Bengal to launch home delivery of farm fresh produce
Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) Farm fresh organic produce at your doorstep is just a call away thanks to a chain of stores and home delivery services which will be launched by the West Bengal government…
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Navjot Sidhu quits as RS MP, AAP welcomes move
Mumbai: Former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu during the trailer launch of Sony TV new show, The Kapil Sharma Show, in Mumbai, on March 1, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) BJP leader Navjot…
Azad demands all-party meeting on J&K
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday demanded an all-party meeting should be held to discuss the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir. “Governments are run…
Seaman urges Arsenal coach Wenger to make a major signing
London, July 18 (IANS) Arsenal’s legendary goalkeeper David Seaman has urged the club’s chief coach Arsene Wenger to make a major signing before the beginning of the football season. Till now, Wenger has only roped…
When do boys choose to play with a ball, not doll
London, July 18 (IANS) Children as young as nine months-old prefer to play with toys specific to their own gender — boys with cars or balls and girls with dolls or cooking pots, says a…
Striker Demba Ba receives apology for horrible accident
Shanghai, July 18 (IANS) Former Chelsea striker Demba Ba on Monday received an apology from his Chinese opponent Sun Xiang for a horrible accident in which his leg got broken during a Chinese Super League…
Maharashtra’s Nirbhaya: Opposition ruckus, protests across state
Mumbai, July 18 (IANS) Amid uproarious scenes in the Maharashtra assembly, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday made a detailed statement on the gang-rape and murder of a schoolgirl which evoked memories of the abhoring…
Rupee devaluation no key to increasing exports: Rajan
Hyderabad, July 18 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan believes the current value of the rupee is ‘pretty reasonable’ and devaluation may not be the key to increasing exports. Any devaluation of the…
Playing Pokemon Go has health benefits too
New York, July 18 (IANS) As the GPS-based Pokemon Go mobile game takes the world by storm, an expert in the US has found that there are health benefits from playing the augmented Reality (AR)…
SC says no government minister or official in BCCI
The Supreme Court of India (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) No minister or government official can be an office-bearer of the national cricketing body, the Supreme Court on Monday said in a major…
Modi urged to take Goa’s security concerns seriously
Panaji, July 18 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to not go by the state’s small size and its paltry population when it comes to taking care of its…
Lawmaker injured as restrictions continue in volatile Kashmir
Srinagar, July 18 (IANS) A ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker was seriously injured on Monday when his vehicle met with an accident following an alleged mob attack in the restive Kashmir Valley where curfew…
Ashish Sharma grateful to meet fan with special needs
Hyderabad, July 18 (IANS) Actor Ashish Sharma, who essays Ram in popular mythological show Siya Ke Ram, took out time to meet a wheelchair-bound fan, who flew down to the city from Dubai. The actor…
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Protests in UP against land acquisition for freight corridor
Lucknow, July 18 (IANS) The government has been riding roughshod over the farmers while acquiring land in Chandauli and Mirzapur districts of Uttar Pradesh for the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor rail project, an extreme Left…
Heavy rains throw traffic out of gear in Delhi
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) People in the national capital had a harrowing time on Monday morning after heavy rains caused water-logging at several places and threw traffic out of gear. Traffic was crawling in…
Bangladesh tribunal sentences three to death for 1971 war crimes
Dhaka, July 18 (IANS) Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday held eight Al-Badr men guilty of crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War and sentenced three of them to death. Five others were…
Flood alert issued for north Bihar districts
Patna, July 18 (IANS) Major rivers in Bihar, especially the Kosi, Gandak, Bagmati and the Ganga, are in spate following heavy rains in their upstream areas, posing a threat of floods, officials said on Monday….
I’m a big believer in mythology’s importance: Robert Redford
Los Angeles, July 18 (IANS) Robert Redford will soon be seen in Disney’s adventure fantasy Petes Dragon. The veteran actor says that for him dragon is a symbolic creature from mythology and that mythology is…
Should civilians be treated the same way as militants in J&K, asks Azad
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday hit out at the Centre over “brutalities” inflicted on civilians in Jammu and Kashmir, asking if civilians should…