Washington, April 26 (IANS) Highlighting the international appeal of India’s Bollywood film industry, the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards event is being held in the US for the first time in Tampa, Florida, Saturday. “This year, Bollywood, its glittering stars and its legions of fans, have come to Tampa,” National Public Radio (NPR) reported […]
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Delhiites will experience a partly cloudy Saturday with the minimum temperature recorded at 22.1 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average. The Met Office has forecast light rain. “Sky would be partly cloudy…light rainfall is likely in some areas of the national capital,” said an official of the India […]
Dubai, April 25 (IANS) An unbeaten 128-run partnership between Aaron Finch and David Warner led the Sunrisers Hyderabad to their first win in the Indian Premier League when they beat the Delhi Daredevils by four runs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium here Friday. Electing to bat, the Sunrisers put up a challenging total of […]
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) BJP leader Subramanian Swamy Friday urged President Pranab Mukherjee not to approve the appointment of a new army chief, arguing that its timing will “politicise” the office and “demoralise” the armed forces. “The timing of this proposed announcement will, inter alia, ensure the chief of the army staff (COAS) office […]
Nairobi, April 25 (IANS) In a bid to monitor and stop the poaching of elephants and rhinos in all its 52 national parks and reserves, Kenya’s wildlife authorities have decided to deploy drones, the Guardian reported Friday. The government move follows a successful pilot project in major protected wildlife area, that saw drones reduce poaching […]
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal Friday accused BJP leader Narendra Modi of making false promises of cleaning the Ganga if he wins the parliamentary election from Varanasi. The claim was made by Modi in a blog post he wrote Thursday, the day he filed his nomination as a candidate from […]
Shimla/Dharamsala, April 25 (IANS) Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and his Lok Sabha member son Anurag Thakur were Friday formally charged in a trial court in Dharamsala with alleged wrongdoing in allotment of land to the state’s cricket association for constructing a residential complex for players near its stadium in Dharamsala. The […]
Dubai, April 25 (IANS) Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat against the Chennai Super Kings in an Indian Premier League clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium here Friday. The squads: Mumbai Indians: Michael Hussey, Aditya Tare, Ambati Rayudu, Rohit Sharma (Captain), Kieron Pollard, Corey Anderson, Chidhambaram Gautam, Harbhajan […]
Vienna, April 25 (IANS/WAM) The basket of 12 crude oils of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) stood at $105.20 a barrel Thursday, against $104.99 Wednesday, according to the OPEC Secretariat. The new OPEC reference basket comprises Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Oriente (Ecuador), Iran Heavy (Iran), Basra Light (Iraq), Kuwait Export (Kuwait), Es […]
Colombo, April 25 (IANS) Former Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu was appointed the head coach of the national cricket team Friday, following the resignation of Paul Farbrace earlier this week. “Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) wishes to announce that Marvan Atapattu has been appointed as the national team head coach and Ruwan Kalpage as the interim […]