By Sirshendu Panth Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) The Election Commission’s decision on Friday night to transfer and bar from poll duty four West Bengal IPS officers, including Kolkata Police Commissioner Anuj Sharma, seemingly followed repeated complaints from opposition parties including the BJP, Congress and the CPI-M led Left Front against[Read More…]
Male, April 6 (IANS) Maldives headed to the polls on Saturday to vote in a parliamentary election deemed crucial for the future of the island nation. After a long and competitive campaign that spanned over four months, people began queuing outside voting stations as early as 5.30 a.m., reports Efe[Read More…]
Jammu, April 6 (IANS) A couple was injured on Saturday in Pakistani firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, police said. Sanjeev Kumar and his wife, Rita Kumari were injured in the firing in Kalal area of Nowshera sector at around 2 a.m.. “The[Read More…]
By Rajnish Singh New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) It was once known as the badlands on the eastern fringes of the national where only the brave stirred after dark. Then came roads, industries, a railway junction, educational institutes, shopping complexes, Metro connectivity and even condominiums, so much so that it[Read More…]
By Arul Louis United Nations, April 6 (IANS) As Libya teetered on the brink of an all-out civil war, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met rival leaders in an effort to broker peace, but left the country with a “deep concern and a heavy heart”, while a rebel offensive neared Tripoli.[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) A day after Sreedhanya Suresh from Wayanad cleared the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) civil service exam-2018, Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who is contesting from the same Kerala Lok Sabha seat, congratulated her for being the first tribal woman from the district to attain that[Read More…]
By Taponeel Mukherjee The importance of the flow of capital into the power and housing sectors in India cannot be overemphasised. Recent developments in both sectors once again bring to the fore the critical issues of effective payment mechanisms and price transparency as vital factors to boost the economy. Let[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) There is an urgent need to develop synergies between the telecom service providers and over-the-top (OTT) players for a healthy growth at a time when data consumption in India has increased multi-fold, experts said here on Saturday. OTT players like Hotstar, ALT Balaji, Zee5, Voot,[Read More…]
Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh), April 6 (IANS) Samajwadi Party leader and parliamentarian Dimple Yadav will file her nomination on Saturday from here. She is seeking re-election from the Kannauj parliamentary seat and is the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party candidate. Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav[Read More…]
By Amulya Ganguli It would have been better if L.K. Advani had given his excellent advice to his party men about their attitude towards other parties before being denied a Lok Sabha ticket. Now, it would appear that the nonagenarian former Deputy Prime Minister was expressing his resentment by criticizing[Read More…]
By Amit Kapoor & Manisha Kapoor The idea of launching Nyuntam Aay Yojana, a cash transfer scheme that intends to provide Rs 72,000 per year to the poorest 20 per cent Indian families, by the Congress Party if it comes to power, has stirred a debate among the policymakers about[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) There is an urgent need to develop synergies between the telecom service providers and over-the-top (OTT) players for a healthy growth at a time when data consumption in India has increased multi-fold, experts said here on Saturday. OTT players like Hotstar, ALT Balaji, Zee5, Voot,[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) It was a sunny morning in the national capital on Saturday with the maximum temperature expected to hover around 39 degrees Celsius, with thunderstorms and squalls expected in the later part of the day. The minimum temperature was recorded at 22.4 degrees Celsius, three notches[Read More…]
By Amit Cowper Ahmedabad, April 6 (IANS) The Congress does not need to project a prime ministerial candidate, says the party’s Gujarat affairs In-charge Rajeev Satav, claiming that the people have seen through “jumlebaazi” of this government and are fed up. “When we contested the State Assembly elections recently and[Read More…]
By Saeed Naqvi Rahul Gandhi’s choice of Wayanad as his constituency in south India has set tongues wagging. Is this an insurance just in case there is a shock reversal in Amethi? Since he is fighting the BJP in the company of regional parties, is the Amethi-Wayanad arc designed to[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted party members on BJP’s Foundation Day, saying the party stands tall due to it’s democratic ethos and patriotic zeal. Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah remembered all the leaders, who dedicated their entire lives for the party that[Read More…]
Bengaluru, April 6 (IANS) It was another blitzkrieg from Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) all-rounder Andre Russell that saw his team snatch victory from the jaws of defeat at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here against the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), but KKR skipper Dinesh Karthik wants the others to rise to[Read More…]
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) The Election Commission’s decision to shunt out senior officers ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, can spark a clash with the Trinamool Congress going by the way Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee went all guns blazing against the panel after it cracked similar whips during the previous[Read More…]
Washington, April 6 (IANS) The US is expected to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organisation as early as next week, according to an administration official. The designation decision, formally under the State Department’s purview, is taking on heightened importance as part of the White[Read More…]
By Arul Louis New York, April 6 (IANS) Senator Kamala Harris is leading the pack of younger aspirants for the Democratic Party’s nomination in next year’s presidential election, behind the two tired politicians in their 70s who are first out of the starting gate in a race that has brought[Read More…]
Washington, April 6 (IANS) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the recent arrest of a woman who allegedly breached security at President Donald Trump’s private Florida club while carrying Chinese passports and a flash drive containing malware, is an example of the threat Beijing poses to Washington. In a[Read More…]
Kabul, April 6 (IANS) Zahra Elham, the first female winner of the popular Afghan singing show ‘Afghan Star, is a prominent symbol of how women have managed to rebuild their lives and identities, following the brutal Taliban rule between 1996 and 2001. But the 18-year-old, who won the contest in[Read More…]
Chicago, April 6 (IANS) Boeing is temporarily cutting production of its best-selling 737 airliner in the continuing fall-out from crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia. The production will drop from 52 planes a month to 42 from mid-April, Boeing has said in a statement. The decision is a response to a[Read More…]
Washington, April 6 (IANS) US President Donald Trump paid a visit to the US-Mexico border on Friday, following a week of confusing comments over whether he’d shut it down. The President stopped in Calexico, California, on Friday afternoon to tour replacement border fencing and participate in a border security roundtable.[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 6 (IANS) Actress Janhvi Kapoor feels actor Pankaj Tripathi thinks she is a creep. During a conversation with host Anaita Shroff Adajania on an episode of Voot’s “Feet up with the Stars”, the “Dhadak” actress said that she has great respect for Pankaj. The daughter of late Sridevi[Read More…]
