US First Lady Melania Trump has once again recalled her two-day visit to India along with President Donald Trump in a series of tweets. A day after tweeting about her “unforgettable” afternoon at a school in Delhi, Melania Trump posted to thank everyone—from President Ram Nath Kovind to Prime Minister […]
Chidambaram slams AAP for sanction to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar for sedition
Congress leader and former Union minister P Chidambaram on Saturday criticised the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi for giving the go-ahead to the police to prosecute former Jawaharlal Nehru University students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others in a sedition case of 2016. “Delhi Government is no less ill-informed than […]
‘Knocking people out since 2010’: Ashwin shares ‘creative’ CV on Instagram
Ravichandran Ashwin took to Instagram on Friday to share a ‘creative’ CV (Curriculam Vitae) and it consisted a few hilarious entries about the veteran spinner. “Log mujhe pyaar se Baller bulate hai,” (People call me Baller ) wrote Ashwin under the nickname section and when it comes to the description, he wrote […]
Delhi riots: Civic agencies will help police hunt for bodies in drains
After three more dead bodies were recovered on Friday from drains in northeast Delhi where riots broke out on Monday and Tuesday, Delhi Police have roped in civic agencies to check the worst — finding more bodies in the drains of north east Delhi. Over the last three days, police […]
‘Good words for you also, but…’: Judge who praised PM to Cong lawyer in court
Dragging judges into controversy for “good words” spoken by them should be avoided, Supreme Court judge, justice Arun Mishra said in open court on Friday in a veiled reference to the controversy that erupted after he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an international judicial conference on February 22. The […]
Mauritius president stopped at Varanasi airport over excess luggage
Mauritius president Pritivirajsing Roopun was stopped at the international airport in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi over excess luggage on his way to Delhi and asked to pay up before officials intervened. The Mauritian president was on a two-day visit to the temple town along with a six-member delegation. An employee of […]
Ritu Phogat dominates Chinese opponent in second MMA fight at ONE: King of the Jungle
India’s champion wrestler-turned-Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Ritu Phogat continued to dominate at the ONE Championship as she notched up a win by unanimous decision against debutante Wu Chiao Chen of China at the ONE: KING OF THE JUNGLE held behind closed doors at the Singapore Indoor Stadium today. The […]
Education, agriculture focus of Punjab, Haryana budgets
The Punjab and Haryana governments on Friday presented their respective budgets for 2020-21 with key focus on education and agriculture. Presenting a Rs 1.54 lakh crore budget, Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal made a raft of announcements, including free education for all up to class 12, implementation of 6th […]
Iceland confirms first case of new coronavirus
Iceland on Friday confirmed the new coronavirus had reached the subarctic island after a man in his forties, who had recently returned from a trip to northern Italy, tested positive for COVID-19. The man was placed in isolation at the National University Hospital of Iceland, after a test confirmed the […]
Team Trump launches ad blitz to woo Indians in US
US President Donald Trump’s campaign team has launched a new social media blitz targeting Indian-American voters, according to a news report on Thursday that said the American leader was using visuals from his trip to India this week in the advertisement. The campaign represents possibly the first time a Republican […]
Court temporarily halts Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
Dealing a significant blow to a signature Trump administration immigration policy, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that the government can no longer make asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases wind through the US immigration courts. The same court, based in San Francisco, decided to keep another major […]
Here is your horoscope for 29 Feb, 2020
Aries Today’s energies are good for special attention to the practical side of your life, dear Aries. Still, you’re doing so naturally, and it’s a fine time to work at a comfortable pace, and actually enjoy it! Getting a chance to refresh yourself can help you clarify your ambitions, and […]
Mobilisation, stockpiling ahead of riot caught Delhi police by surprise
Mobilisation of mobs ready to run riot and prior stockpiling of projectiles by residents of affected areas took police by surprise as the scale of this week’s communal violence in the Capital became clearer in the initial investigation conducted thus far, officials in the know said on Friday. Reports said […]
Trump urges Afghans to ‘seize opportunity for peace’
President Donald Trump urged the Afghan people to embrace a chance for a new future Friday, one day before the signing of a historic peace deal between the United States and the Taliban in Doha. With a one-week ceasefire set as a condition for the pact holding firm, Trump said […]
Bottas puts Mercedes on top but Hamilton says still ‘not perfect’
Valtteri Bottas took his Mercedes to the top of the time charts once again on Friday’s final day of pre-season Formula One testing but teammate and world champion Lewis Hamilton warned performances were “not perfect”. Two weeks out from the season-opener in Melbourne, Bottas, runner-up to Hamilton in the world […]