Jammu, May 27 (IANS) After remaining closed for several hours on Sunday night, the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway was restored for traffic on Monday. A traffic department official said a fresh landslide hit the highway on Sunday night in Battery Chashma area of Ramban district, that led to the temporary[Read More…]
New York, May 27 (IANS) Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor has urged the government to focus on employment, education and health provisions for citizens. Rishi, who is currently undergoing medical treatment in New York, reached out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Ministers Smriti Irani and Arun Jaitley, in a[Read More…]
By Milinda Ghosh Roy Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) Even as the discontent against Trinamool Congress, erosion of left votes and consolidation of Hindu voters are being seen by many as major reasons behind BJP’s unprecedented rise in Bengal, political analysts say it was the benefits of various central schemes reaching[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Former Australia skipper Ian Chappell believes the Virat Kohli-led India has variety in their bowling department, making them a strong contender to win the 2019 World Cup beginning May 30 in England and Wales. Chappell said the team which has the ability to pick wickets[Read More…]
Islamabad, May 27 (IANS) Visiting Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan said the the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was rapidly expanding onto other sectors, while expressed the resolve that the two allies would continue to safeguard each other’s interests. On the first day of his three-day trip to Pakistan, Wang on[Read More…]
Tokyo, May 27 (IANS) Visiting US President Donald Trump on Monday made history by becoming the first world leader to meet Japan’s newly enthroned Emperor Naruhito. At the Imperial Palace here, the Emperor and Empress Masako received Trump and First Lady Melania amid a prevailing festive mood over the start[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 27 (IANS) With one hit after another to his credit, Ayushmann Khurrana says good box office numbers give him the courage to do films with a social message.”Bareilly Ki Barfi”, “Shubh Mangal Saavdhan”, “Badhaai Ho” and “AndhaDhun” have all done well for him in recent times. The actor[Read More…]
Alexandria (Egypt) May 27 (IANS) Egypt’s football giants Zamalek won their first-ever CAF Confederation Cup title after a 5-3 penalty shoot-out win over Morocco’s RS Berkane. Zamalek, known as the White Knights, won the second leg of the final 1-0 here on Sunday to level the aggregate score and survived[Read More…]
Monaco, May 27 (IANS) After earning a hard-fought win in the Monaco Grand Prix, British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton said he felt three-time world champion Niki Lauda, who died last week, was with him during the course of the race. “When I was driving I thought, ‘what would Niki[Read More…]
Washington, May 27 (IANS) Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar told a crowd of voters that late Arizona Senator John McCain “kept reciting” the names of dictators to her during President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech in January 2017. “John McCain kept reciting to me names of dictators during that speech,” CNN[Read More…]
Washington, May 27 (IANS) At least two people were killed and several others injured when a tornado tore slammed into the US state of Oklahoma. “It’s been a serious, serious event here,” El Reno Matt White said in a press conference on Sunday. “We have all hands on deck.” Search[Read More…]
By K. Yatish Rajawat New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The worlds largest elections in terms of sheer numbers throw up a lot of macro number trends, including the fact that the largest party — Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — has been able to create a new voter base defined by[Read More…]
Tokyo, May 27 (IANS) Tokyo stocks opened higher on Monday as investors’ sentiment was bolstered by US shares advancing late last week on Wall Street. As of 9:15 am local time (5:45 am IST), the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 57.09 points, or 0.27 per cent, from Friday to 21,174.31,[Read More…]
Brussels, May 27 (IANS) The European People’s Party (EPP) has emerged as the largest political grouping in the international chamber with 178 seats in the European Parliamentary elections, although it could lose 38 seats vis-a-vis what it had after the 2014 election, according to the initial results made public by[Read More…]
London, May 27 (IANS) The Brexit Party outperformed the ruling Conservative party and opposition Labour party in Britain in the European Parliament elections, the first local results have showed. The Brexit Party won almost half the votes in the key Leave-voting seat Sunderland on Sunday, nearly twice as many as[Read More…]
Lisbon, May 27 (IANS) Portugal’s Socialist Party (PS, or Partido Socialista) have won the European elections by garnering 34 per cent of votes, showed the preliminary results after counting of 95 per cent of the votes. The Socialist Party was followed by PSD (Partido Social Democrata) with 23.0 per cent,[Read More…]
Warsaw, May 27 (IANS) Poland ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) won 42.2 per cent votes in the European Parliament elections, main opposition group European Coalition (KE) won 39.1 per cent votes, exit polls showed. 42.2 per cent votes secured PiS of 24 seats, meanwhile KE obtained 22 seats in[Read More…]
Paris, May 27 (IANS) Swiss tennis star Roger Federer made a triumphant return to French Open after three-year absence, easing past Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego in straight sets in the men’s singles first round, while fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber was shocked by Russian teenager Anastasia Potapova in the women’s singles here. Federer[Read More…]
Athens, May 27 (IANS) Greek main opposition conservative New Democracy (ND) party leads European Parliament elections, garnering 32.7 per cent of the vote against 24 per cent for the ruling Radical Left SYRIZA party, according to estimates based on the first official results announced on national broadcaster ERT. Greeks went[Read More…]
Ahmedabad, May 27 (IANS) Indicating that Bharatiya Janata Party is eyeing to conquer West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the people in the eastern state are wishing for a Gujarat-like development. Modi recalled that ever since the 2014 elections, the story of Gujarat’s development initiatives had[Read More…]
Itanagar, May 27 (IANS) The cabinet of the Pema Khandu-led BJP government in Arunachal Pradesh met for the last time on Sunday and recommended the assembly’s dissolution, ahead of new BJP legislature party’s meeting on Monday to decide a date for formation of the next government in the state. The[Read More…]
Bengaluru, May 26 (IANS) South Indian actress Sumalatha Ambareesh on Sunday thanked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for supporting her in winning the high-profile Mandya Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka. “Sumalatha met our state President B.S Yeddyurappa and senior leader S.M. Krishna to personally thank them, other party leaders and[Read More…]
Agartala, May 26 (IANS) The India-Bangladesh District Magistrate-Deputy Commissioner level meeting would be held here on Monday to discuss border-related issues including crime as well as terrorism, an official said on Sunday. “District Magistrates of three Tripura districts and their Bangladeshi counterparts would meet here tomorrow (Monday). The one-day meet[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Days after suffering a whitewash in the Lok Sabha polls in the national capital where it drew a blank, Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday launched its new slogan – ‘Kejriwal in Delhi’ – to gear up for the upcoming Assembly polls in the[Read More…]
New Delhi/Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) The CBI, which has issued a lookout circular (LoC) against former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, on Sunday issued summons to him for questioning over his role in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam. Kumar has been asked to be present at CBI’s office in[Read More…]
