Lahore, April 3 (IANS) Pakistan’s Twenty20 skipper Mohammad Hafeez has said his team played good and bad cricket in the World Cup 2014 tournament. Hafeez told the media on return home after the team’s defeat at the group stage that the West Indies played very well in the last five overs of their innings in the […]
Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets touched a record high of 22,620.65 points for the ninth consecutive day Thursday, surpassing the high of 22,592.10 points it touched Wednesday. Selling pressure was seen in banking, capital goods and oil and gas sectors, while marginal good buying was observed in metal sector. The […]
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party will on Thursday release its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls. Party chief Arvind Kejriwal will launch the manifesto at his Tilak Lane residence here. In its manifesto, the AAP will favour decriminalisation of homosexuality, supporting the Delhi High Court’s 2009 decision on consensual gay sex. The […]
London, April 3 (IANS) The secret about when the midnight romance under a full-blown moon night on earth began is out. A heartening discovery by an international team of planetary scientists has revealed that the moon formed nearly 100 million years after the start of the solar system. “We were excited to find a ‘geological clock’ […]
Chennai, April 3 (IANS) Superstar Mahesh Babu might croon a song in upcoming Telugu actioner “Aagadu”, which has music by S.S Thaman. The makers feel Mahesh’s voice will give the film much-needed hype. Srinu Vaitla-directed “Aagadu” is currently on the floors and is produced by 14 Reels Entertainment. “Thaman and Srinu Vaitla have requested Mahesh to […]
Bangalore, April 3 (IANS) Agitating workers of auto maker Toyota India resorted to an indefinite fast as a stand-off with the company’s management continued 10 days after a week-long lockout was lifted March 24. “As the management is not ready to consider our demand that it should not insist on signing a conduct letter to resume […]
Washington, April 3 (IANS) Amid various health benefit studies on chocolate that inspire you to munch another one, research reveals that a key ingredient in chocolate might help lose weight and lower type-2 diabetes risk. The researchers from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University added the flavanol named oligomeric procyanidins (PCs) found in cocoa – the […]
Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) National Award winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar says he is game for either directing or producing a Marathi film, provided he gets a good subject. “Being a Maharashtrian and a Mumbaikar I would definitely like to make a Marathi film provided I get a good subject,” Bhandarkar told reporters here at the special […]
Bhubaneswar, April 3 (IANS) The BJP has fielded the highest number of tainted candidates in the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls in Odisha April 10, while three of AAP’s candidates have criminal cases against them, an election watchdog here said Thursday. As many as 98 candidates are in the fray for the 10 Lok […]
Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) Actor Imran Khan, who has dubbed for male protagonist Blu in the Hindi version of animated film “Rio 2,” says he always wanted to do such a film and is glad to make his debut. “I wanted to do something like this for a long time. A couple of times I have […]