Day: March 26, 2019

Goa poll officials ban campaign near churches on Good Friday

Panaji :  Political parties will not be allowed to campaign in the vicinity of churches on Good Friday, which falls on April 19, the state’s Chief Electoral Officer Kunal has instructed. The Christian holy day comes just days ahead of April 23, when the state will have polls for […]

ED arrests defence agent in VVIP choppers case

New Delhi : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested a defence agent from Delhi in the Rs 3,600-crore VVIP choppers deal case, officials said Tuesday. They said Sushen Mohan Gupta was arrested late Monday by agency sleuths under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Gupta, they said, has […]

Two minors dead as fire breaks out in hut

Kaushami (UP) :  Two sons of a labourer were killed and five other family members sustained injuries when his hut caught fire in the early hours of Tuesday at a village here, police said. Dinanath, a labourer working at a brick kiln, used to live in the hut in […]

Dalits, OBCs hold key in Nagpur LS seat

Nagpur :  In the Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency, Dalits and OBCs play an important role in deciding the MP, and political parties, including the BJP and the Congress, are pitching for their votes in the run-up to next month’s elections. Nagpur is home to the headquarters of the BJP’s […]

Pak man held by BSF along Gujarat IB

New Delhi :  A Pakistani national was apprehended by the BSF along the Indo-Pak International Border (IB) in Gujarat, officials said Tuesday. They said Muhammad Ali (35), who was speaking Sindhi, was apprehended by a Border Security Force (BSF) patrol from the ‘Kumar’ border post in the frontier district […]

UG Admissions to Symbiosis are Now Open

open view news desk PUNE, India, March 26, 2019/PRNewswire/ — Symbiosis will be conducting four entrance tests namely, Symbiosis Entrance Test (SET) / Symbiosis Law Admission Test (SLAT) / Symbiosis Entrance Exam for Design (SEED) /SIT Engineering Entrance Exam (SIT EEE), for admission to it’s undergraduate programmes. These […]

Parts of Ker hit by soaring mercury; 36 sun burns cases

Thiruvananthapuram : Several parts of Kerala have been hit by soaring mercury with 36 cases of sun burns being reported, official sources said Tuesday. Kollam and Alapuzha districts accounted for the maximum sun burn cases of six each of the 36 reported till Monday, the Health department said. Among […]

Actor-politician Jaya Prada joins BJP

New Delhi : Actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada joined the BJP on Tuesday and may be fielded by the party from the Rampur parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Jaya Prada, a close associate of former Samajwadi Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, had been elected from Rampur on SP […]

AIMIM enters LS poll fray in Maharashtra

Hyderabad :  The Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM Tuesday announced its Maharashtra MLA Imtiaz Jaleel as the party candidate from Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency in the western state. Polling would be held in Aurangabad in the third phase of elections on April 23. “Imtiaz Jaleel will be AIMIM’s candidate for the […]

Rohit Sharma extends association with Adidas

New Delhi : India batsman Rohit Sharma has extended his contract with the global sportswear giant Adidas. Adidas already has on board sprinter Hima Das, hockey player Manpreet Singh and heptathlete Swapna Barman. Rohit has been associated with Adidas since 2013. The Indian opener recently became the third fastest […]

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