New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Six people were injured when a speeding car rammed into the cycle rickshaws they were sleeping on, police said Saturday. Six people, most of them rickshaw pullers, were sleeping on their vehicles parked by the road-side in Sarai Rohilla area in north Delhi, when a car rammed into them and toppled […]
Yangon, Aug 23 (IANS) Myanmar President U Thein Sein has called for continued reform efforts, underlining that three years of the five-year term of the union government have already ended. Addressing a meeting Friday, U Thein Sein said the government is determined to move forward without backtracking, Xinhua reported. During the three years, much progress has […]
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) JKLF leader Yasin Malik has said then Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh wanted him to contact militants in Pakistan. Malik told Rajat Sharma in his TV show “Aap ki Adalat” that the request was made to him in 2006, two years after Manmohan Singh became prime minister. According to Malik, Manmohan […]
Melbourne, Aug 23 (IANS) Sydney Sixers Saturday Saturday announced the signing of West Indian star Dwayne Smith as one of their international players for the upcoming KFC T20 Big Bash League season. Smith’s signing comes after a purple patch of form in the recent Caribbean Premier League (CPL) where he was named in the Team of […]
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), Aug 23 (IANS) Maharashtra Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat was targeted Saturday in an ink attack here by an alleged Shiv Sena activist, an aide said. The incident occurred when the senior Congress leader was about to sit in his car in Rajapur village after attending a function in Ahmednagar assembly constituency, he said. An […]
Los Angeles, Aug 23 (IANS) It was actor-rapper Nick Cannon who decided to end his marriage with singer Mariah Carey — for the sake of their children. The two, who married in 2008 and have twins, have been living separately for some months. Tmz.com reports that Cannon is concerned about Mariah’s emotional state and ended the […]
Ranchi, Aug 23 (IANS) Five people and two policemen were Saturday injured in clashes here between BJP and JMM activists over the booing of Chief Minister Hemant Soren during an event attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, officials said. Hundreds of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) activists gathered near the airport, at Hinoo Chowk and Birsa Chowk, […]
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) Friday urged the government to shift labour laws from the concurrent to the state list with a view to attract more investment. “There is a need to shift labour from the concurrent list to the state list for allowing state governments […]
Los Angeles, Aug 23 (IANS) Actress Julianne Moore’s children may be privileged to be growing up in a famous household, but they do not take it for granted. The actress, who is married to director Bart Freundlich, has two children – son Caleb, 16, and daughter Liv, 12. “We talk about how lucky we are as […]
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Globally popular animated series “Doki” will premiere in India Sep 1 to cater to young inquisitive minds in its own unique way. The series, to be showcased on Discovery Kids, will see the character of Doki and his team embarks on several interesting journeys to find answers to questions about science, […]