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San Francisco, May 26 (IANS) Facebook took over a day to tackle the doctored viral video that was intentionally slowed down to show US Speaker Nancy Pelosi talking in a slurred speech. Finding audio and digital forensic experts who could verify that the video had been manipulated required time, but[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday telephoned his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to congratulate him on his victory in the parliamentary elections. Thanking Khan for the congratulatory message, Modi referred to his earlier message to Pakistan to fight poverty jointly, an External Affairs Ministry[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The CBI has issued a lookout circular (LoC) against former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar for his role in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam, officials said on Sunday. The agency issued the circular this week alerting all airports and immigration authorities not to allow[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh’s Chief Minister designate Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday said he had prayed to God not to give more than 250 Lok Sabha seats to the party taking power at the Centre so that he can make it grant special category status to[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Female and first-time voters seem to have swung the results in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), a detailed analysis of the 2019 Lok Sabha results by IANS-CVOTER show. The NDA got 45.1 per cent of votes cast by females[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) Actor Riteish Deshmukh became nostalgic on Sunday, the 74th birth anniversary of late Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh. Riteish took to Instagram and wrote: “Happy Birthday Pappa… I miss you.” Along with it, he uploaded a photograph of his father. Riteish’s wife and actress Genelia too[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) National Award-winning filmmaker Sudhir Mishra, who is collaborating with Bollwyood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui for the screen adaptation of the novel “Serious Men”, says he was keen to work with the actor and was awaiting the right role to offer to him. On their collaboration, Mishra told[Read More…]
Colombo, May 26 (IANS) Former Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene has declined to play a role in Sri Lanka’s World Cup campaign, saying he is disillusioned with the general state of the sport in the island nation. “I was (invited) but I have several other commitments. More than that, I[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leader and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister-designate Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and invited him for his swearing-in ceremony to be held in Vijayawada on May 30. Reddy also apprised Modi of the current situation[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) As many as 151 of the 174 newly-elected MLAs in the Andhra Pradesh Pradesh Assembly have declared criminal cases against them, with 55 or 32 per cent reporting “serious” criminal cases in their affidavits, according to the Andhra Pradesh Election Watch (APEW) and Association for[Read More…]
London, May 26 (IANS) Star couple Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas on Sunday marked their first anniversary since they met and the actor-singer made sure it was special for his wife. Nick wrote an emotional post on Instagram for Priyanka whom he married last December. “One year ago, today,[Read More…]
Hyderabad, May 26 (IANS) Actor Lakshmi Manchu, along with producer Supriya and Swapna, actor Jhansi and director Nandini Reddy have joined hands to headline an all women support group for the welfare of women in the Telugu film industry. Called Voice of Women (VOW), the group, with the support of[Read More…]
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) A 25-year-old youth has been arrested after a man said to be a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporter was shot dead in West Bengal’s Nadia district following the announcement of the Lok Sabha election results, police said on Sunday. Santu Ghosh was shot outside his home[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) Marvel fans may have been miffed when an “Avengers: Endgame” twist was used to build anticipation for the scale of the “Naagin 3” final episode which features characters from its past seasons, but actress Anita Hassanandani says it is “big” for Indian television to have a[Read More…]
Ahmedabad, May 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah are arriving here on Sunday a two-day visit to their home turf Gujarat, which has once again given the party all the 26 Lok Sabha seats. They are expected to land at the Sardar Patel airport at[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, May 26 (IANS) Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik on Sunday met Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal and staked claim to form a government for a fifth consecutive time in the state. Patnaik was on Sunday elected the BJD legislature party leader by the newly elected MLAs at a[Read More…]
By Arun Kejriwal The week, post exit polls that were declared on Sunday, was volatile and fruitful for the bulls. With volatility ruling the roost and BJP-led NDA beating the pollsters in their actual performance, markets were on a roll. Volatility during the week saw BSESENSEX make a high of[Read More…]
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale struck West Bengal’s Bankura district on Sunday, authorities said. According to Regional Meteorological Centre Kolkata, the earthquake occurred at 10.39 a.m. at a depth of 10 kilometres in Bankura region. Tremors were felt in Purulia, Jhargram and other[Read More…]
Srinagar, May 26 (IANS) A large number of people took to the streets on Sunday against the alleged detention and thrashing of two boys by the Army in Jammu and Kashmir’s Badgam district. The protesters alleged that during demonstrations that erupted in the aftermath of militant commander Zakir Musa’s killing,[Read More…]
Dehradun, May 26 (IANS) If the Assembly elections are held today, the BJP will win 65 of the 70 constituencies, surpassing its previous best performance of 57 seats in 2017, Lok Sabha election data show. The analysis is based on the general elections where the Bharatiya Janaya Party gave a[Read More…]
New York, May 26 (IANS) Researchers have found that women tend to perform better on math and verbal tests at higher temperatures, while men perform the same tests best at lower temperatures. “Consistent with their preferences for temperature, for both math and verbal tasks, women perform better at higher temperatures[Read More…]
Ranchi, May 26 (IANS) Jailed former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad has stopped taking lunch and keeping quiet most of the time after his party suffered a humiliating rout in the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar. The Rashtriya Janata Dal failed to win any seat in Bihar,[Read More…]
By Debayan Mukherjee Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Rashid Khan, India’s leading professional golfer, on Sunday said he is ready to quit the sport if the Delhi Golf Club (DGC) continues to deny him crucial practice time ahead of the Tokyo Olympics qualification. Delhi-based Rashid, who is currently ranked No. 1[Read More…]
Kabul, May 26 (IANS) At least 22 militants, including two Taliban commanders, and three police officers were killed in separate clashes in Afghanistan, authorities said on Sunday. Fifteen militants, including the two commanders, were killed as security forces targeted Taliban hideouts in Khakriz district of Kandahar province since Saturday, reports[Read More…]
