Sydney, May 17 (IANS) Rugby Australia has decided to stand down Israel Folau from the national team after a religious message he posted online regarding homosexuals was deemed to be in breach of the players’ code. The governing body revealed on Friday that they would be terminating the 30-year-old’s 2.7[Read More…]
London, May 17 (IANS) An upcoming global auction here will spotlight contemporary and modern art from South Asia, with a special focus on Indian masters like Tyeb Mehta, M.F. Husain and S.H. Raza. The auction “South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art” will take place in London on June 12. Art[Read More…]
By Jayant K. Singh Engelberg (Switzerland), May 17 (IANS) It’s home to the world’s first revolving cable car, a glacier cave, a Cliff Walk over Europe’s highest suspension bridge, a multi-seater open-to-the-sky Ice Flyer chair lift and a glacier park – to name just a few of its attractions. Thus,[Read More…]
Aizawl, May 17 (IANS) US Ambassador to India Kenneth Ian Juster met Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga and discussed possible areas of cooperation in road infrastructure and health care among others, an official release said here on Friday. Accompanied by five other officials, including US Consul General in Kolkata Patti Hoffman,[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Kundan Lal Saigal once strode like a collosus over the Hindi and Bangla music worlds, jovial and good-humoured but never sharing his personal tribulations – here’s why; next, explore a new world where changes in technology make one wonder what the next generation will turn[Read More…]
Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh), May 17 (IANS) After Varanasi, if there is any other Lok Sabha constituency that has the spotlight fixed on it in Uttar Pradesh, it is the adjoining Chandauli. State BJP President Mahendra Nath Pandey is seeking re-election form Chandauli and this increases the importance of the seat.[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, May 17 (IANS) Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Vice President and Minister Surya Narayan Patro on Friday said Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is fit to be the Prime Minister of the country. “The people of India and Odisha want Naveen Patnaik to be the Prime Minister of India. In[Read More…]
By Bappaditya Chatterjee Diamond Harbour (West Bengal), May 17 (IANS) Diamond Harbour in West Bengal has become a key Lok Sabha constituency with the Trinamool Congress high command using the ongoing elections to reinforce Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew and incumbent MP Abhishek Banerjee’s position as the party second-in-command, even[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) The International Cricket Council announced a star-studded lineup of commentators for the upcoming World Cup in England and Wales. The complete list has a total of 24 names and it includes Michael Clarke, who was captain when Australia lifted the trophy in the previous edition[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 17 (IANS) There’s a new project in the pipeline for Shekhar Kapur and actor Anil Kapoor, who made a formidable director-actor pair in the iconic 1987 film “Mr. India”, and it may even be a sequel. Anil and Shekhar recently met and shared a glimpse of the meeting[Read More…]
Khargone (Madhya Pradesh), May 17 (IANS) “Ab ki baar, 300 paar” (This time, it will be 300 plus), thundered Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an election rally here on Friday. Asserting that the ongoing Lok Sabha battle was to decide the future of not a political party but the country,[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday modified a Delhi High Court order that quashed cadre allocation of IAS and IPS officers of the 2018 batch, giving them choices of a second preference in choosing their cadre. It came as a huge relief to 20 candidates. –IANS[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday deferred the hearing on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the Election Commission to review political parties having names with religious connotations or using symbols similar to that of the national flag. The court will hear the[Read More…]
Dubai, May 17 (IANS) The upcoming ICC ODI World Cup will see the winners of the 10-team tournament earn a purse of $4 million, the highest prize money to date, along with the trophy that they will lift at the Lords on July 16. The total prize pot of $10[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) If you have got used to talking to Alexa on Amazon Echo smart speakers by now, the next step is to meet her in person, virtually. Seeing the stupendous growth in the smart speakers market in India (Amazon Echo led the Indian market with 59[Read More…]
Lucknow, May 17 (IANS) Apna Dal, Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and the Nishad Party. These are the three caste based political outfits that will decide the outcome of elections to the Lok Sabha in the final phase. These three parties have forced the elections in eastern Uttar Pradesh to[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) “Godzilla II: King Of The Monsters”, which was to hit the screens in India on May 31, will now open in the country a day early, before its scheduled international release. Following the global success of “Godzilla” and “Kong: Skull Island”, the anticipation for the[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Armaan Malik says dubbing for the Hindi version of the Hollywood film “Aladdin” was a bit challenging as he had to sing as a character and not a singer. Disney India roped in Armaan to lend his voice to the character of Aladdin in the[Read More…]
Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh), May 17 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi fired a fresh salvo at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and called him the worlds “greatest actor”. “Ab aap samajh lijiye ke apne duniye ke sabse bade abhineta ko apna Prime Minister bana diya hai, is se accha toh aap[Read More…]
Lucknow, May 17 (IANS) BSP President Mayawati on Friday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modis men were bribing and threatening voters in Varanasi and questioned why the Election Commission is not keeping an eye on his Lok Sabha constituency like in West Bengal. In a tweet, Mayawati claimed that “outsiders”[Read More…]
Deoria (Uttar Pradesh), May 17 (IANS) Pamphlets with headlines “Helmet ki karo taiyyari, aa gaye joota dhari” are being circulated in the Deoria Lok Sabha seat with an appeal to Thakurs to vote against BJP candidate Ramapati Ram Tripathi. The reference is to the incident which took place in March[Read More…]
By Rohit Mundayur New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) While big totals may be the first thing that comes to mind when one says the phrase ‘modern cricket’ another mutation the game has gone through in the past decade has been an elevation in fielding standards. The advent of sports science[Read More…]
Lucknow, May 17 (IANS) There is hope for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh and it is the Modi factor that is working in the rural areas once again. Though the Modi wave is not as strong as it was in 2014, it is still palpable and more[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 17 (IANS) Short covering ahead of exit polls for general elections pushed the key Indian equity indices higher during Friday’s mid-afternoon session. Market observers cited trade position build-up and healthy buying in auto, banking and capital goods stocks as other reasons to push the indices higher. However, higher[Read More…]
Business, May 17 (IANS) India’s leading IT solutions provider Mphasis on Friday said its Chief Executive Nitin Rakesh was named winner of the 2019 Gold Stevie award for ‘Tech Innovator of the Year’ (Services) by the New York-based premier 17th Annual American Business Awards in the US. “Mphasis has been[Read More…]
