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No politician can match Vajpayee's popularity: Nitish Kumar | Paying tribute to late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 94th birth anniversary on Tuesday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said, "No other politician has been able to match his popularity in the recent past." Nitish added that he had worked with Vajpayee as a minister and "fondly recalled the love he always showered on me". |
PM's speech exposes secret ties between BJP, BJD: Congress | The Congress on Tuesday claimed the BJP and BJD share "secret ties", adding, "They (Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik) are simply trying to fool the people of Odisha...Both PM and CM have betrayed the people." The statement came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised the Odisha government without directly mentioning Patnaik and the BJD. |
Small parties deserve some respect: NDA ally Apna Dal(S) | Apna Dal(S) chief Ashish Patel on Tuesday said, "We small parties... want some respect to be shown to us. We, our leaders and workers feel hurt if due importance is not given to us." He claimed he was unhappy with the BJP-led UP government as it did not give adequate importance to his wife, Union MoS for Health Anupriya Patel. |
15 stuck in Meghalaya coal mine, PM poses for cameras: Rahul | Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday slammed PM Narendra Modi for "posing for cameras" during the inauguration of Bogibeel Bridge while "15 miners have been struggling for air in a flooded coal mine for two weeks". The rescue operations in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills were temporarily suspended on Monday and are expected to resume after more powerful pumps are available. |
Army jawan shot dead by colleague in Jammu and Kashmir | An Army jawan was allegedly shot dead by his colleague after a verbal spat in an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district, police said on Tuesday. A senior police officer said that the jawan was brought to a hospital, where he died after 10 minutes. The exact reason behind the killing is not known, he added. |
4 killed, 26 injured in bus-truck collision in West Bengal | At least four people were killed and around 26 were injured on Wednesday when a bus collided head-on with a truck in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said. While trying to avoid hitting a rickshaw, the driver of the bus hit the truck coming from the opposite direction. The drivers of both the vehicles died in the accident. |
N, S Korea hold groundbreaking ceremony for rail, road projects | North and South Korea on Wednesday held a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony with an aim to modernise and reconnect severed cross-border rail and road links. The construction of the projects would require exemptions from the sanctions imposed on North Korea by the United Nations. The projects are part of a move to improve bilateral relations between the Koreas. |
Stress in telecom, aviation affecting GST collections: Jaitley | Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said stress in telecom, civil aviation and real estate sectors is affecting revenue collections. The challenge in meeting GST collection target was mostly from services sector rather than the manufacturing industry, he added. Excessive competition has led to a decline in tariffs affecting GST collections from telecom and airline industries, Jaitley further said. |
Chitrangda's ex-husband golfer Jyoti Randhawa arrested for poaching | International golfer Jyoti Randhawa, who is actress Chitrangda Singh's ex-husband, and Mahesh Virajdar have been arrested on poaching charges in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich. A vehicle, .22 rifle and other articles including binoculars and skin of wild boar have been recovered from them. Interrogation and further legal action have been taken over by DFO Katerniaghat and his team. |
What is a Boxing Day Test match in cricket? | The Test match that starts on December 26, primarily at Australia's Melbourne Cricket Ground, is called the Boxing Day Test. According to a theory, December 26 came to be known as the Boxing Day as the servants in Victorian-era England were given boxes of gifts a day after Christmas. Australia has hosted a Boxing Day Test every year since 1990. |
Expecting Sehwag-like innings from Mayank: Coach on Mayank's debut | After uncapped batsman Mayank Agarwal was included in India's playing XI for Boxing Day Test against Australia, his coach Irfan Sait said he is expecting an "aggressive Virender Sehwag-like innings" from him. "I wouldn't like to make any comparisons but Sehwag (many a times) appeared laid-back and casual...Mayank never looked casual. He's intense and a very serious player," Sait added. |
