Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 16 (IANS) The CPI in Kerala continues to have a “hangover” of its old relationship with the Congress, according to the CPI-M. Communist Party of India-Marxist’s state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan said this to reporters here Sunday, while elaborating on the old alliance the CPI and the Congress had in Kerala in the 1970s. […]
Fuzhou (China), Nov 16 (IANS) Newly crowned China Open champion Kidambi Srikanth Sunday “gifted” his Super Series Premier title to India’s chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand on his 41st birthday. Sunday turned out to be a watershed moment in Indian badminton’s history as for the first time two titles are coming home from a […]
Hyderabad, Nov 16 (IANS) Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit Sunday said his country doesn’t like the relationship with India to be held hostage to the Jammu and Kashmir issue but both countries should make sincere efforts to resolve the problem. Expressing the hope that the bilateral talks will resume, he said at the end of […]
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai is among a host of international dignitaries who will attend the celebrations of India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s 125th birth anniversary, the Congress said here Sunday. The conference, to be held at Vigyan Bhawan here, would be chaired by Congress president Sonia Gandhi. There […]
Navi Mumbai, Nov 16 (IANS) Mumbai City FC will look to finding their scoring touch and full three points when they take on FC Goa in an Indian Super League (ISL) encounter at the D.Y. Patil Stadium here Monday evening. The hosts have been solid defensively and maintained a clean sheet in their last four […]
Fuzhou (China), Nov 16 (IANS) India’s leading shuttler Saina Nehwal Sunday said she will remember her win at the China Open Super Series Premier for the rest of her life. World No.5 Saina defeated Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi 21-12, 22-20 in 42 minutes to bag her third women’s singles crown of the year. She had also […]
Barwala (Haryana), Nov 16 (IANS) While remaining defiant about his arrest, officials of controversial sect leader and self-styled godman Rampal’s Satlok Ashram Sunday evening indicated that he could appear before the Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday. Ashram spokesman Raj Kapoor said doctors will review the sect leader’s health Monday morning and see if he […]
Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) E-commerce major Amazon has emerged as the top recruiter by making 22 offers in the summer placements for the 2014-16 batch of students at premier business school Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta. Amazon’s offers were made across various leadership and operations roles, an IIM-Calcutta statement said Saturday. Over 450 students of the […]
Guwahati, Nov 16 (IANS) Six endangered gecko lizards have gone missing from their cage at the Assam State Zoo here, officials said Sunday. Authorities at the zoo in Japorigog area admitted the development Sunday, but said they were yet to ascertain what happened with the endangered species. “The geckos were housed in a cage made […]
Chennai, Nov 16 (IANS) Commercial operation of the first 1,000 MW unit at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) is expected to happen only next year with the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) agreeing to the petition filed by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). The CERC by its Nov 10 order has permitted NPCIL […]