Lucknow, April 9 (IANS) Security has been beefed up for the first phase of polling in 10 Lok Sabha seats in western Uttar Pradesh Thursday after hate speeches by politicians raised security concerns. Election Commission officials said while a security plan had been worked out much in advance for the sprawling region, the scale was being […]
Beijing, April 9 (IANS) Large, pictorial warnings on tobacco packets leads to greater motivation among smokers to quit and lowers motivation among non-smokers to start up, a World Health Organisation (WHO) report has said. “Evidence from around the world shows that large, pictorial warnings significantly increase effectiveness of pack warning labels by increasing knowledge, awareness and […]
Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 (IANS) Polling for the Lok Sabha in India’s smallest union territory Lakshadweep, a group of 36 islands and total electorate less than 50,000, will be held Thursday. There are a total of 49,821 electors, evenly divided between male and female voters. Three islands – Androth (9,012), Minicoy (8,139) and Kavaratti (8,080) – have […]
Dhaka, April 9 (IANS) Two weeks after making a startling claim that Ziaur Rahman was Bangladesh’s first president, senior BNP leader Tarique Rahman said Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was an “illegal” prime minister. Rahman made the comment at a function, organised by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) at the Westminster Hall in London Tuesday, bdnews24.com Wednesday […]
Los Angeles, April 9 (IANS) Actress Mindy Kaling, who plays Mindy Lahiri in her own TV series “The Mindy Project”, says she is not drawing from experience when she writes about the various hookups her character has each week. She appeared on TV show “Chelsea Lately” and said that she’d be dead if she lived the […]
Imphal, April 9 (IANS) Over 50 percent voters cast their ballot till 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency, as polling was held for one of the two seats in the northeastern state, officials said. Police and Election Commission officials said balloting took place peacefully in 1,406 polling stations in the tribal reserved […]
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday declined to stay the centre’s decision to extend OBC reservation to Jats in nine states and sought the government’s response to a plea challenging its move. An apex court bench of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice N.V. Ramana while declining to stay the […]
Los Angeles, April 9 (IANS) Actress Anne Hathaway made an appearance on TV show “Live With Kelly And Michael” and said that she snuck a flask of tequila into the Oscars. The “Rio-2” star’s evening at the prestigious award show began with a seating mix-up, which led to an alcohol-filled gab-fest. “I got a perfect purse-sized […]
Kalpa (Himachal Pradesh), April 9 (IANS) Shyam Saran Negi, who at 97 has never abstained from voting since India embraced parliamentary democracy in 1951, is urging Indians to vote for candidates “who can generate jobs and provide essential services”. Negi, whose musical video appeal posted by Google India under its Pledge To Vote campaign is quite […]
Washington, April 9 (IANS) An Indian-origin researcher at Stanford University has developed a clever chemistry kit for your kid that he/she would love to use, even if he/she hates the subject! Manu Prakash, a bioengineer at Stanford, has developed a new hand-crank operated chemistry set for kids that won him $50,000 (Rs.30 lakh) as first prize […]