Guwahati, Feb 6 (IANS) A win will be very important for NorthEast United FC as they host unpredictable Delhi Dynamos FC in a Indian Super League (ISL) clash at the Indira Gandhi Athletic stadium here on Thursday. “It is difficult for them (Delhi) to qualify. They can play without any[Read More…]
Guwahati, Feb 6 (IANS) Over 1,000 religious and historical places, and places of tourist attraction in Assam will be given facelift as the state’s budget for 2019-20 has earmarked Rs 300 crore for the purpose, said a state Minister on Wednesday. The money, allocated under a new scheme “Asom Darshan”,[Read More…]
Srinagar, Feb 6 (IANS) A top commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit was killed in a gunfight with security forces on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama District. Police sources said Irfan Ahmad Sheikh, the district commander of LeT, was killed in Chakoora village. “The slain militant belonged to Chakoora[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Delhi government on Wednesday sought public opinion on the proposed implementation of the M.S. Swaminathan Committee report for the minimum support price (MSP). The central government has set a MSP of Rs 1,744 and Rs 1,778 per quintal for wheat and paddy, respectively. Based[Read More…]
Shimla, Feb 6 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday flagged off a new high speed train on the British-era Pathankot-Jogindernagar narrow rail gauge line that will reduce travel time between Baijnath and Pathankot towns by nearly two hours. The train was earlier taking seven hours and[Read More…]
Panaji, Feb 6 (IANS) Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar returned to Goa on Wednesday, after being treated at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi for seven days, his office said. Parrikar, who is suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer, was shifted to the premier Delhi hospital[Read More…]
By Gokul Bhagabati New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Some of the proposed government regulations for social media companies operating in India are threatening the very existence of WhatsApp in its current form, a top company executive said here on Wednesday. With over 200 million monthly active users, India is WhatsApp’s[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) In a minor reshuffle in the top bureaucracy, the government on Wednesday appointed Air India Chairman and Managing Director Pradeep Singh Kharola as the new Civil Aviation Secretary. The vacancy was created after former Secretary Rajiv Nayan Choubey retired on January 31 this year. Kharola[Read More…]
Lahore, Feb 6 (IANS) Pakistan’s provincial minister and senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Aleem Khan was arrested here on Wednesday by the country’s anti-graft body, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), for owning assets beyond his known sources of income. Khan was taken into custody as he appeared before NAB Lahore.[Read More…]
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) After US President Donald Trump slammed Twitter for “shadow banning” Republicans last year – which the micro-blogging platform said happened owing to “technical glitch” — the company is now in the thick of a similar controversy in India. Twitter will face a[Read More…]
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Feb 6 (IANS) Hiring foreign coaches for Indian junior/sub-junior chess teams and for senior women players and providing international exposure to top performers are some of the measures being considered by the All India Chess Federation (AICF) to take Indian chess to the next level, said[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 6 (IANS) The Pandalam royal family, the custodian of the Sabarimala temple’s jewellery, on Wednesday slammed the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) for changing its opinion and now supporting the entry of all women to the hilltop shrine. After the TDB announced its stand in the Supreme Court as[Read More…]
Srinagar, Feb 6 (IANS) I-League debutants Real Kashmir FC continued their fairytale performance, securing pole position on the points table with a 1-0 return leg victory over Gokulam Kerala FC here on Wednesday. Ivorian beanpole striker Gnohere Krizo, scored his third goal of the season in the 51st minute of[Read More…]
Islamabad, Feb 6 (IANS) Pakistan’s rights activist Gulalai Ismail has been arrested by the police here, the media reported on Wednesday citing her father. According to the activist’s father Professor Muhammad Ismail, she was picked up from outside the National Press Club here on Tuesday while she was taking part[Read More…]
Ahmedabad, Feb 6 (IANS) Golfer Tvesa Malik fired the days only sub-par round to take a massive eight-shot lead at the end of the second round of the Rs 8 lakh third leg of the Hero womens Pro Golf Tour at the Kensville Golf and Country Club here on Wednesday.[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL petition which alleged that only a few families are dominating the political scene in the country, thus thwarting the basic mandate of the Constitution. The public interest litigation (PIL) petition was filed by one Arvind Kumar[Read More…]
Attention Editors: IANS is withdrawing a story, “Dev Anand’s grandson Rishi to make Bollywood debut”, which moved at 1654 hours, due to inaccuracies provided by the PR agency. No substitute will follow. Editor
Geneva, Feb 6 (IANS) If female genital mutilation continues at its current pace in countries where it is prevalent, some 68 million girls are susceptible to becoming victims of the practice by 2030, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). On February 6, the International Day of Zero Tolerance for[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Feb 6 (IANS) “The Haunting of Hill House” actress Levy Tran has joined the team of action drama series “MacGyver”. She plays a new character that would help fill the void left by the departure of the series co-lead George Eads, reports deadline.com. Tran will play Desiree Nguyen[Read More…]
Rourkela, Feb 6 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for failing to generate employment for the youth in the state. He assured that his party will give employment to youth once it comes to power in Odisha. “While[Read More…]
London, Feb 6 (IANS) Would be mothers who are exposed to toxic chemicals during pregnancy could increase the risk of decreased lung functioning in their babies later, finds a new study published in The Lancet journal. Researchers from the Global Health Institute in Spain (ISGlobal) looked at data from 1,033[Read More…]
Panaji, Feb 6 (IANS) Turning the heat on the Manohar Parrikar-led coalition government in Goa, its ally Goa Forward Party (GFP) on Wednesday said it is working on a “Plan B” to ensure political stability, irrespective of the fact which party heads the new dispensation in the state. “Plan B[Read More…]
Tokyo, Feb 6 (IANS) With just a few donor stem cells, a team of Japanese researchers have grown functional mouse kidneys inside rats, an advance that could address the chronic global shortage of donor kidneys. The new kidneys appeared to be functional, providing proof-of-concept validation that this approach could be[Read More…]
Lucknow, Feb 6 (IANS) The skies opened up in the State capital and many other parts of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, adding to the winter chill. Heavy rain started early in the day, disrupting normal life and greatly inconveniencing office-goers and school children. While it stopped thereafter, the interlude was[Read More…]
Bhopal, Feb 6 (IANS) The newly formed Spirituality Department in Madhya Pradesh has started appointing priests to government-controlled temples. Preference would be given to candidates from priestly families as well as those trained under the ‘guru-shishya parampara’, an official statement said. This is the first time norms have been laid[Read More…]
