By Quaid NajmiMumbai, Dec 26 (IANS) Back in 1939, a team of experts from Atlanta’s Oglethorpe University that was hunting for unique examples of modern civilisation on Earth landed at The Yoga Institute (TYI) in suburban Santa Cruz in what was then Bombay (now Mumbai). They met its founder, Mani[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 26 (IANS) Value buying on the back of attractive valuations buoyed the major domestic equity indices on Wednesday, with the barometer BSE Sensex gaining 180 points. The volatile trade session closed with the equity market making a strong recovery at the last hour led by the financial sector[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Survivors of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots on Wednesday demanded the renaming of Rajiv Chowk, previously known as Connaught Place, after revolutionary leader Shaheed Bhagat Singh, and defaced a “Rajiv Chowk” signboard. Raising slogans against former Rajiv Gandhi, the protesters garlanded the signboard with shoes and[Read More…]
New York, Dec 26 (IANS) Heart attack or stroke may be an early sign of cancers, especially in older adults, say researchers. The findings showed that the risk of having a heart attack and stroke jumped by 70 per cent in the year before cancer diagnosis. The risk was most[Read More…]
Kabul, Dec 26 (IANS) An attack launched by Taliban militants to overrun Almar district in Afghanistan’s Faryab province was repulsed and eight militants were killed, local media reported on Wednesday. The well coordinated offensive was launched on Tuesday at 6 a.m. and lasted for six hours but failed to gain[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) The Triple Talaq Bill, which is high on the government’s agenda, is likely to be taken up for discussion in the Lok Sabha as the winter session of Parliament resumes on Thursday after the Christmas recess. The first two weeks of the session were a[Read More…]
Kolkata, Dec 26 (IANS) A one-horned rhino was found dead with its horn chopped off at Gorumara National Park in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district and three people were arrested, an official said on Wednesday. “The body of the rhino was found on Tuesday. As per veterinary officers, the death occurred[Read More…]
Agartala, Dec 26 (IANS) A Tripura police officer and his sister-in-law were arrested for their alleged involvement in drug smuggling, police said here on Wednesday. Cash amounting to Rs 10 lakh was recovered from the house of Sub-Inspector Sushil Debbarma, posted in the Special Branch. With the arrest of Debbarma,[Read More…]
Melbourne, Dec 26 (IANS) Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting was formally inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame on Wednesday. To mark the occasion, Ponting received his commemorative cap from compatriot ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Glenn McGrath during the tea break on the opening day of the third[Read More…]
Lucknow, Dec 26 (IANS) Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP supremo Mayawati on Wednesday said that the order by the Noida police barring Muslims from offering namaz at a community park was “discriminatory and irresponsible,” and was aimed at hiding the BJP government’s failures ahead of the 2019 Lok[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 26 (IANS) Actress Nanda Yadav says working with her “Cheat India” co-star Emraan Hashmi was really chilled out. In the film, Emraan plays Rakesh, who is heading a nexus where he gives merit seats to undeserving students to earn money. Nanda plays Malini Avasthi, who is an integral[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) The winter season brings with itself fashion woes for daily office goers. Acing your style game in winter can be tricky, especially when it comes to work-wear. However, it does not mean you have to give up on your personal style to adjust to the[Read More…]
By Arnab Neil SenguptaIf nothing else, the Kurds of the world now know they are the world’s most-loved ethnic group. For that, they owe a debt of gratitude to Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Had the two leaders not made the infamous December 14 telephone conversation that purportedly inspired[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Google on Wednesday opened applications for the next class of its “Launchpad Accelerator” mentorship programme for start-ups using Artificial Intelligence (AI)/ Machine Learning (ML) in India which is scheduled to commence in March 2019. The last date for application to the programme is January 31,[Read More…]
Rio de Janeiro, Dec 26 (IANS) Barcelona midfielder Arthur Melo has expressed the hope that Brazil teammate Neymar will return to the Catalan club, less than 18 months after his world-record transfer to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). Neymar has scored 44 goals in 49 matches for the French side but there[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 26 (IANS) Major indices turned green in the final hour of trade on Wednesday as the Sensex settled 235 points up from its previous close, after earlier falling close to 700 points lower. The strong recovery was led by the financial sectors that ended with 0.80 per cent[Read More…]
Jammu, Dec 26 (IANS) Army personnel on Wednesday detained a youth carrying a pistol in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said. Muhammad Parvez, a college student, was detained during a routine checking in Mendhar area. He was being questioned, a police officer added. –IANS sq/in
Mumbai, Dec 26 (IANS) Bharti Singh has had a long association with fellow comedian Kapil Sharma. She says she waited for about nine months to work with him once again. Bharti will be essaying the character of Titli Yadav, Bhachcha Yadav’s (comedian Kiku Sharda) wife and mother of his 11[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) A tale of “courage and overcoming societal ridicule” by acid attack survivors will be presented in an upcoming exhibition here as the second volume of “Priya’s Shakti”, a pioneering female superhero comic about a rape survivor. An interesting combination of interactive comic books, augmented reality[Read More…]
Moscow, Dec 26 (IANS) Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov here on Wednesday, on the final leg of his four-nation tour as part of the Pakistani governments policy of outreach in the war-torn Afghanistan. Qureshi and Lavrov discussed the progress on Afghan peace and[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) The NIA on Wednesday detained 10 people, including a group leader of a newly traced Islamic State module ‘Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam’ that was allegedly planning attacks in north India, especially Delhi, following raids conducted in 16 places here and in Uttar Pradesh, officials said. An official said[Read More…]
Jakarta, Dec 26 (IANS) Indonesian authorities on Wednesday raised to 430 the death toll in the devastating tsunami triggered by a volcanic eruption in Sunda Strait, while nearly 22,000 people were displaced. Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho also raised the number of missing persons[Read More…]
Tehran, Dec 26 (IANS) Iran’s international football defender Saeid Ezatolahi has been ruled out of the upcoming AFC Asian Cup tournament with a foot injury. The 22-year-old player suffered the injury on international duty in October, reports Xinhua news agency. Ezatolahi expressed his disappointment at missing the competition. “I feel[Read More…]
Lucknow, Dec 26 (IANS) International golfer Jyoti Singh Randhwa was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh forest department on Wednesday for poaching in the Katraniaghat wildlife sanctuary in Bahraich district, officials said. Randhawa and his friend Mahesh Veerajdaar were arrested in the Motipur range where they were poaching wild boars and[Read More…]
Lucknow, Dec 26 (IANS) Coalition blues have hit the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh as the Apna Dal (Sonelal) leadership has alleged that “coalition dharma was not being followed” and its party workers were being ignored and insulted. Amid tough statements and posturing by Apna Dal state[Read More…]
