Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation, here on Monday, met Deputy Election Commissioner Sudeep Jain and sought action against the central forces for favouring a political party, as well as some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates for creating confusion among voters. Jain is in the city to[Read More…]
Beijing, May 13 (IANS) China on Monday said it will impose tariffs on $60 billion of US goods from June 1 in retaliation for Washington’s decision to hike duties on Chinese goods. Beijing will increase the tariffs to 25 per cent from 10 per cent on June 1, the Chinese[Read More…]
Gurugram, May 13 (IANS) Haryana Police unleashed a three-layer security cover to protect EVMs and VVPATs in all counting stations. Additional Director General of Police Navdeep Singh Virk said: “We have made foolproof three-tier security arrangement backed by CCTV cameras at the counting stations. The EVMs and VVPATs reached the[Read More…]
New York, May 13 (IANS) When it comes to feeling jealous, timing could make all the difference. New research has found that we are more envious of someone else’s covetable experience before it happens than after it has passed. “Enviable events lose some power over us once those events are[Read More…]
Berlin, May 13 (IANS) Japan’s Naomi Osaka continued to top the women’s tennis rankings after Simona Halep lost in the Madrid Open. Osaka has 6,356 points ahead of Romania’s Halep with 6,117 points, Xinhua news agency reports. German player Angelique Kerber is in third place, while Dutch player Kiki Bertens[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) No party other than the BJP can build the Ram temple in Ayodhya, senior party leader P Muralidhar Rao asserted while describing it as the party’s “commitment” in “new India”. “If anyone is capable of doing it (building the temple) as soon as possible, it’s[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Monday said that it has partnered with HDFC Life Insurance to bundle an insurance cover with its Rs 249 prepaid plan. The insurance cover would be of Rs 4 lakh, Airtel said in a statement. “Airtel has launched a prepaid[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, May 13 (IANS) The death toll in the cyclone Fani has now been put at 64. Puri district, which was the worst hit after the cyclone made landfall on May 3, accounted for 39 deaths, said Information and Public Relations Secretary Sanjay Kumar Singh. Nine deaths occurred in Khurdha[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The BJP on Monday moved the Election Commission seeking a 5-day ban on renowned actor and MNM President Kamal Haasan for describing Nathuram Godse, who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, as the first Hindu terrorist in independent India. The complaint has been filed by BJP leader Ashwini[Read More…]
Washington, May 13 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Monday warned his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that his country would be “hurt very badly” if a deal to end the year-long trade war between Washington and Beijing is not reached. “I say openly to President Xi and all of my[Read More…]
Madrid, May 13 (IANS) Novak Djokovic consolidated his lead in the latest men’s tennis rankings of the ATP after he won the Madrid Open on Sunday. The Serb has 12,115 points ranking first, followed by Spain’s Rafael Nadal (7,945) and Roger Federer of Switzerland (5,770), reports Xinhua news agency. Madrid[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) What happens when you bring the fox to guard the henhouse? By structuring a convoluted and intricate matrix of entities – three of them actually – to obfuscate and throw the scent off for future investigators, the Kochhar brothers forgot one simple thing: that paper[Read More…]
Panaji, May 13 (IANS) The Goa Congress’ women’s wing here on Monday alleged that Atanasio ‘Babush Monserrate, the party candidate for the Panaji Assembly by-election, has been framed in a 2016 case of minor’s rape, and accused the BJP-led coalition government in the state of vindictive politics. “We are convinced[Read More…]
Dehradun, May 13 (IANS) Congress General Secretary and former Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Monday observed an hour-long fast here in protest against the recent death of a Dalit youth in Tehri district of Uttarakhand. Rawat, along with his supporters, sat in front of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at[Read More…]
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, May 13 (IANS) China on Monday strongly condemned the terror attack at a five-star hotel in Pakistan’s port city Gwadar, which is being developed by the Chinese. Three gunmen stormed the Pearl Continental Hotel in Gwadar on Saturday, killing four hotel workers and one Navy official.[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Light rains are expected in Delhi and its surrounding regions on Monday evening, which will bring down the mercury levels, providing relief to the people suffering from the scorching heat for the past few days. According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), rains may occur[Read More…]
Hyderabad, May 13 (IANS) Saudi Arabia’s low-cost carrier Flynas on Monday announced the launch of five direct flights between Riyadh and New Delhi and two additional flights between the Saudi capital and Hyderabad from July. Flynas will operate five flights every week from Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport to New[Read More…]
Tehran, May 13 (IANS) Iran has sentenced its national to 10 years in prison for spying for the UK, the state media reported on Monday. Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said on state television that the unnamed individual was “in charge of the Iran desk of the British Council and confessed[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Actor Shahid Kapoor says he is hopeful that his forthcoming film “Kabir Singh” will get a U/A certificate from the Censor Board. Shahid, Kiara Advani and the makers of the film launched the trailer of “Kabir Singh”, a remake of the 2017 Telugu film “Arjun Reddy”.[Read More…]
New York, May 13 (IANS) Heated political discourse over proposed laws involving marginalised groups, such as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, can contribute to an increase in bullying linked to students’ identity in schools, says a study. “We think young people do not hear what adults and lawmakers[Read More…]
Solan (Himachal Pradesh), May 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday again raked up Congress leader Sam Pitroda’s controversial remark in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, as he picked holes in the 10-year rule of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) at the the Centre. Without naming Pitroda[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) With a total shipment of 32.1 million units, India’s smartphone market grew 7.1 per cent year-on-year (YoY) despite the global market falling by six per cent during the same period, a new report by the International Data Corporation (IDC) said on Monday. The research showed[Read More…]
Ranchi, May 13 (IANS) A newly wed woman escaped with her lover while on way to her husband’s home and later surrendered before the police, here on Monday. According to the police, Bandhan Oraon, a resident of the Khuti district in Jharkhand, got married to a girl from Ranchi on[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Higher food prices accelerated India’s April retail inflation to 2.92 per cent from 2.86 per cent in March, official data showed on Monday. However, on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in April 2019 was lower than the corresponding period of last[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) In connection with its ongoing probe into the Axis Bank demonetised currency case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said that it has attached movable and immovable properties worth Rs 2.95 crore belonging to Puneet Jain, Hemraj Singh, Vinod Deshmukh, Rajeev Singh Kushwaha, Mehfooz Khan,[Read More…]
