New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday expressed satisfaction after BJP president Amit Shah was given a clean chit in an alleged staged shootout case. “Extremely pleased to know that the BJP national president Shri Amit Shah has been given a clean chit by the special CBI court,” he twitted. Shah was […]
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) A 73-year-old property dealer was found murdered in central Delhi early Tuesday, police said. The body of Naresh Kumar Bansal was recovered around 1 a.m. in Daryaganj. “Bansal’s neck was slashed with a sharp-edged weapon. His body was lying in the service lane around 50 metres far from Shanti Van,” […]
London, Dec 30 (IANS) Two children and an adult were killed in a fire at a mobile home site in Surrey, southeastern England, police said Tuesday. Surrey Police said they received reports that a mobile home was on fire and attended to the site, off West Park Road in Newchapel, a small town in Surrey […]
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The BJP Tuesday set up an 18-member core committee for the Delhi assembly polls. The committee includes Rajya Sabha member Vijay Goel, and all seven Lok Sabha members from Delhi – Harsh Vardhan, Manoj Tiwari, Parvesh Verma, Udit Raj, Ramesh Bidhuri, Meenakshi Lekhi and Maheish Giri. Ashish Sood and Rekha […]
Beijing, Dec 30 (IANS) Three people were sentenced to death and three others to death with two-year reprieves over a brawl that left 19 people dead and 15 missing two decades ago. The Guangyuan Intermediate People’s Court in Sichuan province issued verdicts about 41 people charged with intentional homicide and affray, Xinhua reported. Four were […]
Los Angeles, Dec 30 (IANS) Actress Jennifer Lawrence appears in a public service announcement about the Ebola virus with her “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay” co-stars Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth and Julianne Moore. “What would happen if you got Ebola?” Hutcherson asks Lawrence in the video, to which she replies: “I’d be fine.” “You have a […]
Mumbai, Dec 30 (IANS) Actor Vikram, who is gearing up for the release of his forthcoming Tamil magnum opus “I”, will be seen in three different roles and he feels blessed to have got that opportunity. In the film, directed by Shankar, Vikram will be seen as a bodybuilder and a disfigured man. “This film […]
Manila, Dec 30 (IANS) An AirAsia jet overshot the runway after landing at the Kalibo International Airport in the Philippines’ Aklan province Tuesday evening. The plane from Manila to Kalibo was carrying an undisclosed number of passengers, according to the initial report of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines at Kalibo (CAAP-Kalibo). “The passengers […]
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Arya Samaj leader Swami Agnivesh Tuesday advocated tax exemption for Aamir Khan-starrer “PK” in view of the movie’s “new message” that would encourage scientific temperament among students across India. Agnivesh welcomed “th film which takes a swipe at superstitious beliefs and false idol worship practiced by some people in the […]
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) Grilled marinated chicken tikkas and smoking seekh kebabs from Pakistan and rice dishes from Bangladesh with Ilish (hilsa fish) are not only tasty but healthy too, according to chefs from the two countries who are here for a fair. Two stalls from the neighbouring countries are not only rustling up delicacies […]