Month: March 2019

Belarusian president fires governor for keeping cows in poor conditions

Moscow :  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has fired three officials including a governor for keeping cows in poor conditions at a local farm. Video aired by state television showed Lukashenko, an avid farmer himself, scolding the farm managers and the governor on a visit to the farm in the […]

Owaisi hails scientists on Mission Shakti; attacks PM

Hyderabad :  AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trying to appropriate DRDO’s success in demonstration of anti-satellite missile capability. Owaisi said he was expecting more, like tangible action against Pakistan. “DRDO’s success today is testimony to what this nation’s scientists achieve against immense odds. […]

AP locks horns with ECI over transfer of 3 police officials

Amaravati :  The Andhra Pradesh government Wednesday Wednesday filed a petition in the High Court against the Election Commissions directive ordering the transfer of state Director General of Intelligence and two district Superintendents of Police. Though the government immediately complied with the ECI directive on Tuesday night, it filed […]

Muslim women come out with manifesto for political parties, demand law against mob lynching

New Delhi: A group of Muslim women from over 10 states Wednesday said the new dispensation at the Centre should bring a law against mob lynching. Ahead of the April-May parliamentary election, the women, including Khalida, the wife of alleged lynching victim Umar Khan, published a manifesto listing their […]

Notification for 3rd phase of LS polls in UP to be issued Thursday

Lucknow ;  Notification for the third phase of Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh will be issued Thursday, an election official said here Wednesday. According to the Election Commission, the parliamentary constituencies going to polls in the third phase include Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Badaun, Aonla, Bareilly […]

DRDO achievement pride for nation, let us not play politics on it: Ram Madhav

Jammu : With the Opposition accusing Prime Minister Modi of trying to get electoral mileage by announcing amid the poll process the successful testing of India’s anti-satellite missile ability, the BJP Wednesday cautioned political parties against playing “politics on the issue”. Terming DRDO scientists achievement as a “pride” of […]

Gadkari claims Congress workers in Nagpur support him

Nagpur :  Union minister and BJP candidate from the Nagpur Lok Sabha seat Nitin Gadkari Wednesday claimed that he is getting phone calls from Congress workers pledging support to him. The BJP stalwart kick-started his campaigning and said he will seek votes on the basis of development work done […]

Three militants killed in encounter in J-K’s Shopian

Srinagar :  Three militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday, an Army official said. The security forces launched an anti-militancy operation in Yarwan forest area of the district following information about presence of the ultras there, he said. The […]

SC refuses to stall release of film ‘Ram Ki Janmabhoomi’

New Delhi :  The Supreme Court Thursday refused to stall the release of film ‘Ram Ki Janmabhoomi’ which is scheduled to hit the screens across the country on March 29. A plea seeking to stall the release of the film was mentioned before a bench headed by Justice S […]

Want to hold on to my form: Rana

Kolkata :  Consecutive fifties in different batting positions ought to be a confidence-builder but Kolkata Knight Riders batsman Nitish Rana says he is occupied by the concern of maintaining his form that usually “fizzles” out early in the IPL. As a makeshift opener in the absence of Sunil Narine, […]

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