Paris, Feb 19 (IANS) Iconic fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, the creative director of luxurious fashion brands Chanel and Fendi, died here on Tuesday. He was 85. An official statement issued on Lagerfeld’s offical Instagram account confirmed the news of his demise. “The House of Karl Lagerfeld shares, with deep emotion[Read More…]
Beijing, Feb 19 (IANS) China on Tuesday urged India and Pakistan to exercise restraint and engage in dialogue as tensions mounted between the neighbours over the Kashmir suicide bombing. Chinese Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Geng Shuang made the remarks in response to a query about China’s role in easing tensions between[Read More…]
Dharamsala, Feb 19 (IANS) Thirteen photos of Pakistani cricketers, including Imran Khan and Wasim Akram, that were hung inside the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) stadium here were removed on Tuesday, an official said. “We have decided to remove all the photos of Pakistani players from our stadium to express[Read More…]
Dehradun, Feb 19 (IANS) Afghanistan and Ireland will play a full tour, comprising three T20 Internationals, five ODIs and a Test match, at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket stadium here from February 21. Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Mohammad Shahzad from Afghanistan and Irish stars like Kevin O Brien, Paul[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Feb 19 (IANS) Internet entrepreneur and Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal has invested Rs 650 crore, or about $92 million, in ride-hailing platform Ola in his personal capacity as investor, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. This investment is part of Ola’s larger Series J funding round. It[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said illegal immigrants in Assam who have already undergone the sentence for illegal stay could not be detained again and asked the Centre and the Assam government to create a mechanism for their repatriation. “Mr. Bhushan do we need the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet will commence 12 new direct flights on its domestic network, starting March 31, 2019. According to the company, the new services include daily direct flights on the Bhopal-Surat-Bhopal, Gorakhpur-Mumbai-Gorakhpur and Jaipur-Dharamshala-Jaipur sectors. “We see immense potential in these sectors and are[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Tuesday ordered suspension of two Forest Department officials after finding large-scale encroachment on forest land in south Delhi during a surprise inspection. “Inspected and found large-scale encroachment on ridge land near Chhatarpur Enclave Part-II. Directed the Forest Department to[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) A five-year-old school girl was on Tuesday run over by a speeding bus in front of her mother in the Dum Dum area of North 24 Pargana district in West Bengal, police said. The incident took place on the Jessore Road in Dum Dum’s Nagerbazar around[Read More…]
Guwahati, Feb 19 (IANS) NorthEast United FC will be eager to pocket full points as they host FC Pune City at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium here on Wednesday and qualify for the Indian Super League (ISL) play-offs. Eelco Schattorie’s team is one of the four teams who have lost[Read More…]
Trenton (US), Feb 19 (IANS) Stand-up comedian Pete Davidson pulled out of a show just a day before it was supposed to go on. The “Saturday Night Live” star was due to perform at a New Jersey theatre at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, and at 6 p.m. on Monday, the[Read More…]
Chennai, Feb 19 (IANS) Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK on Tuesday announced it will fight the Lok Sabha elections in alliance with the PMK and BJP, allotting seven and five of the 39 seats respectively to them. As per the deal signed by the three parties at a five star hotel[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Seat allocation among Bihar’s ruling NDA constituents is likely to be finalised by next week and would be announced ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state on March 3. “The seat allocation among us will be decided in a week’s time and[Read More…]
Washington, Feb 19 (IANS) US Senator Bernie Sanders announced on Tuesday that he is again running for President in 2020 with a vow to finish what he started in his last race for the White House. In 2016, Sanders failed to get the Democratic nomination for the President after losing[Read More…]
Ghaziabad, Feb 19 (IANS) The last rites of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Ajay Chaudhary, one of the 40 killed in the Pulwama terror attack, were held in Ghaziabad district on Tuesday with full state honours. Additional District Magistrate, Executive, Jitendra Kumar said that while Chaudhary hailed from Basi Tikri[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. on Tuesday denied claims by a French security researcher that the company’s Indane website leaked Aadhaar data of over 67 lakh customers. Indane is a LPG brand owned by the Indian Oil Corporation (IndianOil). Baptiste Robert, who goes by the online[Read More…]
Madrid, Feb 19 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday held detailed talks over a range of issues including trade, defence and counter-terrorism, with her Spanish counterpart Josep Borrell Fontelles over a working breakfast. The two leaders took stock of “relationship across the spectrum, especially in trade and investment,[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) In the absence of Steve Smith and David Warner, the Australian batting line-up has often crumbled under pressure in recent times, Test vice-captain Josh Hazlewood said and added youngsters are missing the guidance of the banned duo. Hazlewood said advice from coaches cannot teach the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Narrating the impact of fake news and propaganda disseminated through WhatsApp, election consultant Shivam Shankar Singh in his new book, says the solutions proposed by the platform to prevent rumour mongering seem inadequate. In “How To Win An Indian Election”, Singh who managed BJP’s assembly[Read More…]
Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh), Feb 19 (IANS) The Congress party in Andhra Pradesh launched its statewide bus yatra on Tuesday with the promise that if voted to power at the Centre it would accord Special Category Status (SCS) to the state. Former Kerala Chief Minister and in-charge of Congress affairs in[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) A couple of days after the arrest of Rakesh Goel, owner of Arpit Palace Hotel, Crime Branch on Tuesday arrested his elder brother Shardendu Goel, licencee of the hotel here. “Shardendu Goel had applied for his anticipatory bail which was rejected by a local court.[Read More…]
Jakarta, Feb 19 (IANS) Indonesia has submitted a proposal to host the 2032 Olympics to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after successfully holding the Asian Games last year, a statement from the Indonesian Embassy in Switzerland said on Tuesday. That might lead Indonesia to compete with India and joint efforts[Read More…]
Chennai, Feb 19 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will contest five of the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu in alliance with the ruling AIADMK, Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam announced on Tuesday. –IANS vj/mr/vd/nir
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) Even as the BCCI has dropped a hint that it will keep an eye on the workload of India players during the Indian Premier League (IPL), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) CEO Venky Mysore on Tuesday said they have not got any directive of that sort yet,[Read More…]
