The Hague, April 1 Dwight Lodeweges will succeed Marco van Basten as coach of sc Heerenveen at the end of the season, local media reported Tuesday. The 56-year-old Lodeweges is currently in his first season as coach of SC Cambuur Leeuwarden, the other professional club from the northern province of Friesland, reports Xinhua. Heerenveen are […]
Bareilly/Rewa, April 1 Stepping up his offensive against the Congress, BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Tuesday said that it faced “certain defeat” in the Lok Sabha poll. He also urged the Election Commission to probe the “delay” in clearance for his helicopters to take off. Addressing election rallies in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, […]
Patna/Ranchi, April 1 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said the Gujarat model of development would burst after the Lok Sabha election – just as the BJP’s “India Shining” burst after the 2004 polls. He was addressing rallies in Aurangabad of Bihar and earlier in Jharkhand’s Godda district. He formally started the party’s election drive […]
New Delhi, April 1 AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday hit back at BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, saying if there was indeed a ‘Modi wave’ in India, then why was the Gujarat chief minister fighting the Lok Sabha polls from two places. The former Delhi chief minister was equally harsh on Congress president Sonia […]
New Delhi, April 1 Former national champion Anup Sridhar beat Chetan Anand to move into the men’s singles main draw of the $250,000 India Open Super Series at the Siri Fort Sports Complex here Tuesday. Sridhar delivered a dominant performance and did not allow Anand any space to win 21-14, 21-16 in the second round of […]
Brussels, April 1 NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen Tuesday said there was no sign of Russia pulling its forces back from the border with Ukraine, CNN reported. “Unfortunately I cannot confirm that Russia is withdrawing its troops,” Rasmussen was quoted as saying at the opening of a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers in […]
New Delhi/Chennai, April 1 Automobile manufacturers Tuesday reported a decline in March sales due to prevailing economic slowdown coupled with high fuel and interest costs. Passenger car major Maruti Suzuki’s total sales declined by 5.5 percent during last month at 113,350 units from 119,937 units. Domestic sales in March fell by 5.2 percent at 102,269 units […]
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed the Zee group to follow the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) guidelines while telecasting programmes. It was hearing a defamation suit filed by lawmaker Naveen Jindal contending that the group aired “highly defamatory and malicious” programmes against him. Lok Sabha member Jindal moved the high court […]
Isha Sahni The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), the southern hemisphere’s greatest annual celebration of Indian cinema will take place in the month of May. The festival this year will be exploring the richness of contemporary Indian cinema across four program streams, with films spanning Bollywood to art house and the subcontinent, as well as establishing an […]
TV actress Pooja Gor, who is the first contestant to be eliminated from “Khatron Ke Khiladi 5”, says her experience on the action-adventure reality series has helped her conquer her fears to an extent. Her elimination was announced Sunday. “I do wish I had survived my elimination stunt and continued to be a part of […]