New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation Monday formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the Saradha chit fund scam that left lakhs of investors across five states bankrupt, sources said. The SIT will probe the case under the supervision of Joint Director Rajiv Kumar. CBI officials from West Bengal, Odisha and […]
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) REVA, a beauty and aesthetics clinic with services based on international standards, has opened in the capital to offer a spectrum of aesthetic services for skin rejuvenation and total face and body enhancement using non-surgical treatments. REVA hopes to bridge the gap in the country’s beauty and aesthetics market. The team […]
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) India’s top singles tennis player Somdev Devvarman gained two positions to occupy 95th place while compatriot Yuki Bhambri dropped a place to 156 in the latest ATP rankings released Monday. In the doubles ATP rankings, Leander Paes dropped two places to 11th with Rohan Bopanna the next best placed Indian in […]
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) Though many in the transgender community in Kolkata voted under the ‘others’ category for the first time Monday in the last phase of the Lok Sabha polls, the majority shied away from getting inked, fearing embarrassment. In April, the Supreme Court ruled that transgenders be treated as the third gender. The ruling […]
Accra, May 12 (IANS) The Ghana senior women’s national team will play South Africa in an international friendly May 18 in Johannesburg. Ghana will use the friendly as part of their preparations for their two-leg 2014 African Women’s Championship qualifier against Ethiopia later this month and in June, reports Xinhua. After the game with South Africa, […]
Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets surged more than 556 points to touch a new life-time high so far of 23,573 points as the market priced in a probable Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) victory after the last phase of Lok Sabha elections ended Monday. The results of the general […]
Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) Filmmaker Guddu Dhanoa, who directed the 2000 Bollywood film “Bichhoo”, is set to make a sequel to the movie, and he will bring back Bobby Deol to play the lead in it. Dhanoa told IANS: “It is true that Bobby Deol has agreed to play the lead in ‘Bichhoo 2’. It’s a […]
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The long-drawn Lok Sabha election ended Monday evening, with millions voting in the last leg of the polling in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. The 10-phase polls that began April 7 drew some 536 million of the 814 million electorate in 28 states and seven union territories. The votes will […]
News Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Winner of beauty pageant Miss India UK 2012 Deana Uppal, who is the recently evicted contestant from stunt-based reality show “Khatron Ke Khiladi”, had her eyes set on Bollywood since her childhood. “I have been coming back and forth to India for sometime now. My parents were born in Punjab, so […]
London, May 12 (IANS) The burning question whether sea level rise is accelerating can only be answered with a degree of certainty by 2030, an international team of scientists has claimed. The team has developed a new method for revealing how sea levels might rise around the world throughout the 21st century. The team, led by […]