By-“Isha Sahni” New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Known for blending western aesthetics with eastern sensibilities, Pakistani designer Faraz Mannan feels it’s time for creative minds from across the border to come on the same page and strengthen their bonds by focussing on commonalities. Faraz, who was in the capital to participate in India Runway Week 2014, […]
By-“Isha Sahni” As the world’s largest democracy braces itself for the results of the ongoing general elections, due May 16, Indian equities already seem to be pricing in the verdict of the nation’s 1.3 billion people. This, on expectations that Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate of the main opposition party, the BJP, will head […]
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Monsoon rainfall in India this year is likely to be below average and there is a 60 percent chance that El Nino will affect farm output and economic growth, the weather office said Thursday. Average rainfall during the 2014 monsoon season (June to September) across the country is likely to […]
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Five members of a family were burnt to death under mysterious circumstances in their Zakir Nagar home here, police said Thursday. Firoz, 35, who ran an embroidery stitching factory, his wife Yasmeen Parveen, 30, and their four children — Afroz, 12, Afreen, 11, and Asif, 7 — fell victim to […]
Raipur, April 24 (IANS) Around two-thirds of the electorate in Chhattisgarh’s seven Lok Sabha constituencies cast their ballots Thursday in the third and final phase of election in the state, officials said. About 66 percent voters exercised their franchise as the polling ended, election officials said. Balloting was held at 14,474 polling booths in the […]
Kolkata, April 24 (IANS) Disregarding the sweltering heat, voters turned up in large numbers with around 83 percent polling being recorded as voting came to an end in six Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal Thursday. The authorities said the polling process in the second phase of elections in the state – after four constituencies […]
Amritsar, April 24 (IANS) Congress candidate from Amritsar Amarinder Singh Thursday asked BJP leader Narendra Modi whether he was coming to Punjab to give his stamp of approval to “criminalised politics” being promoted by the state’s Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia. All 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab go to polls April 30. In an […]
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Nearly 110 million people peacefully voted Thursday in 117 Lok Sabha constituencies in 12 states in a staggered election that will see three more rounds to decide who gets to govern India the next five years. Some 60 percent of the 180 million electorate exercised their franchise in 201,735 centres […]
Jaipur, April 24 (IANS) A clash between villagers and police that also left many media persons injured in Rajasthan’s Dausa marred voting even as nearly 60 percent of the eight million-plus electors cast their ballots in five constituencies in the state’s second and final phase of polling. “As per our tentative information, 59.54 percent of […]
London, April 24 (IANS) In a major boost to science and technology research in developing countries, including India, the British government has launched a five-year, $630 million fund to support science and innovation partnerships with researchers that will focus on economic development. The Newton Fund, first announced in December 2013, will consist of money transferred […]