Month: March 2019

Owaisi has assets worth Rs 13 crore Advertisement

Hyderabad :  AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi, who has filed his nomination for Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency, has declared assets worth more than Rs 13 crore. His immovable assets are worth over Rs 12 crore and movable assets are over Rs 1.67 crore, according to the affidavit submitted by him […]

Rajasthan Royals launches Academy in England

New Delhi :  Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals has tied up with the Star Cricket Academy in Surrey, England to re-launch the facility as the ‘Rajasthan Royals Academy’. The centre has a state-of-the-art cricket centre named the Jarrett Centre, RR said in a press release. It is […]

Cong still mulling alliance with AAP

New Delhi :  Days after having unanimously decided to go it alone in Delhi, the Congress is again mulling options to align with the Aam Aadmi Party in the national capital in its bid to defeat the BJP in Lok Sabha elections. Sources said the Congress leadership is in […]

BJP man to be Goa CM; allies manage to get 2 Dy CM’s posts

Panaji : BJP’s Pramod Sawant willl be the new chief minister of Goa, party sources said Monday. Two MLAs from the BJP alliance partners will be made deputy chief ministers as part of the compromise reached with allies, they said. The BJP managed to break the deadlock in Goa, […]

BJP man to be Goa CM; allies manage to get 2 Dy CM’s posts

Panaji, Mar 18:  BJP’s Pramod Sawant willl be the new chief minister of Goa, party sources said Monday. Two MLAs from the BJP alliance partners will be made deputy chief ministers as part of the compromise reached with allies, they said. The BJP managed to break the deadlock […]

BJP creating artificial majority in Goa, Cong should be allowed to form govt: Azad

New Delhi, Mar 18:  The Congress Monday accused the BJP of creating an “artificial majority” in Goa at the directions of the Centre, and urged Governor Mridula Sinha to invite the opposition party to form a government as it was the single largest party. The coastal state is […]

Japan’s ‘Uncle Olympics’ fan dies just short of 2020 Games

A Japanese Olympic mega-fan who attended every summer games since Tokyo in 1964 has died, just over a year before his home city was to host its second Olympics. Tokyo businessman Naotoshi Yamada, 92, who died on March 9 from heart failure, was a national celebrity in his […]

‘Clear similarities’ between Boeing crashes in Ethiopia, Indonesia

Flight recorder data recovered from the wreckage of Boeing 737 MAX planes that crashed in Ethiopia and Indonesia shows “clear similarities,” Addis Ababa said Sunday as the US maker announced it was finalizing a software update for its under fire anti-stall system. Pressure was mounting meanwhile on the […]

China says nearly 13,000 ‘terrorists’ arrested in Xinjiang

China on Monday defended its controversial security crackdown in the fractious far west region of Xinjiang, saying nearly 13,000 “terrorists” have been arrested there since 2014. Beijing has come under international criticism over its policies in the region, where as many as one million Uighurs and other mostly […]

Remote Cape with ‘world’s cleanest air’ offers smog respite

As much of Asia wheezes, coughs and sniffles its way through another smog season, one isolated and windswept corner of Australia is serving as the global standard for clean air. With panoramic views of swaying tussock grass and the vast crystalline expanse of the Southern Ocean, Tasmania’s beautiful […]

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