The lights have been switched on to mark the start of Vivid Sydney, with the city’s iconic buildings becoming the spectacular canvas for vibrant projections of art and light sculptures for the next 23 nights. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the festival, now in its 10th year, is expected to break the record results achieved every year […]
Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein, accused by over 60 women of sexual harassment, on Friday surrendered to police here to face charges of sexual misconduct. Weinstein arrived at a New York police precinct in Manhattan where he was expected to face charges involving at least one of the women who have accused him of sexual […]
Madhya Pradesh sweltered under the continuing heat wave on Friday with hot winds accompanying the scorching sun, while the state’s famed tourist destination of Khajuraho was hottest in the country on Thursday at 47.5 degrees Celsius, said weather officials. According to the local meteorological office, the state’s northwest region lies in influence of a cyclonic […]
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties worth Rs 14.5 crore of Gujarat-based textile export firm ABC Cotspin Pvt Ltd for defrauding two banks of Rs 804.49 crore by availing bill discount facilities in 2014-15 against Letters of Credit (LCs), an official said on Friday. The agency attached two immovable properties — one at Regent […]
Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) may face a blackout as power plants in the region do not have reserve coal for “more than one day”, Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain said on Friday. He slammed Union Coal Minister Piyush Goyal for the shortage. Addressing the media here, Jain said he had written to […]
Class 12 exam results of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will be announced on Saturday, an official said. “CBSE Class 12 results for Academic Session 2017-18 to be declared on May 26,” School Education Secretary Anil Swarup said in a tweet. The date for releasing the Class 10 results is yet to be […]
BJP President Amit Shah on Friday admitted that an alliance between the BSP and SP in Uttar Pradesh will be a challenge for the BJP in 2019 but asserted that the BJP will defeat the Congress either in Amethi or Rae Bareli. “If the BSP and SP contest in alliance, it would be a challenge […]
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday sought cooperation from the international community to mount pressure on the Myanmar government to take back close to 1.1 million Rohingya refugees sheltered in her country. “I want everybody’s cooperation, so that there is pressure on Myanmar government to take them back fast,” Hasina said after inaugurating the […]
Home-grown militancy is a greater threat than cross-border terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and only a stronger counter-narrative to jihadi radicalism can defeat it, says a retired three-star general of the Indian Army who has served in the violence-battered state. Lt. Gen. Syed Ata Hasnain, who commanded the Srinagar-based 15 Corps that serves as the […]
Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday said that if Pakistan wants peace in the region, it should stop militants from infiltrating into Jammu and Kashmir. “We want peace on the borders, but as you know Pakistan continuously violates the ceasefire that causes loss of life and property. In such case, we have to […]