Aiyo Rama who'll remember me: Ex-PM on no invite for bridge opening | After a reporter asked if he got an invite for the inauguration of the country's longest rail-road bridge Bogibeel in Assam, former PM HD Deve Gowda said, "Aiyo Rama! Who will remember me? Some newspapers might have mentioned about it." Notably, the foundation stone for the project was laid by Gowda during his tenure as the Prime Minister in 1997. |
Muslims better off in Gujarat than other states: CM Rupani | Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani on Tuesday said that the condition of Muslims living in the state was better than anywhere else in the country. He further accused the Congress of treating the Muslims as a "mere votebank" for more than 50 years. "As a result, Muslims lagged behind in education, employment and in terms of economic development," he added. |
Mumbai hostel owner films girls with hidden camera in phone adapter | A 47-year-old owner of Mumbai paying guest house was arrested for allegedly filming the girls residing in his hostel with a camera hidden in his phone's adapter. The accused was arrested after he began repeating the conversation of the girls exactly in the way they took place. The girls got suspicious and found an electric adapter fitted in their room.n |
Pregnant woman gets HIV via blood transfusion at govt hospital | A 23-year-old pregnant woman has tested HIV+ after infected blood was transfused into her, to treat her anaemia, at a government hospital in Tamil Nadu. The negligence came to light after the blood donor informed the authorities that he had tested positive for HIV. The services of a lab technician, a counsellor and the blood bank's medical officer were terminated. |
Baith jao: Rajnath Singh to woman who told him 'You've done nothing' | A video of Home Minister Rajnath Singh being interrupted during his speech in Lucknow on Monday has surfaced online. It shows a woman working in the education department demanding salary appraisal and saying, "Kuch nahi kiya aapne...Hum logo ke saath dhokha hua hai." "Baith jao," Singh said to pacify her as he called her up on stage. |
Only survivor of Indonesia band hit by tsunami buries his wife | Riefian Fajarsyah, the sole survivor of Indonesian band 'Seventeen', which was struck by a tsunami while performing live, buried his wife Dylan Sahara on Tuesday. Dylan, daughter of a well-known Indonesian politician, was present at the concert on Saturday and died due to the tsunami a day before her 26th birthday. Her body was identified in a hospital on Monday. |
Thailand 1st Southeast Asian nation to legalise medical marijuana | Thailand has become the first Southeast Asian nation to legalise the use of marijuana for medical use and research. The junta-appointed parliament voted 166-0 to amend the Narcotic Act of 1979 to legalise the medicinal use of marijuana. Marijuana was used in Thailand to relieve pain and fatigue until its use was criminalised in the country in the 1930s. |
Indian agency seeks US help in probing IndiGo engine smoke incident | India's aircraft accident probe agency AAIB has sought assistance from its US counterpart in investigating the incident of an IndiGo plane's Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engine emitting smoke mid-air, an official said. The incident took place in an A320neo aircraft operating on Jaipur-Kolkata route on December 10. P&W engines, powering A320neo planes, have been facing glitches recently. |
10 lakh bank employees go on one-day nationwide strike | More than 10 lakh bank employees have gone on a one-day nationwide strike on Wednesday to protest against the proposed amalgamation of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda. This will be the second bank strike in less than a week. Last Friday, an officers' union of state-run banks observed a day-long strike to protest against the merger. |
Party chiefs responsible if MLAs, MPs don't perform: Gadkari | Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that if he's the party President, and his legislators are not doing well, then the responsibility of it lies on him. "I believe, majority of IPS, IAS officers are good and it's not just they who are lacking [in good work]," he added. "One who thinks he knows everything is mistaken," he added. |
