Category: India

‘OPS will not be CM, that was Chinnamma’s vow’

IMAGE: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam addresses a press conference at his Chennai home. Photograph: R Senthil Kumar/PTI Photo Hours before the trust vote in the Tamil Nadu assembly, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam headquarters in Royapettai, Chennai, is deserted.

Priyanka Gandhi finally gets on campaign trail in UP, to accompany…

Raebareli, Feb 17: Congress star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi will finally get on the campaign trail on Friday in Uttar Pradesh. She will accompany her brother and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi at his election rally in Raebareli, which will go to polls in the fifth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on February 27. Senior Congress leader Akhilesh Singh’s daughter Aditi Singh is contesting from the Raebareli seat in the assembly polls.

NZ vs Sa, Live Streaming on Osn Play, Foxtel Go, Sky Go: T20I at Auckland

It is ironic that South Africa start their full series in New Zealand with a T20I on Friday at the very ground where they suffered the massive heartbreak in the semi-final of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup Getty Images Hosts New Zealand get set for their final home series of the season, as they take on the mighty visiting South Africans in the one-off Twenty20 International , at the Eden Park Stadium in Auckland on Friday. The live cricket streaming of the match will be officially available on OSN Play, Foxtel Go and SKY GO .

Glenn Maxwell: Australia are trying to form a game plan for Virat Kohli

Glenn Maxwell , a regular in the Indian Premier League , sounded wary about taunting Virat Kohli with verbal volleys Getty Images & IANS Mumbai: The Australian cricket squad will be confronted by the red-hot form of Virat Kohli during the upcoming four-Test series and touring all-rounder Glenn Maxwell is hoping that the roll of the dice would go against the Indian skipper. “Guys can go through a run of form like that where they just get on a roll and everything seems to click for them, and that’s happened for him at the moment.

nubia rolls out panic button for users’ safety

New Delhi, Feb 15 – As per the Indian governments directive last year, Chinese smartphone maker nubia has updated its software for the power button to also function like the panic button, the company announced on Wednesday. Pressing the power button thrice will connect the users to the helpline and the GPS in the phone will help authorities to track the location of the person, the company said in a statement.

Sasikala leaves for Bengaluru to surrender, FIR filed

Chennai, Feb 15 – AIADMK General Secretary V.K. Sasikala on Wednesday vowed to return to politics as she left by road to Bengaluru to surrender even as an MLA accused her of abducting him. As supporters flashed the V sign, the beleaguered Sasikala looked pensive as she was driven in a motorcade after a quick visit to the Marina Beach memorial of her mentor, the late J. Jayalalithaa.

Justin Bieber to perform in India

All the Indian ‘Beliebers’ are in for a treat as American pop sensation Justin Bieber is bringing his ‘Purpose World Tour’ to the country with a performance on May 10 in Mumbai. Apart from India, the Asia leg of the tour comprises Tel Aviv in Israel and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, according to promoters of the tour White Fox India.

Justin Bieber to perform in India

All the Indian ‘Beliebers’ are in for a treat as American pop sensation Justin Bieber is bringing his ‘Purpose World Tour’ to the country with a performance on May 10 in Mumbai. Apart from India, the Asia leg of the tour comprises Tel Aviv in Israel and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, according to promoters of the tour White Fox India.

I met my husband, BSF trooper Tej Bahadur Yadav’s wife tells HC

New Delhi: The wife of BSF trooper Tej Bahadur Yadav told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that she had met her husband and was convinced that he was safe. Yadav, whose social media video clip on ‘substandard food’ triggered an uproar, got to meet his wife at the battalion Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba area where he was posted, she told the court.

I met my husband, BSF trooper Tej Bahadur Yadav’s wife tells HC

New Delhi: The wife of BSF trooper Tej Bahadur Yadav told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that she had met her husband and was convinced that he was safe. Yadav, whose social media video clip on ‘substandard food’ triggered an uproar, got to meet his wife at the battalion Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba area where he was posted, she told the court.

Corruption, migration key hill issues

Lucknow, Feb. 14: Clean governance, rural migration, man-animal conflict and facilities for ex-servicemen are the foremost issues as Uttarakhand votes tomorrow. Polling will take place in all but one of the 70 constituencies as voting in Karnprayag has been deferred to March 9 following the death of Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Kuldeep Singh Kanwasi in a road accident.

Call to vet film before it’s shot

New Delhi, Feb. 14: Shree Rajput Karni Sena, which claims to have got Sanjay Leela Bhansali to remove romantic scenes between Padmawati and Allaudin Khilji in Padmavati and was blamed for an attack on the filmmaker, now wants pre-censorship of all films involving “historical” figures. Pre-censorship essentially means getting a film’s script vetted before shooting begins.

