Chandigarh, April 29 (IANS) The run-up to the election for the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab has been on a real high. Security agencies in the state have made seizures of drugs worth over Rs 800 crore and lakhs of litres of illicit and country liquor in the run up to Wednesday’s parliamentary election […]
Bangalore, April 29 (IANS) Indian swimmer Supriya Mondal qualified for the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympics by winning the gold at the first Dubai International Aquatic Championships. The 17-year-old won the top prize in the 200m butterfly clocking 2:03.93 to achieve the A qualification mark. This was one of three medals won by Mondal in Dubai. […]
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The middle class people of India don’t realise the value of their vote, said writer and former diplomat Pavan K. Varma Tuesday. Yet, he believes they can be the engine of constructive change. “The middle class people of our country are angry… and they definitely want change. But being merely […]
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) It will be a warm, clear Monday in Delhi and the maximum temperature is likely to hover around 39 degrees Celsius, said the Met Office. “The sky will remain mainly clear throughout the day,” said an official of the India Meteorological Department. The day’s minimum temperature settled three notches below the […]
Lucknow, April 28 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had a narrow escape Sunday when his chopper was hit by a bird, officials said. Yadav was accompanied by his wife Dimple Yadav, the MP from Kannauj, and Public Works Department Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav. He was returning from Saifai after attending the funeral of his […]
Sharjah, April 28 (IANS) Riding on a fine show by opening batsmen Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum, Chennai Super Kings registered a comfortable five-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in an Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here Sunday. Smith struck 66 and McCullum 40 as Super Kings romped home safely with three […]
Baghdad, April 28 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed and 26 others wounded in separate attacks across the Iraqi province of Anbar Sunday, police said. An explosive-laden car was blown up by a suicide bomber outside a base of police commando force in the provincial capital city of Ramadi, some 110 km west of Baghdad, […]
Kiev, April 28 (IANS) Hundreds of pro-Russian protesters stormed and occupied a regional television station building in Ukraine’s eastern city of Donetsk Sunday afternoon, the media reported. The protesters broke the building’s gate and entered the regional television facility as about 30 policemen stood idle nearby and did not intervene, Xinhua reported citing Interfax-Ukraine news agency. […]
Los Angeles, April 28 (IANS) Hollywood actor Billy Bob Thornton, who stars in the TV series “Fargo”, enjoys a cordial relationship with his ex-wife and actress Angelina Jolie. Thornton-Jolie’s tumultuous marriage, which was latter’s fifth, lasted only three years. Huffingtonpost.com reports that the actor talked about his ex-wife in an interview with YourTango.com. When asked are […]
Tripoli, April 28 (IANS) A Libyan court Sunday reopened the trial of dozens of senior figures from Muammar Gaddafi’s government, with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the slain leader’s son, appearing in court via a video-link. The defendants are facing charges of systematic rape, advocating violence and undermining national unity during the war that toppled the former government, […]