of contempt plea filed by CBI against former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar and others in Saradha chit fund scam, the West Bengal government told the Supreme Court that such cases become alive during elections. Assembly election in West Bengal is likely[Read More…]
Sydney, Feb 23 (IANS) It is “extremely unlikely” that SARS-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19, escaped from a lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan, a member of a World Health Organization (WHO) expert team sent to China on a Covid-19 origin-tracing mission said. “The most politically sensitive option we looked at[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The Defence Acquisition Council headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved capital acquisition proposals of various weapons and equipment including 118 Arjun tanks on Tuesday. “Three Acceptance of Necessities (AoNs) for an overall cost of Rs 13,700 crore were accorded,” the Ministry of Defence said.[Read More…]
Chennai, Feb 23 (IANS) Tamil Nadu government will soon come out with a new FinTech Policy to make Chennai a global hub for such enterprises, Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam said on Tuesday. “A new FinTech Policy is being finalised which will enable Chennai to develop as a global hub[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Feb 23 (IANS) Thousands of teachers, staff and heads of private schools across Karnataka on Tuesday staged a massive rally in the tech city against the state government’s recent order to reduce fees by 30 per cent due to the Covid-19 pandemic disrupting classes. “We have staged a rally[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Feb 23 (IANS) Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the United States, is experiencing a sharp decline in new Covid-19 cases as vaccination rollout continues, local health authorities said. The county’s Department of Public Health reported 943 new cases of Covid-19 and 21 related deaths in[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 23 (IANS) Around 92 CPM members in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday joined the BJP in the presence of Union ministers Prahlad Joshi and V. Muraleedharan, the lone Keralite in the Union Cabinet. Among those who joined the BJP included five women and local leader M. Prabhakaran, a former Kovalam[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Feb 23 (IANS) Actress, presenter and comedian Sue Perkins claims she often has conversations with ghosts. She adds that she also embraces them and gives them permission to stay on too but only if they are nice. “I am obsessed with ghosts. I think, ‘Embrace them, say hello[Read More…]
Seoul, Feb 23 (IANS) South Korean auto giant Hyundai Motor on Tuesday unveiled the IONIQ 5, the first model embedded with its own electric vehicle (EV) platform, as it strives to morph into a future mobility solutions provider. The IONIQ 5 midsize crossover utility vehicle is the first model equipped[Read More…]
New York, Feb 23 (IANS) Offering students more positive encouragement not only reduces disruptive classroom behaviour, but can improve students’ academic and social outcomes, say researchers. The findings, published in the Journal of Educational Psychology, indicated that a behaviour management intervention helped increase student engagement and boosted the teachers’ confidence[Read More…]
Chandigarh, Feb 23 (IANS) Amid growing concern over rising Covid-19 cases in Punjab, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday ordered restriction on indoor gathering to 100 and outdoor to 200 persons from March 1, along with strict enforcement of mask-wearing and social distancing, with testing to be ramped to 30,000[Read More…]
Bhopal, Feb 23 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel launched sarees with the temples of Khajuraho etched on them and woven by the weavers of the state’s Handicrafts Development Corporation at a programme organised at the Raj Bhavan. These sarees would soon be available in the market. Handicrafts Development Corporation[Read More…]
Chennai, Feb 23 (IANS) Moving towards clean and green fuel, Tamil Nadu will buy 12,000 new buses out of which 2,000 will be electric ones, Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam said on Tuesday. “Tamil Nadu is the first state in India to sign the Global C40 Clean Bus Declaration indicating[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) The John Abraham and Emraan Hashmi starrer Mumbai Saga was on Tuesday confirmed for theatrical release on March 19. The Sanjay Gupta directorial film boasts of an ensemble cast including Suniel Shetty, Mahesh Manjrekar, Kajal Aggarwal, Rohit Roy, Gulshan Grover, and Prateik Babbar. “JOHN ABRAHAM –[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) India Inc is likely to provide a salary hike of 7.7 per cent in 2021, indicating a strong economic recovery, said a survey on Tuesday. The study by global professional services firm Aon analysed data across 1,200 companies from more than 20 industries. About 88[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) India and Mauritius have signed a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) that provides an institutional mechanism to encourage and improve trade between the two countries. India decided to change its trading relationship with Mauritius after it found that the earlier double taxation avoidance[Read More…]
Chandigarh, Feb 23 (IANS) Delhi violence accused and gangster-activist Lakha Sidhana on Tuesday dared police to arrest him as he addressed a public rally he called in Punjab’s Bathinda as a show of strength and to express solidarity with those facing police action for supporting the cause of the protesting[Read More…]
Dehradun, Feb 23 (IANS) As the rescuers continue to find more bodies in the disaster-hit Chamoli district in Uttarkhand, the state government has initiated the procedures to declare the missing persons dead in the February 7 deluge on the lines of the calamitous floods in Kedarnath in 2013. The move[Read More…]
Kathmandu, Feb 23 (IANS) Co-chair of the Dahal-Nepal faction of ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Pushpa Kamal Dahal, on Tuesday stated that Supreme Court of Nepal will rule in favour of reinstatement of the House of Representatives (HoR). Speaking at a public event, Dahal expressed confidence that constitutional bodies will[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to climate activist Disha Ravi in the toolkit case, considering the “scanty and sketchy evidence on record”. “Considering the scanty and sketchy evidence on record, I do not find any palpable reason to breach the rule of bail[Read More…]
Kathmandu, Feb 23 (IANS) The Nepal Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar saw two back-to-back high level meetings on Tuesday. A meeting of the Nepal Cabinet was preceded by a sudden discussion of the members of the National Security Council of Nepal on Tuesday morning. At the meeting, the security[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) Malaika Arora on Tuesday shared a video featuring what she terms as her daily shenanigans. Malaika posted a clip on Instagram. In the video she is seen playing with a puppy. She dressed in a white tank top and black gym shorts, and she completes her[Read More…]
Lucknow, Feb 23 (IANS) Aparna Purohit, the country head of Amazon Prime that streamed controversial web series “Tandav”, recorded her statement at the Hazratganj police station here on Tuesday afternoon. Purohit got her statement recorded on the directives of the Allahabad High Court. A case had been filed by Additional[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) A 13-member Indian squad will travel to Cairo, Egypt for a shotgun World Cup that starts on February 24. It is the first World Cup event which the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is organising after nearly a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As[Read More…]
