Hyderabad, May 3 (IANS) Over 36.76 million voters, half of them women, are eligible to cast their votes in the second phase of the Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh May 7. Chief electoral officer (CEO) Bhanwarlal told reporters here Saturday that all arrangements have been made for conducting free and fair elections […]
Guwahati/New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The toll in the twin attacks in Assam rose to 27 Saturday. The state government decided to hand over the probe to the NIA while Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described it as a “cowardly attempt to spread fear and terror”. As many as 22 people were arrested in connection with […]
Mogadishu, May 3 (IANS) Five people, including a former government official, were killed and six others injured after a car bomb went off near a main junction in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, police and witnesses said. The bomb was planted on the vehicle of Abdi Kafi Hilowle, former secretary of Mogadishu administration. It went off near […]
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat Saturday batted forcefully for a non-Congress, non-BJP government at the Centre while discounting any “wave” in favour of BJP leader Narendra Modi. “The 11 parties that we brought together have not allied with either the Congress or the BJP. Depending on the results of the […]
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) A Bollywood actress was thrashed, molested and robbed by two people while she was heading home in Delhi, police said Saturday. The victim was looking for an auto-rickshaw in the Vishwas Nagar area of east Delhi Friday night to reach her home in Anand Vihar. She told police two people, […]
Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) Mumbai Indians beat Kings XI Punjab by five wickets for their first win of the season in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Wankhede Stadium here Saturday. Mumbai Indians chased down the target of 169 with five balls to spare after skipper Rohit Sharma top scored with 39 and Corey […]
Rome, May 3 (IANS) German striker Miroslav Klose has confirmed that he has agreed to extend his stay with Italian football club Lazio for another year. The 35-year-old forward, who has been linked with a move back to Germany or a switch to the MLS, revealed Friday that he had re-signed with Lazio for extension, reports […]
Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) Following the release and reactions to his directorial venture “Revolver Rani”, Sai Kabir has much to ponder over about the movie’s characters, plot, twists and turns, as also the “mistake” he made in the story’s narration. Kangana Ranaut plays a female goon in the movie, while Vir Das plays her toy-boy. […]
PTI WASHINGTON: The US Senate has confirmed the Indian-American Manish as a federal judge in Illinois, becoming the first South Asian federal judge in the 5th most populous state of America. Shah, 40, was confirmed by the Senate by 95-0 votes. “His experience as a prosecutor and in various leadership positions at Chicago’s US Attorney’s […]