New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The Indian Railways on Thursday said it will use Microsoft Kaizala to connect its employees across the country with quality healthcare facilities. Microsoft Kaizala is a mobile-only product that makes it simple for organisations to seamlessly communicate, collaborate and complete tasks, bringing together desktop users[Read More…]
Abu Dhabi/New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates has decided to confer the countrys highest civilian award “The Order of Zayed” on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for boosting bilateral relations between the two countries. The announcement was made by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al[Read More…]
Aizawl/Agartala, April 4 (IANS) The impasse that resulted from the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to set up special polling stations along the Mizoram-Tripura border for the Reang tribal refugees to vote in the Lok Sabha polls was resolved on Thursday after the agitating NGO body called off its agitation. “The[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Bhuvneshwar Kumar won the toss and opted to field against Delhi Capitals in their Indian Premier League (IPL) contest at the Feroz Shah Kotla here on Thursday. While the visitors remain unchanged, Delhi made three changes with Ishant Sharma, Rahul Tewatia and[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) In a veiled criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah, BJP veteran L.K. Advani on Thursday said his party never viewed those who disagreed with it politically as “anti-national” but only as “adversaries”. “The essence of Indian democracy is respect for[Read More…]
Seoul (South Korea), April 4 (IANS) Samsung Electronics on Thursday said its 5G modem and chips are in mass production for the latest premium mobile devices. The 5G chipsets include “Exynos Modem 5100” as well as a new single-chip radio frequency transceiver “the Exynos RF 5500”, and supply modulator solution,[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) Bollywood actress and Congress candidate from Mumbai North Urmila Matondkar and Gujarat Patidar leader Hardik Patel will address a ‘Mega Youth Meet’ in Andheri here on Sunday. They will also interact with the youngsters, especially first-time voters, and campaign for Mumbai North-West Congress nominee Sanjay Nirupam,[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) Actor Sunny Deol, who has featured in movies like “Gadar – Ek Prem Katha”, “Border” and “23rd March 1931: Shaheed”, says he never did patriotic films because the theme was saleable. Sunny spoke about it at the trailer launch of Behzad Khambata’s “Blank”, which marks the[Read More…]
Nairobi, April 4 (IANS) Three cricket coaches from South Africa will fly to Nairobi on Friday to conduct coaching workshops in an attempt to promote the game in Kenya. The coaches are drawn from the Gary Kirsten Cricket Academy (GKCA) that entered into a partnership with Kenya’s Star Field Sports[Read More…]
Bhopal, April 4 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, who is not a member of the state legislature, will contest the Chhindwara Assembly by-election, the Congress announced on Thursday. Kamal Nath, the Lok Sabha member from Chhindwara, took oath as the Chief Minister on December 17 and has to[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) In what is being seen as a bizarre decision, the board of Hotel Leelaventure Ltd (HLVL) at its meeting on March 18 while selling the hotel business, together with all assets and liabilities of the hotels located at Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Udaipur on a[Read More…]
Yavatmal (Maharashtra), April 4 (IANS) Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM) chief Prakash Ambedkar on Thursday threatened that if voted to power, his party would “throw the Election Commission (EC) into jail” for banning any reference to the Pulwama suicide attack during the elections. “The armed forces are being sacrificed and the[Read More…]
Spain, April 4 (IANS) The European Union rekindled on Thursday a long-rumbling row between Spain and the United Kingdom over the tiny British overseas territory of Gibraltar while approving legislation waiving a need for travel visas after a hard Brexit. Lawmakers in the European Parliament passed the decision aimed at[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to recall a Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against Pradeep Koneru, a suspect in the meat exporter and alleged hawala dealer Moin Akhtar Qureshi case. Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal’s order came based on[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui will star in and co-produce Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farookis “No Lands Man”. The predominantly English-language film will chronicle a tragic and strange funny journey of a South Asian man whose journey takes a layered and complicated shape when he meets an Australian[Read More…]
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, April 4 (IANS) China’s top film festival will screen five Indian movies under the category of cinema from countries that seemingly support Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) — a trillion-dollar connectivity project opposed by New Delhi over its key artery cutting through the disputed part[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) In an implicit criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah, BJP veteran L.K. Advani on Thursday said the BJP never regarded those who disagreed with it politically as “enemies” but only viewed them as “adversaries”. “The guiding principle of my life[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the saffron party- led Central government of being responsible for the sealing drive in Delhi. This comes a day after Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the drive was carried out[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The economic growth in Asian countries over the last four decades has not been inclusive and most of the economic gains got concentrated in the top 1 per cent of the population, a report by UNESCAP said on Thursday. The region should adopt more inclusive[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The market has cheered the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s second successive cut in repo rate to support growth while keeping a close watch on inflation and hopes alive for more rate cuts in the days ahead. B. Prasanna, Head – Global Markets Group of[Read More…]
Bhopal, April 4 (IANS) Chief Minister Kamal Nath would contest the Chhindwara Assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress announced on Thursday. Nath, the Lok Sabha member from Chhindwara, took oath as the Chief Minister on December 17, 2018 and has to be elected to the Assembly within six months.[Read More…]
Cooch Behar, West Bengal, April 4 (IANS) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said if Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to power after the Lok Sabha elections, he would destroy India’s Constitution and democracy by taking away people’s voting rights. “If he becomes the Prime Minister again, he will destroy[Read More…]
Los Angeles, April 4 (IANS) Actress Emilia Clarke says her perspective on life changed after she suffered two brain haemorrhages. After penning a first-person New Yorker essay detailing her health scares while filming “Game of Thrones”, the 32-year-old actress appeared on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” and discussed how[Read More…]
Chennai, April 4 (IANS) DMK President M.K. Stalin said on Thursday if his party came to power, justice would be delivered to victims of Pollachi sexual abuse-cum-blackmail case. The DMK would not politicise the matter, he added. Addressing an election rally at Pollachi in the Coimbatore district, Stalin said he[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday once again proved why he is considered to have one of the sharpest minds in the world of cricket. Even as Mumbai Indians all-rounder Krunal Pandya ‘probably’ looked to “Mankad’ him, the former India skipper outsmarted the[Read More…]
