New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Former Indian Army Vice Chief, Lt Gen Sarath Chand (retd) on Saturday joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here at party headquarters in the presence of Union Minister Sushma Swaraj. Chand, who hails from Kottarakkara, is the second Malayali after Lt Gen Philip Campose to hold[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, April 6 (IANS) A total of 243 candidates are in the fray in Kerala’s 20 Lok Sabha constituencies, with Wayanad, from where Congress President Rahul Gandhi is contesting too, topping the list with 22. In all, 303 candidates had filed their nominations but 60 were rejected during scrutiny. The[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 6 (IANS) Actor Zuber K Khan says he is a huge fan of supernatural thrillers and is looking forward to essaying the role of a superhuman in the fantasy drama show “Manmohini”. Recently, viewers got to watch Mohini casting a spell on Ram while taking control over his[Read More…]
Amman, April 6 (IANS) The World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) 2019 kicked off on Saturday in Jordan with over 1,000 participants from more than 50 countries. The 17th WEF meeting in the region called for united efforts to address the most pressing challenges[Read More…]
Pune, April 6 (IANS) India’s former kabaddi captain Anup Kumar, who retired from the game midway through Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) season six, is set to start a new innings as the head coach of Puneri Paltan. Anup had an illustrious career as a player. His international debut was in[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Producer Anand Pandit says the team of “PM Narendra Modi” is planning to release the film in 38 countries, including the US, UK, Canada, Australia and the UAE. Directed by Omung Kumar, the film narrates the story of Modi from his humble beginnings to becoming[Read More…]
Tehran, April 6 (IANS) Authorities in Iran on Saturday began to evacuate six more towns after forecasts of new round of flooding, state TV reported, as the death toll from the recent floods across the country reached 70. Heavy rains are set to strike southwestern provinces and officials said they[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman G. Satheesh Reddy said on Saturday that there was no possibility of debris from the anti-satellite (ASAT) test conducted by India on March 27 hitting the International Space Station (ISS). He said there were chances of some debris[Read More…]
Srinagar, April 6 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir’s former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday blamed Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti for the National Investigation Agency (NIA) summons to Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in the terror funding case. Talking to media on the sidelines of a party rally in Kupwara district,[Read More…]
By Milinda Ghosh Roy Raiganj, April 6 (IANS) North Dinajpur district’s Raiganj, once a Congress bastion, is set to witness a gritty four-way fight with the CPI-M’s sitting MP, Mohammed Salim, facing a tough challenge from the BJP, Congress leader Deepa Dasmunsi and West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress in the[Read More…]
Srinagar, April 6 (IANS) Two militants were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. Counter insurgency units of Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and special operations group (SOG) of state police took the two down during a search operation in an[Read More…]
Jaipur, April 6 (IANS) Civil Services exam topper Kanishak Kataria on Saturday said he wanted to be a part of India’s growth story which inspired him to take the competitive test, leaving a plush career in a multinational firm in South Korea. An alumnus of IIT Bombay, he topped the[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 6 (IANS) Mihika Mishra, an 11-year-old Mumbai girl, has in a letter to Anand Mahindra, Chairman of Mahindra Group, suggested how to reduce noise pollution on roads. Mishra requested Mahindra to produce cars with allowance of just five honks every 10 minutes, with each honk lasting just three[Read More…]
Chennai, April 6 (IANS) Chennai Super Kings have won the toss and decided to bat first against Kings XI Punjab in their Indian Premier League match at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday. Chris Gayle and Andrew Tye are back for KXIP in place of Hardus Viljoen and[Read More…]
Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh), April 6 (IANS) Outgoing MP Dimple Yadav, wife of Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, on Saturday filed her nomination for the Kannauj parliamentary seat. Calling the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) “a failure”, she said after filing her papers: “After the SP and the BSP joined hands,[Read More…]
Patna, April 6 (IANS) The Bihar School Examination Board on Saturday announced the Class 10 results with 80.73 per cent students passing the examination. The result was announced jointly by the Principal Secretary of the Education Department R.K. Mahajan and the Board’s Chairman Anand Kishor here. “This year result has[Read More…]
By Baidurjo Bhose New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) While cricketers like India skipper Virat Kohli are regularly seen hitting the gym and lifting weights to work on their fitness, someone like Universe Boss Chris Gayle is hardly seen doing weight training. But at 39 years and 197 days, he is[Read More…]
By Fakir Balaji Bengaluru, April 6 (IANS) “A cat has nine lives, but Deve Gowda has 10!” is an oft-repeated phrase in Karnataka, as the former Prime Minister and ruling Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) supremo battles at the age of 86 to baptise two of his grandsons in the political terra[Read More…]
Jammu, April 6 (IANS) A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on Saturday arrested another accused in a militant attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in December 2017 in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The accused, identified as Syed Hilal Andrabi of Ratnipora village, was produced before the[Read More…]
Geneva, April 6 (IANS) A UN expert plans to meet WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on April 25 after receiving complaints of privacy violations, a statement released by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said. The statement was released on[Read More…]
Beijing, April 6 (IANS) China’s marriage rate has been declining for five years in a row as the younger generation delays or has given up on marriage, according to statistics. The marriage rate dropped from 9.9 per 1,000 people in 2013 to a five-year low of 7.2 per 1,000 people[Read More…]
Chennai, April 6 (IANS) The Income Tax (IT) Department and the Election Commission of India (ECI) should disclose the names of all the people from whom unaccounted cash and valuables were seized in Tamil Nadu, said a senior DMK leader. “The ECI has seized over Rs 250 crore worth of[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, April 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday slammed the Congress and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for keeping people poor in the country for their personal gain and vote bank politics. “In fact, the Congress and BJD see their political crop in poverty. This is the reason a[Read More…]
Beijing, April 6 (IANS) While it is known that excess drinking is harmful for health, a new study suggests that even consuming one or two alcoholic drinks a day can raise stroke risks, challenging previous claims. The study, published in The Lancet journal, showed that alcohol directly increases blood pressure[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday issued summons to a partner and two firms of British national Christian Michel, the middleman in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case. After taking cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate (ED)chargesheet, Special Judge Arvind Kumar asked Michel’s partner David[Read More…]
