Rome, June 18 (IANS/AKI) Italy one of the staunchest believers in Europe and its exit from the single European currency is out of the question, Italy’s populist Premier Giuseppe Conte said in an interview on Tuesday. “The idea of leaving the euro has never been up for discussion,” Conte told[Read More…]
Tripoli, June 19 (IANS/AKI) Scores of civilians are among at least 691 people killed and 4,012 injured in the battle for control of Tripoli since eastern warlord Khalifa Haftar began an assault on the Libyan capital in early April, according to the United Nations. “The toll of the armed conflict[Read More…]
Gurugram, June 19 (IANS) The Gurugram Police registered an FIR against an unknown youth for allegedly molesting a girl in Huda City Centre metro station on Tuesday. The incident come to the notice of the police after the victim tweeted about the incident and also tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The Federation of Haj Private Tour Operators (PTOs) of India moved the Supreme Court challenging the validity of a condition imposed on Haj Group Organisers (HGOs) to charge the additional quota of 10,000 seats, for the pilgrims to Mecca and Medina, on the rates of[Read More…]
Dehradun, June 18 (IANS) Amid environmental concerns over the Auli wedding extravaganza of the controversial NRI Gupta brothers’ two sons, the Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday allowed the event on condition of a Rs 1.5 crore security deposit for compensating any damage at the pristine ski resort. Disposing a PIL[Read More…]
Hyderabad, June 18 (IANS) The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) will extend issue-based support to the BJP-led NDA government as it did during the latter’s previous term, party President and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao said on Tuesday. Stating that the state neither had a confrontation with the Centre nor[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) A plea was filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking direction to the Centre to dispatch a team of medical professionals to review and assist in preventing the outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The syndrome has already claimed lives of[Read More…]
Chennai, June 18 (IANS) With reservoirs supplying water to Chennai drying up and ground water levels plummeting in absence of rain, water has become scarce but the government is taking necessary steps to supply drinking water to people, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami said on Tuesday. Interacting with reporters[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says Oscar-winning sound artiste Resul Pookutty gives him more credit than he deserves. “Resul .. you give me far too much credit than I deserve or am capable of,” Big B tweeted. Amitabh’s post comes in response to Pookutty’s tweet, wherein he praised[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would hear, next week, a plea seeking urgent steps to protect forests and wildlife in Uttarakhand from wild fires. The petition claimed forest fires have been historically regular in the hill state. “Every year, forest fires in Uttarakhand[Read More…]
Manchester, June 18 (IANS) England and their captain Eoin Morgan re-wrote record books in a scintillating batting display to flatten Afghanistan by 150 runs in a World Cup clash here on Tuesday and to zoom to the top of the points table. Morgan hit 17 sixes in his knock of[Read More…]
Narsinghpur (MP), June 18 (IANS) Union Minister Prahlad Patel’s son was arrested along with six others on Tuesday for assault and opening fire during a fight. Police has filed cases against a total of 20 persons, including the minister’s son Prabal Patel and the six others arrested in the incident[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) In another blow to Mamata Banerjees Trinamool Congress, an MLA from her party joined the BJP on Tuesday. TMC MLA from Bongaon Biswajit Das joined BJP in the presence of senior leaders such as Kailash Vijayvargiya and Mukul Roy. Das was accompanied by 12 TMC[Read More…]
Kolkata, June 18 (IANS) A day after 12 Trinamool Congress councillors and an MLA switched over to the BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed she does not want to keep “thieves” in her party, and asked those who are planning to leave to do so immediately[Read More…]
Sao Paulo, June 18 (IANS) Colombia and Qatar national teams are set to square off here on Wednesday with an aim to move a step closer to qualifying for the 2019 Copa America quarters. Apart from being the first clash between these two team across all the 46 Copa America[Read More…]
Ahmedabad, June 18 (IANS) After playing truant for a week, Cyclone Vayu went past the Kutch coast in Gujarat on Tuesday in a considerably weakened state, leaving moderate to heavy showers at several places with the mercury plummeting dramatically. “Cyclone Vayu converted into a low pressure area and crossed over[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Probing an attack on policemen by a tempo driver carrying a sword and his subsequent thrashing by police personnel in Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar area on Sunday, a fact-finding team headed by Joint Commissioner Manish Kumar Aggarwal on Tuesday recorded statements of 15 people and questioned[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC) on Tuesday said it will participate in the 2019 Indian Wheelchair Cricket Premiere League with its franchise of Delhi Superstar wheelchair cricket team. Medical Director and Chief of Spine, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre Doctor H.S. Chabbra said that owning[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) A Kenyan national was allegedly killed by unidentified persons in South Delhi’s Chattarpur Extension area, the police said on Tuesday. According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Annsam, who was found dead in her room on Monday evening. “We recieved a call[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The government on Tuesday restored the proposal of ‘ration in kind’ to defence officers posted in peace areas. The announcement is for the officers of the three Armed Forces posted in peace areas, a government satment said. “Now all officers of the armed forces, including[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) A young man allegedly committed suicide by jumping in before a moving Delhi Metro train at the Civil Lines station, the police said on Tuesday. According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Nitin, a resident of Jagatpur. He was run over by[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has assured Indian e-commerce players that their concerns regarding the draft e-commerce policy will be addressed and also asked them to send their concerns to the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) in the next 10 days. In[Read More…]
Madrid, June 18 (IANS) Real Madrid on Tuesday presented 18-year-old Brazilian forward Rodrygo Goes to fans at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. The youngster, actually signed a year ago, spent the last season on loan in Brazil to continue gaining experience, reports Xinhua news agency. It’s not certain whether he will[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) The Securities Appellate Tribunal on Tuesday stayed the SEBI’s order barring news channel NDTV’s promoters – Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy – from holding any key managerial positions in the board or the management of NDTV. “..we stay the effect and operation of the impugned order[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met the Finance Ministry Secretaries along with Secretaries of few other ministries and Niti Aayog CEO on suggestions and roadmap for the economy and the upcoming Union Budget 2019-2020. This is the second meeting of the Prime Minister with[Read More…]
