New York, Aug 27 (IANS) Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi met the President of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Maria Fernanda Espinosa in New York on Monday and briefed her on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. According to reports in the Pakistani media, Lodhi told[Read More…]
Guwahati, Aug 27 (IANS) The people in Assam excluded from the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) spent Rs 7,836 crore for the hearings and many have been so economically crippled that they will not be able to challenge their exclusion before the Foreigners’ Tribunals, New Delhi-based Rights and Risks[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday slammed the BJP government over the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) transferring Rs 1.76 lakh crore in dividend and surplus reserves to the government and asked it to release a white paper within a week on the economy. Addressing a press[Read More…]
Amaravati, Aug 27 (IANS) The Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh will not go ahead with the proposed ‘iconic’ bridge across the Krishna river, throwing another indication that its plans for the new capital Amaravati will not be as ostentatious as envisaged by former chief minister Chandrababu Naidu.[Read More…]
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Mumbai, Aug 27 (IANS) Actor Vicky Kaushal, who appreas in the music video of Arijit Singh’s new non-film single, “Pachtaaogay”, says that, unlike in the video, he has never had any sort of drama in his real-life relationship where he had to suffer. “Pachtaaogay”, which has garnered over 34 million[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Aiming to heat up the Indian smartphone market, Hong Kong-based TRANSSION Holdings’ subsidiary TECNO Mobile on Tuesday released a video teasing the launch of its new series of smartphones. According to industry sources, company’s third global productline would be called ‘SPARK’ and one of the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) India has set a target to restore in the next 10 years 50 lakh hectares of land affected by desertification or degradation, Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar announced on Tuesday. “The process will be carried out by adopting the landscape[Read More…]
Dharamshala, Aug 27 (IANS) Brushing aside concerns about his health, the Dalai Lama, 84, has assured his followers, especially Tibetans, that he is in the best of health and will live to be 110 years old. A video of his address to members of the Minnesota Tibetan Association at the[Read More…]
By Sanjay Kaushik As a debate rages on over the floating idea of linking Facebook accounts to Aadhaar, it is time we ponder if this is the only option or there are other better solutions that could not just secure the digital and social media lives of citizens but also[Read More…]
Beijing, Aug 27 (IANS) Beijing on Tuesday criticized a joint statement by Group of Seven (G7) leaders issued at the conclusion of their summit in France in which they underlined the existence and importance of the 1984 agreement between China and the UK that laid the foundations for Hong Kong’s[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 27 (IANS) State chief of the Congress in Kerala Mullapally Ramachandran on Tuesday said that the party will serve a notice to Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor for his statements praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “At the moment Shashi is travelling abroad and once he returns, we[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) has decided to rename the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium as the Arun Jaitley Stadium after the former DDCA President and BCCI Vice-President. The ceremony to rename the historic stadium will be done on September 12 while a stand[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking direction to allow construction of a Guru Ravidas temple in the Tughlaqabad forest area here where it was demolished. The petition was filed by Ashok Tanwar, President of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee and[Read More…]
New York, Aug 27 (IANS) Despite defeating Maria Sharapova in the US Open women’s singles first-round clash, No. 8 seed Serena Williams has said her opponent has the skill to fight till her last breath. On Monday, Serena emerged victorious over long-time rival Maria Sharapova, defeating the Russian player 6-1,[Read More…]
Canberra/Beijing, Aug 27 (IANS) An Australian writer of Chinese origin has been arrested on suspicion of espionage in China, where he has been detained since the beginning of the year, officials said on Tuesday. Yang Hengjun, a former Chinese Foreign Ministry official, was detained in Guangzhou in January during a[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) and Delhi Police have begun an investigation against a now former BSF pilot who allegedly faked emails of his senior in a bid to fly the aircraft of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. A complaint has been registered against retired[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Aug 27 (IANS) Pop singer Miley Cyrus received a sweet caress from Kaitlynn Carter before taking the stage to sing “Slide away” at the MTV VMAs. The performance, the pop star has said, left her “incredibly emotional”. Carter laid a reassuring hand on the head of her rumoured[Read More…]
Kolkata, Aug 27 (IANS) A day after his arrest from Bihar’s Gaya district, top Indian functionary of Bangladesh-based terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) Ejaz Ahmad was brought to Kolkata by the city police on Tuesday. The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police on Monday arrested Ahmad from Pathantoli village in[Read More…]
Abu Dhabi, Aug 27 (IANS) Women occupy pride of place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), contributing majorly to the Gulf country’s economy, political and social sectors, with their numbers exceeding that of men in many spheres. The UAE will celebrate on Wednesday the annual Emirati Women’s Day — which[Read More…]
Leeds, Aug 27 (IANS) England’s Ben Stokes, who played a brilliant innings at Headingley to guide his team to an unbelievable win against Australia in the third Ashes Test, has moved to the second spot in ICC Rankings for Test all-rounders. Stokes, who scored a match-winning 135 not out in[Read More…]
Chennai, Aug 27 (IANS) An army jawan committed suicide after shooting his senior inside the military camp at Pallavaram here on Tuesday morning, according to the police. Chennai Police said the jawan, Jagsheer, and the havildar, Praveen Kumar Joshi, used to have frequent arguments over the former reporting late for[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) India has set a target to make fertile over the next 10 years 50 lakh hectares of land affected by desertification or degradation, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar announced on Tuesday. “The process will be carried out by adopting the[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 27 (IANS) The transfer of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) surplus will only give marginal relief, while risk to the fiscal remains on account of the expected shortfall in Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenues, Kotak Equities said on Tuesday. Another analyst firm, IDFC AMC, is of the[Read More…]
Aizawl, Aug 27 (IANS) To further tighten vigil along the frontiers, the border guards of India and Bangladesh will conduct joint patrolling and set up more Border Out Posts (BOPs) along the unfenced borders in Mizoram, a BSF official said on Tuesday. The decision was taken at a meeting of[Read More…]
