Varanasi, May 10 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday stormed Varanasi to campaign against BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate Narendra Modi, holding a roadshow and addressing a huge rally where he promised the right to health if the Congress is voted back to power. Two days after Modi held a mammoth roadshow and a day after […]
Mumbai, May 10 (IANS) Tisca Chopra launched Kiran Manral’s book “Once Upon A Crush”, here. The actress says she enjoys reading the writer’s work. Landmark and Leadstart Publishing hosted the book launch Friday. “‘Once Upon A Crush’ is rom-com, fun to read and yet emotional as it deals in that phase of life where things of […]
Palakkad (Kerala), May 10 (IANS) The total number of mass marriages arranged by Middle East based Keralite P.N.C. Menon’s Sobha Group has touched 438 after 19 more weddings were solemnized Saturday. Under the programme of organising community marriages, women from the Vadakkenchery and Kizhakkenchery gram panchayats, in Palakkad district, which have been adopted by Menon, are […]
Damascus, May 10 (IANS) After a period of two years of conflict, residents of Syria’s Old Homs city have finally returned to their homes after the city was declared “secure” and “free of arms and gunmen”, media reported Saturday. Governor Talal al-Barazi Friday announced that the Old City of Homs has evacuated all rebels as a […]
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field against Delhi Daredevils in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium here Saturday. Sunrisers are unchanged but Daredevils have made three changes. They have dropped seamer Wayne Parnell, opener Murali Vijay and left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem for leg […]
Baghdad, May 10 (IANS) At least seven security personnel were killed and 20 injured Saturday in a suicide tanker bomb attack in Iraq, an official said. The attack occurred when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden tanker into an army checkpoint in Salahudin province, the official told Xinhua. The suicide bomber targeted the checkpoint while a […]
Mexico City, May 10 (IANS) Mexico’s chief football coach Miguel Herrera Friday unveiled the 23-member squad for the upcoming 2014 Brazil World Cup, June 12-July 13. The line-up, announced at a press conference Friday at the headquarters of the Mexican Football Federation (FMF), features three of Mexico’s best-known players, reports Xinhua. Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez, who plays […]
Mumbai, May 10 (IANS) The BEST has started withdrawing from its fleet of city buses a Gujarati newspaper’s advertisement glorifying Gujaratis, following objections from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. “We have started removing the advertisements… These ads were released through a contractor for about 200 buses in all 26 depots. They (ads) will be removed over the […]
Lucknow, May 10 (IANS) BJP’s prime ministerial aspirant Narendra Modi will be one of the candidates whose fortunes will be decided when the last lot of 18 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh go to the polls Monday. Also in contest that day are AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, one of two main opponents of Modi in […]
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) There is a need for women to organise themselves as a pressure group to be able to carve a niche in the political sphere, three Delhi-based women journalists said Saturday. Speaking at a panel discussion organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Ladies Organisation (FLO), Navika […]