Mumbai, May 19 (IANS) With the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 just around the corner, all eyes will be on Team India which is seen as the most strong contender and on former captain MS Dhoni who is probably featuring in his last World Cup. Experts of the game believe[Read More…]
Kochi, May 19 (IANS) Cardinal of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Archbishop George Alencherry on Sunday refused to comment on the alleged conspiracy to defame him, after a person was arrested and remanded to judicial custody for forging bank documents in his name. “Let the police and the court decide, if[Read More…]
–Indo Asian News Service rak-bns/arm
Los Angeles, May 19 (IANS) Singer Madonna has clapped back at her haters after her Eurovision Song Contest 2019 performance fell flat. Madonna was blasted for her lack-lustre show on the global TV event, with critics insisting she was singing out of tune throughout her controversial appearance. But the 60-year-old[Read More…]
Ranchi, May 19 (IANS) Jharkhand on Sunday recorded 70.43 per cent polling for the three parliamentary constituencies where voting took place in the final phase of the Lok Sabha elections, an election official said. According to the Election Commission data, voter turnout was the highest in Rajmahal with 71.69 per[Read More…]
Chennai, May 19 (IANS) Polling in bypolls to four assembly seats in Tamil Nadu – Aravakuruchi, Sulur, Thiruparankundram and Ottapidaram – came to end at 6 p.m. on Sunday. Similarly, repolling in 13 booths in Erode, Dharmapuri, Tiruvallur and Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu also came to an[Read More…]
Indore, May 19 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya here on Sunday said he wasn’t sure whether Kamal Nath would survive as the Chief Minister for 22 days after the Lok Sabha election results. “Right now there is a question mark over survival of Kamal Nath as[Read More…]
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday accused BJP workers and central forces of “torturing people” during the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha polls on Sunday, saying she has never seen “such a thing before.” “See campaigning is over. Now elections are on.[Read More…]
Chandigarh, May 19 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said here on Sunday by and large polling for all 13 Lok Sabha seats in the state was peaceful. “One murder was reported from Tarn Taran. As per the initial police report, it was a case of personal enmity,” he told[Read More…]
Washington, May 19 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has outlined a less restrictive view of abortion than what was recently passed by Alabamas Republican state government and said he is “pro-life”. Alabama now bans abortion except if there is a “serious health risk” to the mother, with no exceptions for[Read More…]
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Yesteryears actress and outgoing Trinamool MP from Bankura Moon Moon Sen on Sunday described the recent violent clashes in the city during BJP President Amit Shah’s roadshow as “a tiny bit of violence”. A bust of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was smashed at the college named after[Read More…]
Patna, May 19 (IANS) A turnout of 46.28 per cent was recorded till 4 p.m. in polling to eight seats in Bihar in the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha polls in the state amid stray incidents of violence, EVM glitches and poll boycotts. A mob held protests at[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) A woman who was on the wheels of a speeding BMW car, suffered injuries after it lost balance, flipped over several times and then overturned, hitting a divider on Akbar Road in central Delhi, a police officer said on Sunday. The accident took place in[Read More…]
Patna, May 19 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) has sought a report from the Patna District Magistrate on the alleged thrashing of mediapersons by RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s son and former Bihar Minister Tej Pratap Yadav at a polling booth here on Sunday. According to local TV reports, Yadav was[Read More…]
Chennai, May 19 (IANS) An Indian man in Australia has purchased his dream car with a customised licence plate that reads “I (heart emoji) ARR”. The music maestro asked him to drive safely. The fan is seen posing in front of his new BMW car — a red beauty from[Read More…]
Canberra, May 19 (IANS) Australia’s Liberal-National Coalition, led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, is preparing for its third consecutive term, though it’s not known whether it will be able to form the government on its own or will need alliances. While the counting of votes continues, there is no doubt[Read More…]
Shimla, May 19 (IANS) Nearly 57 per cent of over 53 lakh voters in Himachal Pradesh turned out till 4 p.m. on Sunday to elect Members of Parliament for the state’s four Lok Sabha seats in the last phase of the general election, officials said. Women turned out in strength[Read More…]
San Francisco, May 19 (IANS) Giving its cryptocurrency dream a firm beginning, Facebook has reportedly set up a company called Libra Networks in Switzerland that is developing payments and Blockchain systems for the social networking giant. According to a report in CNET quoting Swiss publication Handelszeitung, the Facebook cyrptocurrency would[Read More…]
Bathinda, May 19 (IANS) Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal’s daughter Gurlin Kaur was among around 400,000 first-time voters in Punjab on Sunday. She was seen with a certificate of appreciation outside a polling station in her ancestral village Badal, near here. Parkash Singh Badal’s daughter-in-law Harsimrat Kaur is locked in[Read More…]
Kabul, May 19 (IANS) At least 15 Taliban militants were killed following airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, the government said on Sunday. Fifteen Taliban militants were killed following air raids in Sangin, Nad Ali and Musa Qala districts of Helmand province on Saturday, Presidential Information Coordination Centre was cited as[Read More…]
Bhopal, May 19 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh on Sunday recorded 48.45 per cent voting till 3 p.m. for eight parliamentary constituencies in the last phase of general elections, while two poll officer died while on duty due to heart attack. While Devas witnessed the maximum voter turnout at 56.19 per cent,[Read More…]
–Indo-Asian News Service ik/rtp/in
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Keeping up with the trend of offering triple rear camera set-up on a fancy body, Hong Kong-based TRANSSION Holdings’ subsidiary TECNO Mobile has launched a new smartphone CAMON i4 in the budget segment. With a starting price of Rs 9,599, the device is one of[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday took strong objection to the telecast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s activities in Kedarnath and Badrinath, saying it was a “clear violation” of the election Model Code of Conduct as voters could be influenced during the[Read More…]
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) A BJP candidate was attacked while the vehicles of another saffron party nominee and a party leader were vandalised allegedly by Trinamool Congress workers as West Bengal recorded 63.66 per cent polling till 3 p.m. on Sunday amid allegations of sporadic violence, rigging and EVM breakdowns.[Read More…]
