Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 (IANS) Two people on Monday were anbbed from the Thiruvananthapuram airport and taken into custody for carrying 25 kg gold worth Rs 8 crore. Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials seized the gold bars and took the two people in custody who arrived from Oman. Officials have[Read More…]
Dubai, May 13 (IANS) England pacer Liam Plunkett has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the International Cricket Council (ICC) following allegations that he might have tampered the ball during the second ODI against Pakistan played at Southampton. In the video that did the rounds on social media, Plunkett appeared[Read More…]
Lucknow, May 13 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati mounted a scathing personal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that he could not be expected to respect others sisters and wives when he had left his own wife for political gains. This is the first time that[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday questioned former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar here in an ongoing probe into the alleged irregularities and corrupt practices in the sanctioning of a Rs 1,875 crore loan by the bank to the Videocon[Read More…]
Srinagar, May 13 (IANS) A partial showdown against the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl affected normal life in many parts of the Kashmir Valley on Monday, police said. The shutdown was called by the Itihadul Muslimeen, a religious organisation, against the alleged rape which took place in Bandipora district[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Actor Kunal Kemmu, who is prepping for his next film titled “Malang”, says it has a got a lot of shades to it. “It’s an interesting film. It’s got a lot of shades to it. It has me playing a cop again, it’s a very[Read More…]
Los Angeles, May 13 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says that no one had approved the title of his 1978 hit movie “Don” because the makers felt that the name was not fit for a title of a Hindi film. “Don” clocked 41 years on the silver screen on Sunday and[Read More…]
By Aakash Kumar New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) One of the raging debates of the 2019 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was the deteriorating standard of umpiring. Throughout the 12th edition of the IPL, fans witnessed many incidents where questions were raised about the umpires’ efficiency. IANS takes[Read More…]
Berlin, May 13 (IANS) More than 300 tiny pieces of human tissue from prisoners executed during the Nazi-era in Berlin will be buried on Monday, the media reported. The samples were found in microscopic slides at a property that belonged to Hermann Stieve – an anatomy professor at the Charite[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Swedish music streaming platform Spotify has brought a lighter version of its app to India that is built for low-end Android smartphones. After successful tests in markets including Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Mexico, and Brazil, the 10 MB-sized app which has similar look and feel to[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Mumbai Indians (MI) owner Nita Ambani is known to treat her players as part of the Ambani family and after a tense battle of over 52 days, the Indian Premier League (IPL) was finally won by the Mumbai outfit at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium[Read More…]
London, May 13 (IANS) America drama “Killing Eve” was the biggest winner at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) gala here. The awards ceremony was held on Sunday at the Royal Festival Hall here. The hit show took home three trophies, for best drama series, best actress[Read More…]
Shimla, May 13 (IANS) A massive fire broke out on Monday at the British-era Grand Hotel here, reducing a portion to ashes. However, no casualties were reported, police said. The hotel’s newly-renovated Mayo Block was completely destroyed in the fire. Since the building was under renovation, there was no guest[Read More…]
Stockholm, May 13 (IANS) Swedish prosecutors on Monday will announce whether they are reopening an inquiry into a rape allegation against WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, who is currently lodged at a high-security jail in the UK. Assange, who denies the charges, has avoided extradition to Sweden for seven years after[Read More…]
Hyderabad, May 13 (IANS) The Mumbai Indians (MI) defeated the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in one of the most dramatic finals one could have seen in the Indian Premier League (IPL) history. After posting 149/8, Mumbai successfully defended the target to clinch their fourth IPL title, here on Sunday. It[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Superstar Salman Khan’s transformation to looking old in the forthcoming film “Bharat” took almost two-and-a-half hours. Talking about the “Dabangg” star’s transformation, the film’s director Ali Abbas Zafar said: “This was a difficult task and one has to be very patient with the procedure. It took[Read More…]
Washington, May 13 (IANS) We should take a serious look at breaking up Facebook as the social network platform is a “utility that has gone unregulated”, Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris has stressed. In an interview with CNN on Sunday, Harris said that Facebook has experienced massive growth and[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) A survey of voters undertaken by institutions and calculations by independent psephologists have indicated a surprising unanimity of possible scenarios post May 23 when the results of the Lok Sabha elections are declared — they show that the NDA is likely to have a pared[Read More…]
Wellington, May 13 (IANS) A Royal Commission of Inquiry on Monday began its investigation into the March 15 Christchurch terror attacks that left 51 people dead in two mosques, a New Zealand government spokesperson has confirmed. The special commission, which is chaired by Supreme Court Justice Sir William Young along[Read More…]
Hyderabad, May 13 (IANS) Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Rohit Sharma praised veteran fast bowler Lasith Malinga who bowled a spectacular final over in the summit clash of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019. Chennai Super Kings (CSK), chasing 150, needed nine runs of the 20th over. However, Malinga used his[Read More…]
Hyderabad, May 13 (IANS) After losing the seesawing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 final in dramatic circumstances against the Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper MS Dhoni said it was a game where both the teams made a lot of mistakes, and kept “passing the trophy to each other”.[Read More…]
Washington, May 13 (IANS) An American man wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for “multiple incidents of sexual assault” between September 1995 and April 1996 involving minor girls, has finally surrendered after 23 years, the media reported. Wayne Arthur Silsbee, 62, walked into the Oregon City Police Department[Read More…]
Hyderabad, May 13 (IANS) Mumbai Indians (MI) batsman Kieron Pollard has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for showing dissent at an umpire’s decision in the finals of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) which MI won by one run. Pollard,[Read More…]
Washington, May 13 (IANS) White House Economic Advisor Larry Kudlow has said that there was a “strong possibility” that US President Donald Trump will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the G20 economic summit in Japan next month. Kudlow said during a TV interview on Sunday that the chances[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) At the very core of the Chanda Kochhar family enterprise or La Familia remain two similar named companies which beg numerous questions. While the construct of NuPower Renewables came into being much later, IANS has now pieced together the etymology of the Kochhar-Advani enterprise. For[Read More…]
