Rome, April 26 (IANS) Roma snapped AC Milan’s winning streak with a 2-0 win at home Friday to keep their Serie A title hope alive in UEFA Europa League. The win, while moving Roma within five points of leaders Juventus, dented Milan’s hopes of qualification, Xinhua reported. Milan headed into the game riding on the […]
Seoul, April 26 (IANS) The death toll in the South Korea ferry sinking disaster rose to 187 Saturday morning, but search operations slowed amid faster tidal currents and worse weather conditions. Only two more bodies were recovered from the sunken vessel overnight, raising the death toll to 187. A total of 115 people are still […]
Los Angeles, April 26 (IANS) Actress Shailene Woodley thinks hugging trees makes her beautiful. The “Divergent” actress has shared her pearls of wisdom about following an eco-friendly beauty regime, encouraging people to become at one with nature and indulge in tree-hugging in order to achieve a naturally radiant glow, reports contactmusic.com. “Walk barefoot in a […]
Lucknow, April 26 (IANS) Repolling will be held at five polling stations of Firozabad and Etawah Lok Sabha constituencies as the Election Commission (EC) has received complaints about booth capturing and intimidation during the election, officials said Saturday. Several complaints were sent to the poll panel about bogus voting and booth capturing during the election […]
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 […]