New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Overall the capital acquisition system, as it exists, is unlikely to effectively support the Indian Air Force (IAF) in its operational preparedness and modernization, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has observed on the Rafale deal and called for revisiting the entire process of acquisition[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die on Wednesday after it returned the vote-on-account, Finance Bill and Appropriation Bill to the Lok Sabha without any discussion and passed two other bills. The government could not get the controversial Triple Talaq Bill and Citizenship Amendment Bill[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 13 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar will contest the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Madha constituency in Maharashtra, party sources said here on Wednesday. An official announcement is expected later in the day, ending weeks of speculation on this count, the sources said. A Rajya[Read More…]
St Lucia, Feb 13 (IANS) Ater a convincing 2-1 series victory over England at home, West Indies captain Jason Holder aims to make his side the No. 1 Test team in the world. After years of being down in the dumps, the West Indies team, which is presently lying at[Read More…]
Mohali (Punjab), Feb 13 (IANS) Former international wrestler and Arjuna awardee Jagdish Bhola was on Wednesday convicted by a CBI court here in a multi-crore drugs racket, busted by the Punjab Police in 2013. Bhola had served as Punjab’s Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) but was dismissed from service in[Read More…]
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Be it Varun Dhawan’s attempts to woo Alia Bhatt in “Badrinath Ki Dulhania”, or Akshay Kumar following Bhumi Pednekar and clicking her photographs without her consent in “Toilet: Ek Prem Katha” or Shah Rukh Khan singing the famous “Tu haan kar ya[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Feb 13 (IANS) BJP MLAs on Wednesday continued to create ruckus in the Karnataka Assembly demanding a judicial probe into the audio tape that allegedly mentioned Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar’s name during a conversation between party leader B.S. Yeddyurappa and JD-S’s Naganagouda Kandakur’s son Sharanagouda on February 7. “The[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 13 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar will contest the Lok Sabha election from Madha in Maharashtra, party sources said on Wednesday. –IANS qn/mr
Lucknow, Feb 13 (IANS) The ongoing agitation by the Gujjar community in Rajasthan demanding five per cent reservation in government jobs and educational institutions, on Wednesday found an echo in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district where protesters blocked rail tracks and disrupted traffic at the Sakoti Tanda railway station, police said.[Read More…]
Medellin (Colombia), Feb 13 (IANS) Chile’s Palestino has qualified for the third round of the Copa Libertadores after beating Colombian side Independiente Medellin on penalties to win the second leg of the second round at the Atanasio Girardot stadium in Medellin. The Chileans dominated the game’s early exchanges, and created[Read More…]
Ujjain, Feb 13 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Jitu Patwari has announced a reward of Rs 1 crore for sportsmen participating in international competitions. Patwari made the announcement at a felicitation function for state atheletes here on Wednesday. The minister also announced a reward of Rs 5[Read More…]
Manchester, Feb 13 (IANS) Undefeated in their last 11 matches, Manchester United were seen as the favourites against injury-depleted Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the Champions League knockout stage tie, but the visitors prevailed 2-0. PSG can also look forward to the March 6 second leg in Paris[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Feb 13 (IANS) Veteran actor Dennis Quaid has joined the ensemble cast of a comedy series “Merry Happy Whatever”. The 64-year-old will play the role of Don Quinn, a strong-willed patriarch in the Netflix series, reports variety.com. The first season of the eight-episode, holiday-themed project, will be set[Read More…]
Canberra, Feb 13 (IANS) The Australian government announced on Wednesday the reopening of a controversial detention centre on Christmas Island a day after it lost a vote on a bill to help evacuate critically ill refugees from offshore processing centres to get treatment in the country. Tuesday’s development was a[Read More…]
Agra, Feb 13 (IANS) A 17-year-old girl set herself on fire after her stalker tried to molest her, police said on Wednesday. The incident happened in Uttar Pradesh’s Pinahat town, about 65 km from Agra city, late on Tuesday while she was answering nature’s call in the fields, Superintendent of[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Feb 13 (IANS) “Roma” star Yalitza Aparicio says she has faced discrimination because of the colour of her skin. In an interview to hollywoodreporter.com, the actress opened up about her experience with racism in Mexico and working in Hollywood. Asked about her experience with racism in Mexico, she[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The much-awaited Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the controversial Rs 59,000 crore Rafale deal has found that the agreement signed by the NDA government in 2016 for 36 jets was 2.86 per cent lower than the price negotiated by the UPA government for[Read More…]
Shimla, Feb 13 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh’s loan liability stood at Rs 49,745 crore, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said on Wednesday. In this fiscal, the state had borrowed Rs 1,838.75 crore till January 15, he said in a written reply in the state Assembly. He said, in the current fiscal,[Read More…]
Jakarta, Feb 13 (IANS) Popular social network Instagram on Wednesday suspended an account which published comics discussing the problems and acceptance issues faced by the Muslim LGBT community in Indonesia. The move came after the government asked the social network to remove the gay-friendly account that allegedly published cartoons containing[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Feb 13 (IANS) Infosys is partnering with the Community College of Rhode Island to set up a digital economy aspirations lab for training students in the US for digital jobs, said the software major on Wednesday. “Our digital innovation and design centre at Providence in Rhode Island will help[Read More…]
Colombo, Feb 13 (IANS) Sri Lanka has started advertising for executioners this week after President Maithripala Sirisena declared he would reinstate capital punishment for those convicted of drug offences, inspired by the Philippines-style crackdown. No one has been executed in Sri Lanka since it placed a moratorium on capital punishment[Read More…]
Srinagar, Feb 13 (IANS) Normal life was adversely affected in Srinagar city and other parts of the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday by a shutdown called by separatists in support of Article 35-A of the Constitution. A petition seeking abrogation of Article 35-A is being heard by the Supreme Court. The[Read More…]
Guayaquil (Ecuador), Feb 13 (IANS) Ecuador’s Barcelona FC were eliminated from the Copa Libertadores second round despite beating Uruguay’s Defensor Sporting 1-0 here. The Ecuadorians could not overturn a three-goal deficit from the first leg, as Defensor advance to the third round of the competition on Tuesday, reports Efe news.[Read More…]
San Francisco, Feb 13 (IANS) In a departure from its past practices, IBM is now making its Watson Artificial Intelligence (AI) services available for any Cloud, even those run by Google, Amazon or Microsoft. Watson is designed to help organisations put AI to work to improve the performance of business.[Read More…]
San Francisco, Feb 13 (IANS) Micro-blogging site Twitter on Wednesday said it is working to resolve the problem that has been causing the ‘Like’ and ‘Retweet’ counts on its platform to fluctuate continuously. “Some people around the world are experiencing an issue with notifications, Likes, and Retweets. We’re working on[Read More…]
