Mumbai, May 17 (IANS) Sensex staged a strong rebound on Friday advancing by 537 points boosted by strength in banking and auto shares. “Buying ahead of exit poll results due on Sunday evening triggered short covering in the markets,” said Deepak Jasani of HDFC Securities. The BSE Sensex jumped 537.29[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) BJP President Amit Shah on Friday said that his party will get absolute majority in the Lok Sabha polls and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would form the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “After the results will come out on May[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed confidence that the BJP will again get a full majority on its own in the Lok Sabha elections. Talking to mediapersons at the BJP headquarters, he said it will be the first instance of a party getting absolute[Read More…]
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New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Upcoming Bollywood film “India’s Most Wanted” has been granted a U/A certificate by the censor board after directing omission of scenes making a reference to religious books Bhagavad Gita and Quran, said its director Raj Kumar Gupta. The teaser of the Arjun Kapoor-starrer had created[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for accompanying BJP President Amit Shah to a press conference, saying the move was “unprecedented”. “Very impressive. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first press conference just three-four days before the election results,”[Read More…]
Cannes, May 17 (IANS) Kangana Ranaut’s bold black number or Deepika Padukone’s striped style — pantsuits gave the Bollywood actresses a fresh look at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. Kangana, who first turned up in a traditional sari teamed with a corset and gloves, changed into an all-black pantsuit, laced[Read More…]
New York, May 17 (IANS) Once a data breach is reported, people who are fearful quickly become sensitive towards the size and scope of the breach than those who get angry, finds a study led by Indian-origin researchers. The findings also extend to the stock market where a company’s stock[Read More…]
New York, May 17 (IANS) Want to win an argument online? Bolstering your social interactions may be more helpful than rehearsing your rhetorical flourishes, says a study. According to researchers from Cornell University in New York, social interactions are more important than language in predicting who is going to succeed[Read More…]
By Nivedita Singh New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) The percentage share of women contesting the Lok Sabha polls has seen a consistent increase since the second Lok Sabha to the ongoing general election, as only three per cent of the total candidates were women in the 1957 polls which has[Read More…]
London, May 17 (IANS) The choice of getting a dog at home is heavily influenced by an individual’s genetic make-up, says a study, suggesting that genetic variation explains more than half of the variation in dog ownership. For the study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, the scientists looked into[Read More…]
Chandigarh, May 17 (IANS) Deriding Sukhbir Singh Badal’s efforts to turn the Lok Sabha elections into a battle for supremacy in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday urged the Akali Dal President to stop daydreaming of getting back into the seat of power in the state. The[Read More…]
Chennai, May 17 (IANS) Indian Super League side Chennaiyin FC on Friday announced the signing of 26-year-old Edwin Vanspaul from I-League side Chennai City FC (CCFC) on a permanent move subject to transfer window regulations. Hailing from Neyveli township in Tamil Nadu, Edwin moves to Chennaiyin on a two-year contract[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) The Congress on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah of unleashing their party leaders to abuse freedom fighters, national heroes and martyrs of the country. Addressing the media, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said, “BJP leaders at the behest of[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Friday described BJP’s Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate Pragya Singh Thakur’s apology for calling Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin a “patriot” an “eyewash”. “The apology she has made, at the behest of the BJP, is an eyewash confirming that she adheres[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 17 (IANS) The Indian cricket team management have invested in a player load management system to help enhance their performance ahead of the World Cup. “The BCCI have enlisted the help of GPS performance tracking and analysis to make sure Ravi Shastri’s squad is in peak physical condition[Read More…]
San Francisco, May 17 (IANS) Mike Bezos, father of the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, was just 16 when he boarded a flight in Cuba for Miami, a city in Florida, US. He came to the US alone in 1962, knowing little English. But that could not stop[Read More…]
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) The RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group controlled Spencer’s Retail on Friday said its board of directors has approved acquisition of 100 per cent stake in Nature’s Basket Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Godrej Industries, for a consideration of about Rs 300 crore. “The board at its meeting held[Read More…]
London, May 17 (IANS) The cross-party discussions over Brexit on Friday ended without any agreement six weeks after they started. British Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn blamed what he called the government’s “increasing weakness and instability”, saying the discussions had “gone as far as they can”, the BBC reported. Prime[Read More…]
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New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant any relief to SP-BSP candidate in Uttar Pradesh, Atul Rai, who is on the run in an alleged rape case from the Ghosi Lok Sabha constituency. Rai had moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking protection from[Read More…]
Bhopal, May 17 (IANS) The BJP on Friday suspended party spokesperson from Madhya Pradesh Anil Soumitra from its primary membership for calling Mahatma Gandhi the “father of the nation of Pakistan”. In a Facebook post earlier in the day, Soumitra wrote: Mahatma Gandhi was the father of the nation, but[Read More…]
Jodhpur, May 17 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court on Friday, terming the administration and police a “failure”, issued notice to the Ashok Gehlot government on the rising incidents of rape in the state. A bench of Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Vineet Mathur issued notice after taking cognisance of two[Read More…]
Araria, May 17 (IANS) A woman and her three children were killed on Thursday night by slitting their throats in Araria district of Bihar, a police official said on Friday. Prima facie it seems a matter of land dispute, he said. According to the police, Alam was living in Madhopada[Read More…]
