Month: April 2019

Iranian parliament labels entire US military as terrorist

Tehran :  Iranian lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a bill that labels all US military forces as terrorist, state TV reported, a day after Washington ratcheted up pressure on Tehran by announcing that no country would any longer be exempt from US sanctions if it continues to buy Iranian oil. […]

Brazil court reduces ex-president Lula’s sentence

Rio De Janeiro :  A Brazilian appeals court has reduced leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s 12-year sentence for bribery and money laundering. In a unanimous decision, the four judges on the Superior Court of Justice panel hearing Lula’s appeal agreed to uphold his conviction, but reduced […]

Sri Lanka police carry out controlled explosion on motorcycle near cinema hall

Colombo :  Sri Lanka remained on high alert as police on Wednesday carried out a controlled explosion of a suspicious motorcycle parked near a cinema hall here. The police said that the area near the Savoy Cinema at Wellawatta, South Colombo was cleared and the controlled explosion was carried […]

Three killed as car falls into gorge

Pauri : Three persons were killed and one injured Wednesday when their car fell into a deep gorge in Pauri district, police said. The car plunged into a 150-metre deep gorge near Nai village in Pabau block of the district, killing three persons on the spot and leaving another […]

Three killed as car falls into gorge

Pauri : Three persons were killed and one injured Wednesday when their car fell into a deep gorge in Pauri district, police said. The car plunged into a 150-metre deep gorge near Nai village in Pabau block of the district, killing three persons on the spot and leaving another […]

Unfazed by trolling, Matondkar says she is here to stay

Mumbai :  Urmila Matondkar, leading Bollywood actor of the 90s who joined the Congress recently, says she has faced a lot of trolling on social media and personal attacks after her entry into politics, but asserted that she is here to stay. Matondkar, who is contesting from the Mumbai […]

Will Cong be able to turn the tide in Bundelkhand?

Bhopal : Months after the Congress ended the 15-year BJP rule in Madhya Pradesh, the question doing the rounds in the state’s political circles is if Rahul Gandhi can reverse his party’s fortunes in the Bundelkhand region, considered a citadel of the saffron party. The Bundelkhand region comprises eight […]

Narayan Rane to bare all in memoir

New Delhi :  Seasoned politician Narayan Rane has penned his memoir in which his looks back at the years he has spent in the dog-eat-dog world of Indian politics and also tells stories of his encounters with the who’s who of the game in Maharashtra and at the Centre. […]

Struggling KKR seek turnaround against Rajasthan Royals

Kolkata:  His job safe for now, skipper Dinesh Karthik will be praying for a turnaround in the fortunes of a struggling Kolkata Knight Riders, as they meet Rajasthan Royals in the IPL here Thursday. KKR have suffered five defeats on the trot, exposing their over-reliance on Andre Russell, and […]

Tremors felt in Arunachal Pradesh

New Delhi :  A medium-intensity earthquake of magnitude 5.8 hit Arunachal Pradesh early Wednesday, the National Centre for Seismology said. The epicentre of the quake was West Siang district, it said. The quake occurred at 1:45 am at the depth of 10 kilometres. The northeast region falls under a […]

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