Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) An upbeat East Bengal will look to build on their derby win and further cut the gap on league leaders Chennai City FC, when they take on Neroca FC in a crunch I-League encounter here on Thursday. East Bengal, who breezed past arch-rivals Mohun Bagan 2-0[Read More…]
Beijing, Feb 6 (IANS) A Chinese lunar orbiter has taken a stunning image that shows the giant rear side of the moon with a tiny planet Earth nearby, the media reported. The image was snapped by a camera aboard the Chinese DSLWP-B/Longjiang-2 satellite on February 4. It might just be[Read More…]
Srinagar, Feb 6 (IANS) A gunfight started on Wednesday between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Police said following specific information about the presence of militants in Chakoora village in Litter area, the security forces started a cordon and search operation. “As the cordon around the[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Ali Asgar, famous for playing female characters in several comedy shows, feels he is stuck with that image. The actor-comedian says he is looking for ways to break it and grow as a performer. He got popular for playing the character of Dadi in “Comedy Nights[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Expectations of rate cut in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s bi-monthly monetary policy outcome due on Thursday, along with some healthy quarterly results, lifted the key equity indices on Wednesday. Besides, healthy foreign fund inflows also aided the upward movement of market. Sector-wise, auto, IT[Read More…]
Aligarh, Feb 6 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked the Congress, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) to clarify their stand on the issue of members of Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) not getting reservation benefits at[Read More…]
Patna, Feb 6 (IANS) Hindustani Awam Morcha’s (HAM) Bihar chief Birshen Patel quit the party on Wednesday following differences with party President Jitan Ram Manjhi but said he remained with the Grand Alliance. After resigning, Patel expressed his displeasure over Manjhi’s stand over the Centre-West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee[Read More…]
Wellington, Feb 6 (IANS) An all-round effort guided New Zealand to a thumping 80-run victory over India in the first match of the three-match Twenty20 rubber at the Westpac stadium here on Wednesday. Chasing a mammoth 220-run target for victory, the Indian batsmen failed to show fight against a disciplined[Read More…]
Sydney, Feb 6 (IANS) Singer Lily Allen has dedicated her song “F**k you” to actor Liam Neeson over his racist remarks. During the ‘No Shame Tour’ here on Tuesday, Allen slammed Neeson over his comments that he once wanted to kill a random black man after a friend was raped,[Read More…]
Tehran, Feb 6 (IANS) Iranian Foreign Minister on Wednesday denounced US President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in which the Republican leader defended his country’s sanctions against Tehran and accused the regime of sponsoring terror. Mohammad Javad Zarif took to Twitter to vent his protest against Trump’s annual[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Indian national football team will continue to be without a head coach, at least for another couple of months, even as the All India Football Federation (AIFF) prepares to advertise for the post soon. “We will advertise for that position shortly, but we have[Read More…]
Bangkok, Feb 6 (IANS) Fifteen candidates for election to the Thai Parliament have changed their first names to those of the former Prime Ministers Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra, to make them more recognizable for the election on March 24, a political party spokesperson said on Wednesday. All the candidates, 11[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday appeared to be making a political statement of strongly backing her controversial husband Robert Vadra when she dropped him at the Enforcement Directorate office when he came to face questioning in connection with a money laundering case filed against him. Priyanka[Read More…]
Shimla, Feb 6 (IANS) State-owned Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMCH) here gets more than 40 patients for chemotherapy every day and the state is expecting to get a nod soon to construct a cancer tertiary unit here, State Health and Family Welfare Minister Vipin Parmar informed the Assembly.[Read More…]
Hyderabad, Feb 6 (IANS) Telugu television actress Naga Jhansi committed suicide at her house here on Wednesday allegedly over a failed love affair. Jhansi, 21, was found hanging in her room in an apartment building in Sri Nagar colony. Police informed that after repeated knocks, her brother Durga Prasad broke[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) State-run Allahabad Bank on Wednesday announced a net loss of Rs 732.81 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2018, narrowing the net loss of Rs 1,263.79 crore reported for year ago period. The lender, which is under the prompt corrective action (PCA) of the Reserve[Read More…]
Wellington, Feb 6 (IANS) After his side was hammered by 80 runs in the first T20I of the three-match rubber against New Zealand, a disappointed stand-in India skipper Rohit Sharma felt the lack of partnerships hurt his side’s chances during the run chase. After an impressive show in the recently[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Devaswom Board, managing the affairs of Lord Ayyappa’s Sabarimala temple, on Wednesday joined Kerala government in supporting the entry of women of all ages in the temple, saying that any practice has to be consistent with the dominant theme of the Constitution — “all[Read More…]
By Subhash K. Jha “Velvet Buzzsaw” (Netflix); Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, Zawe Ashton; Director: Dan Gilroy; Rating: * ½ (One and a half stars) Imagine if all the critics who have ever offended artistes were to get their comeuppance. In “Velvet Buzzsaw” that moment of epiphany happens[Read More…]
Toronto, Feb 6 (IANS) Do you frequently lose train of thought or often become sidetracked? It may in fact be a sign of a condition known as “silent stroke” — a major cause of dementia and stroke — warns a study. The condition known as cerebral small vessel disease is[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) The West Bengal BJP had to call off the rally of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Murshidabad district on Wednesday after his helicopter was denied permission to land. “We have decided to cancel the rally today (Wednesday) as we were not given[Read More…]
Agartala, Feb 6 (IANS) The Tripura government has identified 62,173 fake ration cards involving 2.81 lakh people, a state minister said here on Wednesday. “After the computerisation of the Public Distribution System (PDS), 62,173 fake ration cards were identified. Around 2,81,000 people were holding these bogus ration cards,” Tripura Food,[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) India and New Zealand have reviewed the entire range of bilateral relations, including political, trade and economic ties, during the second Foreign Office Consultations. The consultations were held on Tuesday. An External Affairs Ministry release said on Wednesday that the Indian side was led by[Read More…]
Jammu, Feb 6 (IANS) Twelve people have been injured when their vehicle was hit by “shooting stones” on the Jammu-Srinagar highway, officials said on Wednesday. The police said the incident happened on late Tuesday evening. “The vehicle was carrying passengers from Kashmir valley to Jammu city when it was hit[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Four days after a Delhi court ordered Robert Vadra to join the Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation, he appeared before the agency here on Wednesday. Vadra, the brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, arrived at the ED’s office located in central Delhi’s Jamnagar House at 3.45[Read More…]
