Rome, April 6 (IANS/AKI) A 59-year-old Italian who was kidnapped in Syria three years ago has been freed and will return to his homeland “in a few hours”, Italian premier Giuseppe Conte’s office said in a statement on Friday. “Following complex and delicate intelligence gathering, investigative and diplomatic activity involving[Read More…]
Los Angeles, April 6 (IANS) “Hellboy” producer Lloyd Levin says actor Ian McShane is sharp and humourous, and added his own presence to the film. Based on the graphic novels by Mike Mignola, “Hellboy” follows the powerful demon Anung Un Rama (aka Hellboy) as he fights monsters and other demonic[Read More…]
Rome, April 6 (IANS/AKI) Italy will keep striving to prevent a disorderly UK departure from the European Union, premier Giuseppe Conte’s office said on Friday in a statement which warned that no-deal Brexit seemed “a growing probability”. “Italy repeated its commitment to ensure an orderly departure and to avoid ‘no-deal’,”[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 6 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says his granddaughter Aaradhya likes to come and destroy his working desk, and that brings immense joy to him. Aaradhya is daughter of Abhishek and Aishwarya. His daughter Shweta has two children — daughter Navya Naveli and son Agastya. Big B opened up[Read More…]
London, April 6 (IANS) The government has not proposed any changes to the UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal during cross-party talks, says shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer. Meetings have been taking place between Tory and Labour politicians to find a proposal to put to the Commons before[Read More…]
Washington, April 6 (IANS) President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to impose an “economic penalty” on Mexico if it does not halt the flow of illegal drugs into US territory and to place 25 per cent tariffs on all Mexican-made cars that are shipped into the US if it stops[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, April 6 (IANS) ATK held on by the skin of their teeth to overcome Delhi Dynamos FC 4-3 in a thrilling Super Cup quarter-final tie at the Kalinga Stadium here on Friday. Both teams created plenty of chances but ATK finally came out on top, courtesy of a scintillating[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The Congress on Friday moved the Election Commission alleging brazen violation of Model Code of Conduct by Prime Minister Narendra Modi by his remarks pertaining to candidature of party President Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad in Kerala. In its petition, the Congress sought urgent and necessary[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that hatred was cowardice and he loves all living beings including those temporarily blinded by hatred. Gandhi made the remarks in a tweet on a day he created a surprise by saying he loved Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[Read More…]
Bengaluru, April 6 (IANS) Andre Russell once again snatched victory from the jaws of defeat by smashing an unbeaten 13-ball 48 as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by five wickets in a rip-roaring Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter here on Friday. Russell came out to bat[Read More…]
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (EC) on Friday removed Kolkata Police Commissioner Anuj Sharma and his counterpart in the Bidhannagar Commissionerate Gyanwant Singh. The EC order, which came in the form of a missive to state Chief Secretary Malay De, said Rajesh Kumar would take over[Read More…]
Varanasi, April 5 (IANS) Three persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of a Banaras Hindu University (BHU) student, police said on Friday. The arrested accused have been sent to jail. On Tuesday, four bike-borne men had shot dead Gaurav Singh, who was pursuing Masters in Computer Application,[Read More…]
Visakhapatnam, April 5 (IANS) Alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is harassing him, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday voiced the apprehension that he may be arrested. “They may also arrest me tomorrow or day after. Let them do. I will go to jail but I will[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Congress on Friday moved the Election Commission (EC) alleging wilful non-disclosure of liabilities by BJP President Amit Shah and sought his disqualification from contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Gandhinagar. The party also demanded action against Shah for filing a “false affidavit.” In its[Read More…]
Guwahati, April 5 (IANS) More than four years after the brutal killing of five adivasi people, a National Investigating Agency (NIA) court in Assam recently convicted one Gautam Mahalia for his involvement in the attack in December 2014. The Special Judge, NIA Assam, after allowing the petition of the accused[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) With leass than a week to go for the Lok Sabha elections, IANS has compiled some interesting facts about Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). * An EVM consists of a control unit and a balloting unit connected together by a cable. The control unit belongs to[Read More…]
Gurugram, April 5 (IANS) In a horrific incident on Friday, a security guard at a private hospital in Gurugram stabbed to death another guard inside the hospital, police said. The incident took place at Sheetala Hospital here around 5.15 a.m on Friday morning. The CCTV footage showed the accused guard,[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Heatwave conditions gripped the national capital on Friday as the highest temperature reached 39.3 degrees Celsius — five notches above the season’s average, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Private weather forecaster Skymet, on the other hand, said an observatory in Safdarjung here recorded[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Rahul Gandhi is a three-time MP from Amethi but his landed property continues to be only in Delhi and Gurugram. He also has a loan of Rs 5 lakh from his mother Sonia Gandhi. The affidavit given by him while filing nomination papers from Wayanad[Read More…]
Yokohama, April 5 (IANS) G. Sathiyan was the lone Indian to progress to the preliminary round while it was curtains for both A. Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra in the ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup table tennis meet here on Friday. Sathiyan, the world No. 28 who had reached the semifinals of[Read More…]
Mumbai/New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Kanishak Kataria, an alumnus of IIT Bombay, has topped the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) civil services exam whose results were declared on Friday. Srushti Deshmukh, is a B.E.(Chemical Engineering) from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, who has topped among the women candidates securing an[Read More…]
Hyderabad, April 5 (IANS) The number of alumni of Indian Business School crossed 10,000 with the graduation of the Class of 2019, comprising 883 students. A total of 598 students of its flagship Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) graduated from the Hyderabad campus on Friday. Another 285 students passed[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 05 April 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to allow an urgent hearing in a plea seeking stay on the soon-to-be-released biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi told the lawyer who mentioned the plea that it could[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday rejected to grant any interim relief on a plea alleging violation of the model code of conduct (MCC) by the Andhra Pradesh government. The court was hearing a plea filed by an organisation Jana Chaitanya Vedika which alleged that[Read More…]
Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) A new police observer was appointed by the Election Commission on Friday for West Bengal’s first phase election. In the evening the name of a third officer also came up, an official said. Polling for the first phase will be held in Coochbehar (SC) and Alipurduar[Read More…]
