Lucknow, April 5 (IANS) Two persons were killed on Friday after a truck overturned on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, police said. The truck, which was carrying rice sacks, caught fire after its diesel tank burst. The accident happened in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri district, a police officer said. The dead were identified[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) BJP’s “Main Bhi Chowkidar” campaign has become a thumping success on social media platforms while the Congress’ “Chowkidar Chor Hai” campaign has failed to create an impact till date, a survey by Noida-based leading influencer marketing firm Buzzoka said on Friday. While 54 per cent[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday threatened to jail Malvinder Mohan Singh and his brother Shivinder Mohan Singh, former promoters of pharmaceutical company Ranbaxy, for not complying with an order to pay dues to Japanese firm Daiichi Sankyo. “We will go into the issue – why[Read More…]
Srinagar, April 5 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has issued a third summons to senior Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq to appear before the agency in Delhi on April 18. Farooq has been summoned on charges of involvement in a terror funding case, police sources said on Friday.[Read More…]
Los Angeles, April 5 (IANS) Singer Ozzy Osbourne has postponed all of his 2019 tour dates. Osbourne’s representative on Thursday announced he will reschedule all his 2019 tour dates as he recovers from an injury sustained while dealing with pneumonia, reports variety.com. The “Crazy train” hitmaker is “frustrated” with the[Read More…]
Kabi (Sikkim), April 5 (IANS) Pawan Chamling, bidding for an unprecedented sixth term as the Sikkim Chief Minister, has assured youths that those left out in the ‘One-Family-One-Job-Scheme’ will be covered within 100 days of the formation of his new government. Almost a week into his 10-day long ‘Sikkim Vijay[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 5 (IANS) Global make-up legend Bobbi Brown has picked Indian stars Tamannaah Bhatia and Malaika Arora as her muses for her maiden India tour this month. The 61-year-old is coming to the country for debut edition of the India Makeup Show (IMS), curated by Brothers Incorporated, founded by[Read More…]
Colombo, April 5 (IANS) The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) said on Friday it has approved loans worth $280 million for its first two projects in Sri Lanka, aimed at improving living conditions in the country. A $200 million loan will improve housing conditions for low-income communities in Colombo by[Read More…]
Srinagar, April 5 (IANS) A day after prisoners and jail authorities clashed inside the Srinagar Central Jail, police on Friday imposed restrictions in Srinagar’s old city areas, police said. Senior separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, who delivers the Friday sermon at the Jama Masjid, has been placed under house arrest[Read More…]
Chicago, April 5 (IANS) The City of Chicago will sue actor Jussie Smollet for not being able to reimburse the investigation costs. The law department on Thursday announced that Smollett has refused to pay more than $130,000 to reimburse the costs of investigating what authorities say was a staged racist,[Read More…]
Lucknow, April 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address election rallies in Amroha and Saharanpur districts in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. “The Prime Minister will address a rally at Janakpuri in Gajraula in support of the party candidate from Amhora,” BJP’s Chief of media for Uttar Pradesh Manish Dikshit[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 5 (IANS) Maharashtra Governor C. V. Rao will swear-in the current Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog, as the new Chief Justice of Bombay High Court on Sunday, an official said here on Friday. He will take over from the present Chief Justice of the Bombay High[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 5 (IANS) Actor Namik Paul will soon enter the show “Kasautii Zindagii Kay”. “‘Kasautii Zingagii Kay’ has managed to captivate audiences and establish itself as one of the premier shows in Indian television. I’m very excited to join the team and would like to thank Balaji Telefilms and[Read More…]
Manila, April 5 (IANS) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to send his troops on a “suicide mission” if Beijing doesn’t “lay off” a Manila-occupied island in the South China Sea, the media reported on Friday. Duterte’s speech at a rally in the city of Puerto Princesa in Palawan came[Read More…]
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, April 5 (IANS) All politicians in Maharashtra love to call its 12-crore people a ‘family’. No wonder, since politics runs in the families of all major clans in the state, some in the fourth and many in the third and second generations, with a belief that[Read More…]
Udaipur, April 5 (IANS) Actor Irrfan Khan, who had taken a break after his neuroendocrine tumour diagnosis last year, is back on sets. He started shooting for “Angrezi Medium” on Friday here. The buzz about Irrfan shooting for the film, which is a sequel to his 2017 movie “Hindi Medium”,[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 5 (IANS) After featuring in “Gone Kesh” that dealt with alopecia, actress Shweta Tripathi Sharma has taken up a digital show in which she will be seen as a doctor. She says she is very choosy about her projects. In the show titled “Laakhon Mein Ek”, she will[Read More…]
By Frank F. Islam India has a national election in April-May. This election is critically important because of the climate change consuming the country. Most people think of that change as being the sorry condition of Indias environment. And, it is. It also includes, however, several other important areas —[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Tried meditation and failed? Let a new book reorient your approach to battling stress; follow a Scandinavian detective on his mission to uncover bizzare crimes; and finally, teach yourself to “grow” fresh air with tips from two experts. The IANS Bookshelf has a mixed bag[Read More…]
Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) The Special Task Force of Kolkata Police arrested seven members connected to an illegal arms racket from West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunitions, including 90 semi-finished pistols, police said on Friday. Five of the seven booked under[Read More…]
By Sugandha Rawal Mumbai, April 5 (IANS) Apart from creating the gigantic world of superheroes, Joe Russo is also working on bringing alive India-set stories for Amazon Studios as well as Netflix. The filmmaker says there are still many “compelling stories” rooted deep in the country’s “amazing” culture waiting to[Read More…]
Srinagar, April 5 (IANS) Four-time Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah is the front-runner in the prestigious Srinagar Lok Sabha seat although he is locked in a triangular contest as he seeks re-election from here. In his over 40-year-long political career, Abdullah, now 82, has lost only one election.[Read More…]
London, April 5 (IANS) Researchers have discovered that a hormone — present at higher levels in women — can keep them away from liver cancer, suggesting the disease is more common in men. The study showed that a potential contributor to this gender disparity is adiponectin, a hormone secreted by[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) If you thought WhatsApp has given you a helpline number to report fake news and the Facebook-owned platform will take an immediate action as the world’s largest democracy prepares for elections, you are mistaken. According to Proto, a media skill start-up, WhatsApp has partnered with[Read More…]
New York, April 5 (IANS) A US District Court judge has asked electric car-maker Tesla, its CEO Elon Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to iron out their differences within two weeks and come with a new resolution. At the hearing on a Manhattan court on Thursday as[Read More…]
