Bengaluru, Aug 13 (IANS) As many as 365 tourists, including 100 from overseas, were rescued from the world famous Hampi heritage site in Karnataka, as heavy rains and flash floods stranded them over the last 2-3 days, an official said on Tuesday. “The Indian Air Force (IAF) crew airlifted the[Read More…]
Seoul, Aug 13 (IANS) A North Korean defector and her son were found dead in their home in Seoul, where they had been living in extreme poverty since 2009, the police said on Tuesday. The bodies of the 42-year-old woman and her six-year-old son were found without any apparent indications[Read More…]
Sydney, Aug 13 (IANS) While it is known that eating fast food is not good for health, researchers, including one of an Indian-origin, have found that areas with a higher number of fast food outlets record more heart attack cases. Published in the European Heart Journal, the findings also showed[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 13 (IANS) Indian markets on Tuesday sharply declined in line with sell-off in global markets after massive protests in Hong-Kong, heightened trade-tension between US and China and weakening of the Indian Rupee. Financial markets globally reacted to the risk posed to Hong Kong’s economy, home to global multi-national[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Urban India will be totally Open Defecation Free by October 2, 2019, exactly five years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Swachh Bharat campaign, Minister of State Hardeep Singh Puri said on Tuesday. Puri stated this while launching the Swachh Sarvekshan 2020, the fifth[Read More…]
By Arundhuti Banerjee Amritsar, Aug 13 (IANS) Popular comedian Bharti Singh feels humour comes naturally to her because she is an Amritsari. “Being an Amritsari, I think comedy comes naturally to me. I feel it is in my blood. I will continue to do comedy because, in this stressful life,[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The Executive Editor of the Kashmir Times, Anuradha Bhasin, on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking early hearing on her plea seeking relaxation of curbs on movement to media personnel and photojournalists to cover news in the Kashmir Valley. The top court directed Bhasin’s lawyers[Read More…]
London, Aug 13 (IANS) In a bid to support the Ruth Strauss Foundation for spreading awareness about lung cancer, the players of both England and Australia will wear red caps while their jersey numbers will also be written in the same colour during the second Ashes Test at the Lord’s[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to pass any interim or immediate order on lifting of restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir, including restoring communication services, and said the Centre was free to take a call on the curbs given the sensitivity of the situation. An[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) An upcoming exhibition here will present rare reproductions of Jaipur’s Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh II’s early engagement with photography as India’s first known photographer-king. The show titled “A Reflective Oeuvre” will open at the Art Heritage gallery here, in collaboration with Maharaja Sawai Man Singh[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 13 (IANS) Maharashtra will seek assistance of Rs 6,813 crore from the Centre to tackle the flood crisis in the state, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here on Tuesday. This would include Rs 4,708 crore for the worst-hit Sangli, Kolhapur and Satara districts, and Rs 2,105 crore for[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The government has initiated the second step for disinvestment of Pawan Hans Limited (PHL), inviting expression of interest from the prospective bidders to sell its stake in the helicopter PSU. The Centre is planning to exit Pawan Hans by selling its 51 per cent stake[Read More…]
San Francisco, Aug 13 (IANS) Popular publication Teen Vogue faced the wrath of social media users after it posted a Snapchat story instructing pregnant teenagers how to obtain abortions irrespective of their parents’ belief. Teen Vogue’s Snapchat story was featured on the app’s Discovery page, which is a section for[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party, which did not win any seat in the Sikkim Assembly election, has become the main opposition party after 10 of the 13 MLAs of the Sikkim Democratic Front — which ruled the northeastern state for 25 years — joined the saffron[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The Congress’ decision to ask Sonia Gandhi to take over as interim president shows the “political leadership bankruptcy” in the party, said a former head of the AICC legal cell. Lalit Bhasin, President, The Bar Association of India, and former Chairman-AICC Legal Cell, in a[Read More…]
New York, Aug 13 (IANS) While the popularity of hookah (tobacco pipe) has increased in recent years, researchers say it may be more dangerous than other forms of smoking tobacco. Using a custom-built testing device, the researchers analysed emissions during a typical hookah session and found that one draw from[Read More…]
By Arul Louis New York, Aug 13 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has “made it clear” that his offer to mediate between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir dispute is “not on the table any more”, India’s Ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said. Speaking on Fox News[Read More…]
Vladivostok (Russia), Aug 13 (IANS) Representatives of leading media outlets and industry-related organisations of Russia and China will meet here on September 3 to discuss various aspects concerning the media, including collaborations. The discussions will take place under the framework of 5th Russia-China Media Forum to be held on the[Read More…]
Sharjah, Aug 13 (IANS) An Indian expat in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has made a desperate plea to the community to help find his wife who has been missing for the last 65 days from their home here. Rohini Perera, who is mentally unstable and mother of five children,[Read More…]
London, Aug 13 (IANS) Former Australia pacer Mitchell Johnson wants to make a change to Australias playing XI for the second Ashes Test, slated to start at the Lord’s on Wednesday. Johnson said he would opt for Mitchell Starc instead of James Pattinson for the clash. The slope at the[Read More…]
Agartala, Aug 13 (IANS) Eighty-eight members of the banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), on Tuesday, surrendered to Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, three days after signing a tri-partite agreement in New Delhi with the Centre and the Tripura government. Accompanied by their 125 family members, NLFT members[Read More…]
Madrid, Aug 13 (IANS) Atletico Madrid forward Diego Costa has injured his left thigh during a friendly against Juventus in Sweden, the La Liga side announced on Tuesday. The 30-year-old Spaniard of Brazilian descent was replaced by Ivan Saponjic after he felt a muscle pain in the 90th minute of[Read More…]
Kochi, Aug 13 (IANS) For the second time in a week, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday refused to stay the bail granted to IAS officer Sreeram Venkitaraman in a road accident case in which a young journalist was killed, even as it slammed the manner in which the police[Read More…]
Jaipur, Aug 13 (IANS) Five people have been arrested and sent to judicial custody for gang-raping a pregnant woman in Rajasthan’s Banswara district due to which the victim suffered a miscarriage, police said on Tuesday. According to police official Babulal Morariya of Sadar Thana, Banswara, “The woman was gang-raped by[Read More…]
Unnao, Aug 13 (IANS) A BJP leader and two others were on Tuesday injured in a blast which took place after a gas cylinder was thrown off a truck as it caught fire here in Uttar Pradesh. According to reports, BJP district President Shrikant Gautam and two others were going[Read More…]