Actor Christian Bale says he no longer engages in bike races as his wife Sibi Blazic is not comfortable with it. The actor stopped racing bikes on the road after the birth of his daughter Emmaline eight years ago, reports contactmusic.com. “Sibi has always had a problem with Christian’s love of fast bikes. She stopped […]
Around 2,500 kg of ammonium nitrate and 300 pieces of gelatin sticks were recovered in Jharkhand’s Koderma district Tuesday, police said. Following a tip-off, police chased a pick-up van that met with an accident near Jaynagar village in Koderma district, around 170 km from the state capital Ranchi. The driver of the vehicle managed to […]
Former West Bengal minister and veteran CPI-M leader Sailen Sarkar died at a nursing home in north Bengal’s Malda town Tuesday after a brief illness, party sources said. He was 73. Sarkar was a widower and had no children. A former teacher and a five-time legislator, Sarkar was elected from English Bazar (1977, 1982, 1987) […]
After water, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday fulfilled his second major election promise of cutting power bills of residents by half. The move to provide 50 percent subsidy in power tariff, expected to benefit an estimated 2.8 million out of 3.4 million households, applicable if consumption is below 400 units per month, came a […]
A couple of days before the Andhra Pradesh assembly is to begin a debate on the bifurcation bill, a cabinet minister from Telangana region was Tuesday divested of the legislative affairs portfolio. Civil Supplies Minister D. Sridhar Babu, a supporter of a separate Telangana state, was also holding the legislative affairs portfolio. In a move […]
The Delhi government Tuesday announced a subsidy of 50 percent in power tariff. The following are the salient points of this subsidy: – Subsidy to the extent of 50 percent would be provided to domestic electricity consumers who consume up to 400 units per unit. – A total of 28 lakh consumers or nearly 82 […]
Latvia became the 18th country to join the single currency union Wednesday, as New Year’s Day fireworks erupted at midnight in Riga, the Latvian capital, Xinhua reported. As part of celebrations marking Latvia’s entry to the eurozone, Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvia’s acting head of the government, withdrew an euro bank note from a local bank machine, […]
Two children were beheaded in the Central African Republic’s (CAR) capital as violence touched a “vicious new low”, the UN has said. About 16 children had been killed in Bangui since Dec 5 and an increasing number of them are being recruited into armed groups, BBC reported citing the UN. There were “unprecedented levels” of […]
People in different parts of the world Wednesday marked the beginning of the new year 2014, with New Zealanders being among the first to celebrate. People in New Zealand’s Auckland city were among the first to celebrate. In Australia, hundreds of thousands gathered for a spectacular fireworks display around Sydney’s Harbour Bridge, BBC reported. East […]
The Congress and the government Tuesday scotched rumours that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would announce his resignation Friday to make way for party vice president Rahul Gandhi. Meanwhile, both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) termed it dynastic politics. Television channels, quoting sources, said the prime minister is likely to […]