Jammu, May 5 (IANS) A protest strike called by the Jammu Bar Association passed off peacefully Monday barring a few incidents of stone pelting in the city, officials said. Educational institutions, public transport, shops and other businesses remained closed although government offices, banks and post offices functioned normally. Some public transport, however, operated. Scores of pilgrims […]
Mumbai, May 5 (IANS) Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, who is backing “Citylights”, a remake of “Metro Manila”, says Hansal Mehta’s directorial venture should not be described as festival movie because it has all the elements of a commercial cinema. ” ‘Citylights’ is not a festival film. It’s an Indian film, it has an Indian story, it has […]
Shimla, May 5 (IANS) The Congress Monday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against sitting MP and BJP candidate Anurag Thakur for allegedly concealing financial details in his election affidavit and demanded that he be debarred from contesting the polls. Thakur, who is re-contesting from Hamirpur Lok Sabha constituency, has declared his details of investments […]
Toronto, May 5 (IANS) Even in the face of outbreak of a disease, parents are often found lacking in getting their kids vaccinated, indicated a study. “We have always assumed that when the risk of catching a disease is high, people will accept a vaccine that is effective in preventing that disease. Our results may challenge […]
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) Champions League finalists Atletico Madrid, partners of the Kolkata franchise for the inaugural Indian Super League (ISL), will be arriving here Wednesday to launch the club for the new football league. Club owner Miguel Angel Marin, club advisor Peter Kenyon, Emilio Gutierrez, director of marketing and Carlos Aguilera Martin, director of grassroots […]
Ahmedabad, May 5 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals scored 170 for six against Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Sardar Patel Stadium here Monday. Put in to bat, Rajasthan’s top order played exceptionally well to make 105 for one by the 13th over. Rajasthan’s top five — Ajinkya Rahane (30), Karun Nair […]
Hyderabad, May 5 (IANS) Shan5, a paediatric pentavalent or five-in-one vaccine developed by Hyderabad-based Shantha Biotechnics, an arm of Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of French pharmaceutical company Sanofi, has regained prequalification status from the World Health Organisation (WHO). After four years of disqualification, the vaccine, which offers protection to children from diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, Hib […]
London, May 5 (IANS) Police in the US have questioned a young British woman who reportedly had sex in a drunk condition with a man in the toilet of an airliner. Cabin crew had to intervene after the woman, said to be in her 20s and flying with her parents, disappeared into the toilet with a […]
Lucknow, May 5 (IANS) Fifteen Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh go to the polls Wednesday in a contest hugely vital to the Congress, which won seven of these in 2009 but is finding it difficult to retain them. The most prominent of the battlegrounds is Amethi, a Gandhi family bastion where Congress leader Rahul Gandhi […]
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Idea Cellular Monday resumed 3G services services through intra-circle roaming (ICR), across 10 circles, the company said here. This came within a week of the Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) allowing telecom service providers to provide 3G services beyond their licensed areas, quashing an earlier decision of the government. […]