New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Justice G. Rohini will Monday assume charge as the first woman chief justice of the Delhi High Court, 47 years after the court was established in October 1966. Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, registrar general of the high court, said Justice Rohini, the seniormost judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, reached […]
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) The Election Commission Saturday ordered repolling on April 21 in two polling stations in West Bengal where the voting process April 17 had been hindered due to malfunctioning EVMs. While one polling booth is under Dhupguri assembly segment of Jalpaiguri constituency, the other is in the Siliguri assembly part of the […]
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday greeted people on the occasion of Easter, saying the festival signifies compassion, brotherhood and a brighter future. “The significance of Christ’s resurrection is that truth and love triumph over evil and hatred. Easter celebrates compassion and brotherhood and signifies a brighter future,” the prime minister […]
Chennai, April 19 (IANS) One of India’s top racing drivers Armaan Ebrahim will compete in the Blancpain GT World Series that gets underway at the French track of Nogaro this weekend with six former Formula 1 drivers and several former GT champions also in the fray. The championship comprises seven rounds featuring 14 races with […]
Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) Pakistan’s Geo News’ senior anchorperson Hamid Mir was injured in an attack by gunmen in Karachi Saturday. Four gunmen riding on two motorcycles opened fire on Hamid Mir’s car a few kilometers away from the airport police station, The News International reported. A Geo News correspondent said Hamid Mir was going […]
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) BJP leader Arun Jaitley Saturday took a dig at Manmohan Singh over information provided by his office that he delivered a speech almost every third day, saying the prime minister “walked on snow but did not leave any footprints”. In an article on his website, the leader of opposition in […]
Narendra Modi is not far off the mark when he says that the May 16 results will be the Congress’s worst. Drawing room and tea-stall chatter nowadays centres on whether the 128-year-old no longer a Grand Old Party will be able to reach the 100-seat mark in the 545-member Lok Sabha in which two MPs […]
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) The opposition in West Bengal Saturday accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of inciting violence that led to the death of a CPI-M activist after being allegedly beaten up by Trinamool Congress workers in Birbhum district. Seikh Hiralal, a Communist Party of India-Marxist activist, succumbed to his injuries Friday night after he […]
Shanghai, April 19 (IANS) Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton overcame the rain-soaked Shanghai International Circuit to top Saturday’s qualifying session ahead of Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, who was followed by teammate and four-time defending champion Sebastian Vettel in the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix. Hamilton’s time of 1.53.860 was six-tenths faster than Ricciardo and it was […]
Seoul, April 19 (IANS) The death toll in the South Korean ferry disaster has risen to 33 with the discovery of four more bodies on Saturday, the Coast Guard said. The body of a woman passenger in a life jacket was found in the waters around 100 metres from the accident site off Jindo Island […]