Ansari in ‘rule of politics’ rap

New Delhi, Feb. 14: Vice-President Hamid Ansari today cautioned against any attempt at “homogenisation” of India’s pluralist society and undermining of individual liberties while asking the State to adhere to the rule of law instead of the “rule of politics”. He also argued against any understanding of internal security in terms of just law and order and the tendency to handle it with greater militarisation rather than addressing the vital concerns of livelihood, rights and culture.

Online editor arrested over exit poll

New Delhi, Feb. 14: The online editor of Dainik Jagran was arrested from his house in Ghaziabad early today following the Election Commission’s order to file FIRs against editors of the Hindi publication for releasing the results of an exit poll in violation of rules. The paper’s online edition had published the results of the exit poll at the end of the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections on Saturday.

Praise, protest at stent price cap

New Delhi, Feb. 14: Health rights’ groups have hailed the Centre’s order yesterday that imposed price caps on coronary stents, saying it was a long-overdue move to curb “exploitative pricing” and help patients, but stent-makers have decried it as “unreasonable”. The order from the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority sets the ceiling prices of coronary stents – tiny devices that help declog blocked arteries – at Rs 7,260 for bare metal stents, and Rs 29,600 for drug-eluting stents, which make up over 90 per cent of the market.

Date with Brand Jharkhand

The Tricolour flanked by national flags of countries partnering Jharkhand’s first-ever Global Investors’ Summit flutter at Jaipal Singh Munda Mega Sports Complex in Ranchi on Tuesday. Picture by Prashant Mitra Ranchi, Feb. 14: Stepping out of the aircraft on to the aerobridge, as soon as you walk into the terminal of Ranchi’s Birsa Munda Airport, chief minister Raghubar Das greets you with a smile.

V-Day gift for civil servant couples

New Delhi, Feb. 14: The Narendra Modi government has unwrapped a Valentine’s Day gift for civil servants, tweaking rules that will now allow married IPS-IAS-IFS couples to work in the same state. Sources in the Union home ministry said the government has in the past considered requests from civil servant couples but decided to change the rules today after Nisha, an IPS officer, wrote to the Prime Minister’s Office requesting an inter-cadre transfer.

India’s dirty air deadliest

New Delhi, Feb. 14: India tops the world in the number of premature deaths from air pollution linked to ozone and has also outpaced China in the number of lives lost from tiny inhalable particles, a report released today said. The State of Global Air 2017 report has estimated that India’s ozone deaths rose at a rate of nearly 148 per cent over the past two decades – from 43,500 in 1990 to 1.07 lakh in 2015.

Chained-amma vows to rule from cage, Panneer closes ranks with Amma niece

Chennai, Feb. 14: A pulsating spectacle unfolded around a gaol and a grave south of the Vindhyas tonight after the conviction and the jail term of V.K. Sasikala was restored by the Supreme Court earlier in the day. A defiant Sasikala pulled a proxy out of her hat, nominating Edappadi K. Palaniswami, a loyalist and PWD minister whose community has a considerable presence in the Assembly, for chief minister.

Pretender to India’s Tamil Nadu leadership jailed for corruption

India’s Supreme Court convicted a confidante of the late chief minister of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday in a corruption case that will put her behind bars and effectively end her bid to become chief minister of the southern state. The court found V.K. Sasikala guilty in the disproportionate assets case, upholding a four-year jail term handed down by a lower court and banning her from seeking elected office for 10 years.

Bull-taming tradition resumes in southern Indian state

In the darkness just before dawn, the southern Indian town buzzed with excitement and energy as revelers began arriving for the spectacle of Jallikattu, the region’s version of running with the bulls. The deeply held religious ritual had been banned in Tamil Nadu for two years after India’s Supreme Court found it cruel.

Carlsberg India announces new associations to strengthen its footprint in India in 2017

New Delhi, Feb 13 : Reinforcing its commitment to the Indian market and strengthening its increasing footprint in the country, Carlsberg India, the number 3 player in the Indian Beer market, has announced two new contract manufacturing associations across Maharashtra and Jharkhand. Associating with Lilasons Industries Ltd. in Maharashtra and with Pali Hills Breweries in Jharkhand, Carlsberg India aims to further strengthen its operations in the states.

Uttarakhand Elections 2017: Mass exodus from state due to lack of job opportunities, says PM Modi

Accusing the Congress government in Uttarakhand of having no vision for growth even though the state has great potential in tourism and allied sectors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked the people to vote out the ruling party and give BJP a chance to ensure new heights of development in the next five years. “Have you ever thought why despite having such great potential Uttarakhand has lagged behind Chattisgarh and Jharkhand which were created together by Atal Bihari Vajpayee? In spite of the Maoist problem, Chattisgargh with a BJP government has established itself among the fastest growing states,” he told a poll rally at the GITI Maidan here.