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 […]
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) A sedentary lifestyle, increased alcohol consumption and obesity are contributing towards making India the “world capital of liver diseases” by 2025, a health expert said Saturday. “Urbanisation and changes linked with it like sedentary lifestyle, fatty food, uncontrolled blood sugar, obesity, smoking and high alcohol intake is leading Indians towards […]
Cairo, April 19 (IANS) Egypt’s leftist leader Hamdeen Sabahy Saturday officially registered for running in the upcoming presidential elections slated for late May, his spokeswoman said. “We submitted to the election commission today 30,000 popular supporting statements from 17 governorates across Egypt to officially register Sabahy as a presidential candidate,” Xinhua quoted the spokesperson as […]
Agartala, April 19 (IANS) A court in Tripura Saturday sent a Kolkata-based doctor to five days in police custody on charges of cheating two Tripura residents by taking money and promising their sons admission in medical colleges in Bangalore. Santanu Tathagata Pal, a radiologist who runs a clinic in Salt Lake City in Kolkata, was […]
Shanghai, April 19 (IANS) Placed second in the constructors’ standings, the Force India will start eighth and 16th in Sunday’s Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit here. German driver Nico Hülkenberg put his VJM07 in eighth after a wet weather qualifying session Saturday as teammate Sergio Perez, who achieved the team’s […]
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) A minor fire broke out Saturday at the busy Rajiv Chowk Metro station, fire officials said. A fire alarm was sounded and the station, which is a main interchange, was closed. Officials said the fire started on a floor mat at the station, but the reason behind it was still […]