New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday rejected a plea by fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi that he should be questioned in Antigua because of his health condition and said it can arrange air ambulance with medical experts to bring him back to India for interrogation in[Read More…]
Shimla, June 22 (IANS) Former Deputy Prime Minister and veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani, accompanied by his daughter and other family members, on Saturday arrived here on a seven-day private visit to Himachal Pradesh. On his arrival at the Annadale helipad, he was received by state Irrigation and Public Health[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Lifting the look of your house can be easy with a change or two in soft furnishings. Play around with a rug or throw in cushions to style it well, suggest experts. Rashi, Founder, Carpet Couture, has the following tips to share: * Style the[Read More…]
Bengaluru, June 22 (IANS) Renewing legacy systems but discarding legacy mindsets, India’s global software major Infosys is relying on automation for digital transformation of their clients’ business, Chairman Nandan Nilekani said on Saturday. “We are relying on extreme automation to free up our people to focus more on solving client[Read More…]
Abu Dhabi, June 22 (IANS) The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of the United Arab Emirates has asked registered air operators to reroute their flights after Iran shot down a US reconnaissance drone over the Strait of Hormuz. Given the current regional developments and as a precautionary measure, the UAE-registered[Read More…]
Patna, June 22 (IANS) An investigation was ordered on Saturday after remains of human skeletons were recovered from the government-run Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur, where 108 children have died due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome and over 100 children are still being treated, officials said.[Read More…]
Bhopal, June 22 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath underwent a finger surgery at the government-run Hamidia Hospital, here on Saturday. According to a statement by the Chief Minister’s Office, Kamal Nath was suffering from stiff finger condition in his right hand for some time and that’s why he[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Actress Monalisa loves to tap the power of digital media to connect with fans. The actress, who features in TV show “Nazar” and was also a contestant on “Bigg Boss 10”, is determined to win Vigo video app’s ‘Fan Power’ campaign. The app is leveraging[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) #DontSayBhangi, a petition unveiled on the social media by the team of Ayushmann Khurrana-starrer “Article 15” to urge people to stop casual usage of the word ‘bhangi’, has been signed by over 62,000 people. The petition on change.org was was launched a week ago. It describes[Read More…]
Bangkok, June 22 (IANS) A year after they found themselves trapped for over two weeks inside a cave in northern Thailand, 12 boys from a youth soccer team and their coach are still grappling with their new-found fame after their harrowing rescue operation captured the world’s attention and changed their[Read More…]
Sonepat, June 22 (IANS) Eight men and six women teams will be competing in the UTT National Ranking (North Zone) Table Tennis Championships, starting at the DPS school from Sunday. It took nearly four decades and some deliberations for TTFI to reintroduce team championships in zonal events. It is an[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap says when “Gangs Of Wasseypur” released on this day seven years ago, his life got “ruined”. June 22, 2012 was when the first instalment of the two-part “Gangs of Wasseypur” released. It is a cult film that revolves around a gangster who clashes[Read More…]
Gurugram, June 22 (IANS) The lawyer who shot himself after killing Uttar Pradesh Bar Council President Darvesh Singh Yadav in Agra court died in a Gurugram hospital on Saturday. Manish Sharma was shifted to Medanta hospital. He was in coma and was kept on a ventilator. He was declared dead[Read More…]
Hangzhou (China), June 22 (IANS) Traditional ways of sewing that rely on human hands or sewing machines may undergo a drastic change, as researchers in eastern China’s Zhejiang province have created a 3D sewing robotic arm. The robotic arm can quickly scan pieces of cloth with a laser scanner, sew[Read More…]
Dehradun, June 22 (IANS) National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval on Saturday was given a traditional welcome at his native village Gheedi in Pauri district of Uttarakhand. Doval was in the village to offer prayers to his family deity, Bal Kunwari Devi. Accompanied by his wife and son, Doval arrived[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) have signed an MoU for close collaboration on human rights issues through internships, fellowships, researcher mobility programmes, joint research, joint workshops, collaborative summer/winter courses for emerging scholars, students and staff and collaborative executive education[Read More…]
Shimla, June 22 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Justice V. Ramasubramanian was administered the oath of office by Governor Acharya Devvrat at a simple but an impressive ceremony here. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, his cabinet colleagues, high court judges and senior government functionaries attended the oath-taking ceremony. The ceremony took[Read More…]
London, June 22 (IANS) Coming into the 2019 edition of the World Cup, England were considered one of the favourites to lift the title. But after their loss to Sri Lanka in their last game on Friday, Eoin Morgan and boys need to win two of their last three games[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) A security personnel strictly followed protocol by asking Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone for her identity proof at the entry point of the airport here. In a video doing the rounds on social media, Deepika was seen entering the airport, and an airport security staff member called[Read More…]
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) A three-member BJP delegation on Saturday visited violence-hit Bhatpara in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district where two persons were shot dead during a clash on Thursday, and demanded a probe into the killings even as it accused the state police of opening fire on innocent[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) “Suno”, a new short film featuring Sumeet Vyas and Amrita Puri as a married couple, raises some disturbing but important questions about drawing the line in relationships. Written and directed by Shubham Yogi, “Suno” released on Terribly Tiny Talkies’ (TTT) YouTube channel on Saturday. It’s a[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday said it had a registered a case against arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari, officials of Swiss company Pilatus Aircrafts Ltd and some unknown officials of the Indian Air Force and the Defence Ministry in the 2009 trainer aircraft[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) While many called Sri Lanka’s win over England at Headingley on Friday as one of the biggest upsets of the 2019 World Cup, former India opener Virender Sehwag feels that it has made the showpiece event more lively and interesting. Sri Lanka beat England by[Read More…]
Washington, June 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has dismissed allegations that he raped a woman in a dressing room of an upscale Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s, terming it “fiction”. E. Jean Carroll, 75, a television show host and magazine columnist, made the accusation in an essay published[Read More…]
Srinagar, June 22 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik said on Saturday that the separatist Hurriyat leaders are ready for talks with the government. Speaking at a function in Srinagar during the distribution of free-to-air Doordarshan set-top boxes to border residents, Malik said earlier the same Hurriyat leaders[Read More…]
