Mumbai, May 7 (IANS) Dragged by dismal corporate earnings, caution amid the ongoing polls and emergence of fresh US-China trade tension, the key equity indices fell nearly 1 per cent on Tuesday. Equities came under selling pressure post noon over selling in select stocks from institutions after they opened in[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Several women including lawyers, activists and members of NGOs on Tuesday protested outside the Supreme Court after an in-house panel of the court cleared Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment charges. The women were detained by the police and taken to the[Read More…]
Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) Terming West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) as “Tushtikaran (appeasement) Mafia Congress”, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of carrying out “politics of appeasement” and mafia rule in the state. “Mamata didi, you are the leader of TMC which is ‘Tushtikaran[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 is at its business end and as the words are engraved on the trophy – ‘Yatra Pratibha Avsara Prapnotihi’, the tournament has been the perfect platform where ‘Talent Meets Opportunity, since its inception in 2008. This year is also[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) CEO Asadullah Khan on Tuesday said that discussion on whether any action should be taken against Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi for the pair’s dissenting tweets on the recent change of captaincy in the national team will be deliberated on after[Read More…]
Los Angeles, May 7 (IANS) Actor Mena Massoud says the upcoming live action adaptation of “Aladdin” is important with respect to the representation of people of colour in Hollywood. Massoud, who was born in Egypt and lived in Canada, will be seen as Aladdin in the Disney film. In a[Read More…]
Los Angeles, May 7 (IANS) Hollywood star Brad Pitt has laughed off claims that he is dating his former wife Jennifer Aniston. There is a buzz that Pitt may have rekindled his love with Aniston after he attended her 50th birthday party in February. But the 55-year-old laughed off the[Read More…]
Dehradun, May 7 (IANS) Marina, a floating restaurant of the Uttarkahand Tourism Department, sank partially in the Tehri reservoir on Tuesday, officials said. The restaurant, which was not in use for some months but was built to promote tourism in the reservoir, has been extensively damaged. “This may have happened[Read More…]
Dehradun, May 7 (IANS) Amid chanting of Vedic hymns and other religious rituals, the portals of Gangotri and Yamunotri temples were thrown open for pilgrims on Tuesday, heralding beginning of the ‘Chardham Yatra’, the six-month-long pilgrimage to four prominent Hindu shrines in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakahand. Earlier in the[Read More…]
By Rituraj Baruah New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) With the NBCC placing a bid of higher value than the liquidiation amount for Jaypee Infratech (JIL) and the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) directing the CoC to consider the bid, the state-run construction major has reasons to be hopeful about the[Read More…]
Midnapore (West Bengal), May 7 (IANS) BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday flayed Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Duryodhan, the evil prince from Mahabharata, and said the Lok Sabha poll results on May 23 will determine whether Modi is Duryodhan or Arjun[Read More…]
Tokyo, May 7 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un without conditions to resolve mutual mistrust and sort out ongoing bilateral issues, a government spokesperson said on Tuesday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters that Abe has discussed the possibility of meeting[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court against Prime Minister Narendra Modi terming former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi “Bhrashtachari No 1 (Corrupt No 1)” at poll rally in Uttar Pradesh last week. In an additional affidavit filed before the court, Congress MP Sushmita Dev,[Read More…]
Ranchi, May 7 IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of giving away money raised after demonetization to 15 industrialists of the country. “The Modi government brought demonetization and took away money of the tribal, poor people and others in the society and gave it[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached Rs 89.68 lakh in a money laundering probe related to a six-year-old bribery case involving Vijay Singla, the nephew of then Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. The agency began probe in the case under Prevention of Money Laundering Act[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, May 7 (IANS) To bolster Odisha’s efforts in rebuilding and restoration post-cyclone Fani, Adani Ports and ICICI Bank have donated a total of Rs 35 crore to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF). While the Adani Group has committed Rs 25 crore, ICICI Bank has donated Rs 10 crore[Read More…]
Moscow, May 7 (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet on May 14 in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, the country’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. “The talks between Lavrov and Pompeo are scheduled for May 14 in Sochi,” an[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Congress party on Tuesday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “ridiculing” armed forces, “using” them for electoral gains and making “cheap” political comments that has “lowered” the dignity of his office as well as the country. Addressing a press conference here, Congress leader Abhishek[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman on Tuesday said that he has had discussions with Ravichandran Ashwin throughout the IPL about his bowling and will be taking the latter’s suggestions to the World Cup. “Ashwin is a great bowler. His carrom ball is incredible and he[Read More…]
Lucknow, May 7 (IANS) Why Congress President Rahul Gandhi never made it to Amethi on polling day? This question was repeatedly asked by Union Minister Smriti Irani, the BJP candidate from Amethi. She claimed in the afternoon that Rahul Gandhi had landed at the Fursatganj airstrip and was prompting booth[Read More…]
Tehran, May 7 (IANS) Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has described the US military deployment in the Middle East as “psychological warfare” by Washington against Tehran. US National Security Adviser John Bolton announced on Monday the deployment of an aircraft carrier and a special group of bombers in the region[Read More…]
London, May 7 (IANS) Former England captain Michael Vaughan feels Alex Hales will never play international cricket again after the beleaguered batsman was suspended from the World Cup squad. Hales was named in England’s preliminary 15-man squad only to be axed last week after a newspaper report revealed the 30-year-old[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) A woman who accused Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment on Tuesday asked the apex court’s in-house probe committee for a copy of the report giving a clean chit to the CJI on all charges. “I have a right to know how, why and[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Smartphone users are willing to pay a 20 per cent premium for 5G services, while half of early adopters would pay as much as 32 per cent more, says an Ericsson study on Tuesday. One in five smartphone users’ data usage could reach more than[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Dewang Kumar Agarwal and Vibha Swaminathan have topped the Class 12 ISC examination with 100 per cent marks while Juhi Rupesh Kajaria and Manhar Bansal were joint toppers in the Class 10 ICSE exam securing 99.60 per cent, as per the results declared on Tuesday.[Read More…]
