Hyderabad, April 5 The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Saturday released first list of candidates for Lok Sabha election. The party, which has decided to go alone in simultaneous polls to Lok Sabha and Andhra Pradesh assembly, announced candidates for seven Lok Sabha seats. It named A.P. Jitender Reddy as the candidate from Mahabubnagar, which is […]
Mumbai, April 5 Bollywood veteran Anupam Kher has been appointed to conduct an acting workshop as part of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Weekend and Awards in the US later this month. His directorial venture, a short film, will also be screened. IIFA is scheduled to make its US debut this year. It will […]
New Delhi, April 5 Congress Saturday complained to the Election Commission against BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s close aide Amit Shah over his alleged “provcative hate speech” relating to last year’s Muzaffarnagar riots. The party also demanded that Shah be arrested and banned from campaigning for “creating animosity between communities” in western Uttar Pradesh that […]
Panaji, April 5 The BJP will initiate a central government probe into Goa’s drug mafia if voted to power, said three-time MP and the party’s candidate for the North Goa seat Shripad Naik Saturday. “I assure you I will get a CBI inquiry into the entire drug scenario in Goa once we form our government […]
Agra, April 5 (IANS) Environmentalists have demanded an audit of the total expenditure, including the foreign loans received, for cleaning the Yamuna river and appealed to candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election to include the issue in their agendas. “The latest loan of Rs.937 crores provided by the Japan International Cooperation Agency will also go into […]
Bangalore, April 5 (IANS) Half of the 46 million voters across Karnataka are below 40 years and the enrollment of first-time voters in the 18-19 years age group has been “remarkable this time”. The southern state goes to the polls in a single phase April 17 to elect 28 lawmakers to the 16th Lok Sabha. “Our […]
Perth, April 5 (IANS) The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 continued Saturday in the southern Indian Ocean search area. According to the latest update from Australia’s Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) that is coordinating the multinational search operation, 10 military planes, three civil jets and 11 ships will assist in Saturday’s search for […]
Panaji, April 5 (IANS) Upset over an unsolved minor girl’s rape, constant police harassment and an inflation-stricken kitchen may have given Goa its only illiterate candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Out of the 19 candidates contesting the general elections from two constituencies in Goa, Balkrishna Salgaonkar, 42, is the only one listed as […]
Los Angeles, April 5 (IANS) Running is a great cardio workout which helps aid weight loss alongside a healthy eating plan, but there are plenty more reasons why one should put on one’s running shoes. Femalefirst.co.uk lists reasons why running is beneficial: * It doesn’t cost you anything: You can run anywhere you like to, […]
Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) Three Pakistani Rangers were killed and 36 others were injured, 13 critically, Saturday when their speeding truck overturned in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The truck was carrying troopers to Rahim Yar Khan when it overturned, a Punjab Rangers officer said. The injured personnel have been shifted to Sheikh Zaid Hospital in Lahore, […]