New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Months before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, former Union Minister Ajay Maken on Friday resigned as the Delhi Congress chief citing health reasons, party sources said. The name of former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Delhi’s former Minister Yoganand Shastri are doing the rounds[Read More…]
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 4 (IANS) Malaysian badminton legend Lee Chong Wei returned to the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) facility for rehabilitation training on Friday for the first time since diagnosed with cancer last year. The 36-year-old shuttler was seen at the BAM’s Malaysian Badminton Academy’s gymnasium, reports Xinhua news[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) A rebound in global sentiment on hopes of a likely thaw in US-China trade relations, coupled with value buying, aided the key Indian equity indices to end on a positive note on Friday. The Sensex and Nifty ended over 0.50 per cent higher. Initially, the domestic[Read More…]
Sydney, Jan 4 (IANS) Australia made several changes to their squad ahead of the One-Day International (ODI) series against India which starts later this month. Veteran pacer Peter Siddle, Test team regulars Usman Khawaja and Nathan Lyon have been recalled to the ODI squad. Siddle, who last represented Australia in[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday sent the alleged arms supplier to the members of the newly found Islamic State module, “Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam”. Naeem, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday night from Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, was produced before the court. The NIA[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) Singer Sonu Nigam on Friday made his Instagram debut with a memory of the late legendary singer Mohammed Rafi. His official Instagram handle is ‘sonunigamofficial’. “Intended to start the Instagram journey on December 24, 94th birth anniversary of the greatest Mohammed Rafi sahab. Starting the year[Read More…]
Chennai, Jan 4 (IANS) The cyclone ‘Gaja’ claimed 52 lives in November, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Friday said on Friday, adding the relief package for fishermen who lost their boats will be hiked from Rs 85,000 to Rs 1.50 lakh. Speaking in the Assembly, the Chief Minister[Read More…]
Chandigarh, Jan 4 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to show even one instance of a promise fulfilled by his government which, he said, has witnessed India’s plunge into ruin under the “anti-people” policies. Taking Modi head-on, Amarinder Singh said the ‘jumlebaaz’ Prime[Read More…]
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IANS) A woman’s husband and brother-in-law have been arrested from their residence in Kolkata’s Ballygunge Park area for raping her repeatedly and demanding dowry, police said on Friday. “As per the complainant, her husband Suranjan Sen committed forceful carnal intercourse and brother-in-law raped her several times. They[Read More…]
Chennai, Jan 4 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister P. Thangamani on Friday ruled out the possibility of laying underground cables instead of installing High Tension (HT) transmission towers through farm lands, saying such a technology did not exist. Addressing the Assembly, over the protests by farmers against erection of HT[Read More…]
Bangkok, Jan 4 (IANS) A fisherman was killed and thousands of people were left stranded on Thailand’s southern gulf coast as Storm Pabuk made landfall on Friday. More than 30,000 people were evacuated. The storm made landfall at 12.45 p.m. in the Nakhon Si Thammarat province with sustained winds of[Read More…]
Tokyo, Jan 4 (IANS) Ousted Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn will appear at a court here on Tuesday for the first time since his arrest in November, the Tokyo public prosecutors’ office said on Friday. Ghosn, one of the most powerful figures of the automobile sector worldwide, has been in[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said it has sent a request for attachment of a factory premises in Thailand worth Rs 13 crore owned by Abbeycrest Ltd, a company of Mehul Choksi’s Gitanjali Group, in connection with its ongoing investigation into the Rs 13,500-crore[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Friday called on Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh here and requested him to sanction one more India Reserve Battalion (IRB) for women. Thakur said the state is giving priority to women empowerment and their safety. Various measures[Read More…]
Beijing, Jan 4 (IANS) China on Friday said it stands ready to work with India to enhance communication and coordination on international affairs, to jointly safeguard the overall interests of the two countries and developing countries around the world. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang made the remarks at a[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) American DJ-producer Marshmello will take the stage at the Vh1 Supersonic Arcade in Hyderabad and Gurugram next month before he performs at the Vh1 Supersonic music festival next month. Marshmello will enthrall fans at Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad on February 15 and at Leisure Valley,[Read More…]
By Quaid NajmiMumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) Bollywood thespian Dilip Kumar and his wife Saira Banu have slapped a legal notice on Mumbai builder Sameer N. Bhojwani, alleging “continuous harassment and a well-planned conspiracy to take over the only property” the couple has in Mumbai. The defamation notice has been served[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday welcomed the passage of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill in Parliament. In a series of tweets, Sisodia said the introduction of no detention without changing teaching practices, books, evaluation system and proper teachers[Read More…]
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IANS) A 37-year-old woman in West Bengal’s Malda district has been arrested for stealing a newborn from a state-run hospital in 2016, police said on Friday. “The family living in Old Malda had filed a complaint in February 2016 after the baby was reported missing from Malda[Read More…]
Chennai, Jan 4 (IANS) Ending all speculation about fielding someone from the DMK’s “first family”, the party on Friday announced the candidature of a senior leader Poondi Kalaivanan as its candidate in the Thiruvarur Assembly by-election on January 28. “Party President M.K. Stalin has decided that Poondi Kalaivanan will be[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has recounted how her ‘roka’ ceremony with husband Abhishek Bachchan happened “really suddenly” after he proposed. With over a decade of marital bliss, Abhishek and Aishwarya are parents to a daughter named Aaradhya. In an upcoming episode of celebrity chat show “Famously[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Anti-Sikh riots petitioner H.S. Phoolka on Friday announced that he will float a non-political organisation of social workers based out of Punjab, a day after resigning from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Addressing the media here, he said that after being in politics for five[Read More…]
Madrid, Jan 4 (IANS) Tottenham Hotspur on Friday announced it had extended the contract of Belgian defender Toby Alderweireld until June 2020. The 29-year-old Alderweireld joined the Premier League side on a transfer from Atletico Madrid in 2015 and became a corner stone in the Spurs defence under Argentine coach[Read More…]
Beijing, Jan 4 (IANS) The Chinese population is expected to reach its peak in 2029 and start declining from 2030, according to a report published by People’s Daily on Friday. The “Green Book of Population and Labour” report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said that in 2029, China’s[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Jan 4 (IANS) Cold weather with minimum temperature below 7 degrees Celsius accompanied by fog has been disrupting flights in Bengaluru, officials said on Friday. “A minimum temperature of 6.3 degrees Celsius was recorded on Friday morning in Bengaluru, the lowest temperatures witnessed in the past few years,” Director[Read More…]
