New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) A court Saturday imposed a fine of Rs.2,500 each on former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his AAP colleague Manish Sisodia after they failed to appear in a defamation case filed against them by Communications Minister Kapil Sibal’s son Amit. Metropolitan Magistrate Sunil Kumar Sharma allowed the two Aam Aadmi […]
Bangalore, March 15 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal Saturday struck a chord with Bangaloreans during a day-long road show to campaign for his party’s candidates contesting in the general elections. “People of Karnataka, especially Bangaloreans, are fed up with the Congress and the BJP whom they voted to power in every alternate election […]
Ghaziabad, March 15 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician and Congress candidate from Ghaziabad parliamentary constituency Raj Babbar held a road show in the city Saturday. Babbar flagged off his road show from UP Gate at 11 a.m. He was accompanied by district Congress president Bijendra Yadav. After paying tribute to Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad and Subhas Chandra Bose […]
Ghaziabad, March 15 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Saturday announced that the party’s core committee member Shazia Ilmi will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Ghaziabad constituency. Ilmi, who lost the R.K. Puram assembly seat by a narrow margin, has agreed to contest from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, the party said. Bharatiya Janata Party president […]
Mumbai, March 15 (IANS) Actress Paridhi Sharma, who plays the titular role in popular show “Jodha Akbar” hopes people play safe on the festival of Holi and give priority to women’s safety. This year, Holi falls on Monday. “As a woman, I strongly feel that it is of utmost importance to ensure that on this day […]
Beirut, March 15 (IANS) Visiting UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said that the crisis in Syria has led to the displacement of nine million people, media reported. “Three years have passed on this horrible Syrian crisis and that means more displaced people to expect. Today we have around 2.6 million Syrians displaced to neighbouring […]
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) India’s No.1 squash player Dipika Pallikal has not won a main draw match this year but says there won’t be a better platform to turn things around than the World Open in Penang, Malaysia, where she meets a qualifier in the opening round Wednesday. The 22-year-old from Chennai has not been […]
London, March 15 (IANS) British Foreign Secretary William Hague expressed his deep disappointment at the failure of US-Russia talks on solving the Ukraine crisis. “It is deeply disappointing that today’s talks did not produce the diplomatic breakthrough,” Xinhua reported citing Hague’s statement here Friday after the talks concluded in London. No substantial agreement was reached between […]
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) A close aide of social activist Anna Hazare Saturday accused him of making baseless allegations regarding the turnout at a recently held rally of West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee in the national capital. Addressing the media, Santosh Bharatiya, a former journalist, said Hazare should have kept […]
Los Angeles, March 15 (IANS) Pop star Britney Spears reportedly suffered a panic attack during an Oscar party. The “Perfume” singer, who had a public breakdown in 2007, reportedly felt overwhelmed at singer Elton John’s AIDS Foundation Oscar-viewing party at West Hollywood Park, and made a quick dash to the exit after just minutes of being […]