Dhaka, April 24 (IANS) The Bangladesh government has revoked the licences of eight Haj agencies and withheld the licences of 43 others for alleged irregularities. Action has been taken against 208 agencies after a probe committee formed by the country’s ministry of religious affairs found that they were responsible for irregularities, Chowdhury Md. Babul Hassan, secretary […]
Kolkata, April 24 (IANS) Notwithstanding the oppressive heat, enthusiastic voters stood in long queues, as around 70 percent of the electorate exercised their franchise by Thursday afternoon in six Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal. The authorities said the polling process in the second phase of elections in the state – after four constituencies voted a […]
Rome, April 24 (IANS) Italy opened a new phase Thursday by replacing its special envoy Staffan de Mistura, handling the case of its two marines held in India, and sending its ambassador back to New Delhi to help steer the case towards arbitration. Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone were arrested for killing two Indian fishermen off […]
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Barring the Kashmir Valley, millions voted Thursday across a dozen states in India to elect 117 MPs even as the BJP’s prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi filed his nomination in Varanasi, turning the Hindu holy city into a sea of saffron. About 40 percent of the 180 million eligible to vote […]
Guwahati, April 24 (IANS) A mob attacked a polling station in Assam’s Kokrajhar district killing a policeman even as over 50 percent balloting was recorded in the last six Lok Sabha constituencies in the state that went to the polls Thursday. Election officials said 52.78 percent polling was recorded till 1 p.m. in Guwahati, Barpeta, Dhubri, […]
Amethi, April 24 (IANS) Amethi, seen as the Gandhi family’s pocket borough, is seething with anger. This Lok Sabha constituency in the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh has since 1977 never been as angry with a Gandhi as it is with Rahul, the scion of the family and the incumbent MP. Amethi voted his father Rajiv […]
Kolkata, April 24 (IANS) The Election Commission Thursday sought a report from the Murshidabad district administration following a complaint against Trinamool Congress Jangipur nominee Haji Nurul Islam for entering several polling booths with a group of workers. The complaint was filed by the Congress after Islam was caught on camera entering three polling booths in Sagardighi […]
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Salman Khan defeated stars like Hrithik Roshan and Arjun Rampal to grab the first position as India’s fittest actor in an online poll. The poll was conducted by TheHealthSite.com, a health and wellness site, where more than 30,000 people voted for their favourite stars. Salman and Hrithik’s fan following […]
New York, April 24 (IANS) Although a human partner is a better motivator during exercise, a software-generated cyber partner can also be effective in making you work a little extra, research reveals. “We know that people tend to show more effort during exercise when there are other partners involved because their performance hinges on how the […]
Gimcheon (South Korea), April 24 (IANS) P.V. Sindhu, R.M.V. Gurusaidutt and women’s doubles pair Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa led India’s charge by qualifying into the quarter-finals of the $200,000 Badminton Asia Championships at the Gimcheon Indoor Stadium here Thursday. World No.10 Sindhu finally overcame Japan’s Eriko Hirose 14-21, 21-13, 21-18 for the first time in […]