Puducherry, May 16 (IANS) Union minister V. Narayanasamy of the Congress Friday trailed by 5,200 votes in the lone Lok Sabha seat from the Puducherry Union Territory, officials said. Narayanasamy’s nearest rival is R. Radhakrishnan of the All India NR Congress party. He had earlier established lead over R.Radhakrishnan.
Rio de Janeiro, May 16 (IANS) Former Brazil international midfielder Juninho is reportedly in the shortlist of candidates to coach French football club Lyon. Juninho has been in contact with the Ligue 1 club’s officials after current coach Remi Garde announced he will leave at the end of the season, according to Brazilian sports news portal […]
Los Angeles, May 16 (IANS) Actress Angelina Jolie’s son Knox designed her a ring depicting her latest character – evil witch Maleficent – for Mother’s Day. The six-year-old drew a picture of his mother in her role as evil queen Maleficent from her latest movie, which was then made into a gold band as a gift […]
Washington, May 16 (IANS) The Indiana Pacers defeated the Washington Wizards 93-80 to seal a spot in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals. David West had a game-best 29 points for the Pacers Thursday night, along with six rebounds and four assists. Lance Stephenson made eight out of his 13 shots to gather 17 points. Paul George […]
Patna, May 16 (IANS) The sprawling bungalow of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the office of the ruling JD-U, which are usually bustling with people, wore a deserted look Friday as the party was pushed to the fourth place in the Lok Sabha polls in the state. “It is telling a story that the BJP’s […]
Bhubaneswar, May 16 (IANS) Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Friday appeared set for a landslide win in both the assembly and Lok Sabha polls. The party candidates are leading in 18 of the 21 Lok Sabha and 100 of the 147 assembly constituencies in the state, officials said. Naveen Patnaik, who is set for fourth […]
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court (SC) Friday allowed the Indian Navy to move out the decommissioned INS Vikrant – country’s first aircraft carrier – from Mumbai naval dockyard to Darukhana ship breaking yard. The apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice A.K. Sikri allowed shifting of the 70-year-old aircraft carrier after […]
Washington, May 16 (IANS) A gay black man may not be as disadvantaged as a gay white or a black straight man in securing a job as was presumed. Researchers now indicate the negative attributes associated with being both a black man and a gay may cancel each other out. Gay men are stereotyped as effeminate […]
Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) The BJP-Shiv Sena and its allies were on the verge of making a clean sweep of more than 40 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, as per vote counting trends. Barring Nanded and Satara, the alliance partners were leading with medium to huge margins in at least four other seats. […]
Gandhinagar, May 16 (IANS) With Narendra Modi all set to become prime minister, the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Friday went to meet his mother to seek her blessings. Modi, wearing a beige coloured kurta and a golden brown Nehru jacket, reached the residence of his mother Hiraben and touched her feet, who in turn gave him […]