Kalraj Mishra resigns
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra has resigned ahead of Sunday’s cabinet reshuffle. Senior BJP leader Mishra, 77, said he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and…
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Top Pakistani party leader escapes assassination bid
Islamabad, Sep 2 (IANS) Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) senior leader Khwaja Izharul Hassan escaped an assassination attempt on Saturday in the southern port city of Karachi while he was coming out of a mosque after…
Largest ever tender for laptops, projectors floated in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 2 (IANS) An e-tender worth Rs 300 crore, billed to be the largest ever in the IT sector in Kerala’s history, was floated on Saturday, said an IT official. The e-tender for 60,250…
India aim to whitewash Sri Lanka in final ODI
Colombo, Sep 2 (IANS) High on confidence after taking an unassailable 4-0 lead, a dominant India will look to complete a whitewash of Sri Lanka when the two teams face off in the fifth and…
Government waives penalty on late GST returns for July
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The government, on the recommendations of the Goods and Services Tax Council, has waived the penalty of Rs 200 per day for taxpayers who failed to file the first GST…
Manoj Bajpayee starts reading for ‘Bhonsle’
Mumbai, Sep 2 (IANS) Actor Manoj Bajpayee has started reading the script of his upcoming film “Bhonsle”. Manoj says he and his director Devashish Makhija have been thinking of making this film for the past…
Sex is better with age: Jane Fonda
Los Angeles, Sep 2 (IANS) Actress Jane Fonda says sex gets better with age because one gets “braver” about getting intimate. The “Barbarella” star is glad that her new Netflix series “Grace and Frankie” gives…
Protests in Tamil Nadu over suicide of student
Chennai, Sep 2 (IANS) Political parties and student organisations in Tamil Nadu held protests and shouted slogans against the state and central governments on Saturday following the suicide of 17-year-old Dalit student S. Anitha, who…
Controversial Pepsi ad made Kendall feel like her ‘life is over’
Los Angeles, Sep 2 (IANS) Five months after Kendall Jenner landed in soup due to the controversial Pepsi advertisement, the supermodel says it made her feel like her “life is over”. In a newly-released “Keeping…
DMK will not come to power through back door: Stalin
Mumbai, Sep 2 (IANS) DMK Working President M.K. Stalin asserted on Saturday that his party would never come to power in Tamil Nadu through the “back door” despite there being tremendous political uncertainty in the…
Indian origin man jailed in US mayoral election funding scandal
Washington, Sep 2 (IANS) An Indian origin political consultant in the US has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for his role in funnelling illegal campaign contributions to candidates in San Diego’s 2012 mayoral…
Brad Pitt apologises to Jennifer Aniston
Los Angeles, Sep 2 (IANS) Actor Brad Pitt has reportedly apologised to actress Jennifer Aniston for being an ‘absentee husband’ and then leaving her for Angelina Jolie. Jolie filed for divorce last September. The Hollywood…
Charlotte Edwards retires from professional cricket
London, Sep 2 (IANS) Former England women’s cricket team captain Charlotte Edwards has announced her retirement from the professional game after leading Southern Vipers to a runners-up finish in the second Kia Super League (KSL)….
Hungarian swimming head removed from job
Budapest, Sep 2 (IANS) The President of the Hungarian Swimming Association (MUSZ) Gusztav Bienerth was removed from his post during an extraordinary assembly of MUSZ here. Of the 200 members of the extraordinary assembly, 153…
Researchers develop climate-based dengue forecasting model
Hyderabad, Sep 2 (IANS) Examining what climatic factors help spread dengue in India, researchers have found that a rise in temperature from 17 to 30 degrees Celsius can increase transmission of the mosquito-borne disease fourfold….
Hurricane harvey: Sewage overflow, toxic chemical spill in Houston
Washington, Sep 2 (IANS) At least 12 sewage overflows and toxic chemical spilling from about 36 industrial facilities were reported in the US city of Houston in the aftermath of the devastating hurricane Harvey that…
Mel B’s cocaine, alcohol addiction impacted her marriage
London, Sep 2 (IANS) Singer Mel B battled a cocaine and alcohol addiction which impacted her marriage and her ability to care for her three children, a legal declaration by her estranged husband Stephen Belafonte…
‘Indian rocket failure not be due to design fault’
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Sep 2 (IANS) The non-separation of the heat shield of the PSLV, which trapped within itself the navigation satellite and resulted in a failed mission on Thursday, could be due to…
UP police arrest key accused doctor in Gorakhpur tragedy
Lucknow, Sep 2 (IANS) Kafeel Khan, the head of the encephalitis wing in BRD hospital in Gorakhpur and one of the key accused in the deaths of over 60 children, was arrested by Uttar Pradesh…
Scotland beat Lithuania at 2018 FIFA World Cup European qualifiers
Vilnius, Sep 2 (IANS) Visiting Scotland defeated Lithuania 3-0 in the 2018 FIFA World Cup European qualifiers Group F at the LFF Stadium here. Scotland’s Stuart Armstrong tapped in the opener in the 25th minute,…