Bihar seat-share example of BJPâs insecurity:âSachin Pilot | Hitting out at BJP, Rajasthan Deputy CM Sachin Pilot said BJP's Bihar seat-sharing arrangement, where it gave 17 seats to JD(U), showed the party's insecurity. "Upendra Kushwaha has quit NDA, TDP has left, and Shiv Sena is also not with them," Pilot added. He further alleged that BJPâs allies were quitting NDA due to arrogance of the saffron party's leaders. |
Rajnath Singh inaugurates over 150 projects in Lucknow | Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated as many as 158 development projects in Lucknow on Tuesday, which was the 94th birth anniversary of late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He also laid the foundation stone for 418 development projects, making it a total of 576 projects worth â¹161 crore. Vajpayee had served as a Member of Parliament from Lucknow. |
SC must fast-track Ayodhya verdict like Sabarimala: Law Minister | Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday asked that if the Supreme Court can give verdict on Sabarimala, why is Ayodhya issue pending for 70 years. He further, in his "personal capacity", appealed the apex court to expedite the hearing in the case. The court is scheduled to hear petitions in the Ayodhya dispute case on January 4. |
Hyderabad hospital vandalised after death of patient | The Hyderabad Police on Tuesday booked three people for allegedly vandalising a hospital after the death of a patient named Shameem Begum. Alleging medical negligence, her relatives reportedly vandalised the hospital, attacked hospital staff and abused police personnel. The patient, who was undergoing treatment for swine flu, had died following a cardiac arrest. |
Man held at Jaipur airport for smuggling 1 kg gold in rectum | A 30-year-old man was arrested at Jaipur airport for allegedly trying to smuggle six pieces of gold into the country by hiding it in his rectum, a Customs official said on Tuesday. The accused had travelled to Jaipur via Thai Airways. He was supposed to hand over the gold, which weighed about 1 kg, to someone waiting outside the airport. |
J&K governor inaugurates Vaishno Devi-Bhairon Mandir ropeway | Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday inaugurated a ropeway from Mata Vaishno Devi to Bhairon Mandir. The Bhawan-Bhairon Passenger Ropeway Project has cost around â¹85 crore and has a carrying capacity of 800 persons per hour. The ropeway would reduce one-way journey between Bhawan and Bhairon Mandir from one hour to three minutes, an official statement said. |
Youth Akali leader held for vandalising Rajiv Gandhi statue | Gurdeep Singh Gosha, a Youth Akali leader was on Tuesday arrested for vandalising a statue of late PM Rajiv Gandhi in Punjab's Ludhiana. Another accused, Meetpal Singh Dugri, and the six-seven people who were accompanying them will be arrested soon, police said. Blaming Gandhi for 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Gosha said, "He doesn't deserve any respect. We have no regrets." |
HC quashes cases on 400 members of Popular Front of India | The Madras High Court has quashed criminal cases against 400 members of the Popular Front of India (PFI) for staging a protest without permission against the ban on the outfit imposed by Jharkhand government. A plea had been filed by a PFI member who argued that police did not follow court-mandated guidelines while dealing with an offence under Section 188. |
18 bikes set on fire in Thane in second such incident in Dec | As many as 18 motorcycles were set ablaze at Panchpakhadi area in Maharashtraâs Thane, officials said. The locals informed the fire department of the incident who reached the spot with a fire engine and doused the fire within half an hour, a police official said. Earlier this month, nine motorcycles were set on fire in Panchpakhadi area. |
68 IAS officers transferred by Rajasthan government | The newly elected Congress-led Rajasthan government transferred as many as 68 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers on Tuesday. The move came a week after the state government transferred 40 IAS officers including Kuldeep Ranka, who replaced Tanmay Kumar as Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. |
Gold jewellery worth â¹31L found in Air India plane's toilet | Gold jewellery worth over â¹31 lakh was seized from the toilet of an Air India flight, said the Goa Customs Department on Tuesday. The jewellery was packed in a plastic bag and left inside the toilet. Earlier, Customs officials in Bhubaneswar seized gold worth â¹8.2 lakh from an Indian man who had arrived from Kuala Lumpur. |
Google pays tribute to social activist Baba Amte | Google on Wednesday paid tribute to social activist Murlidhar Devidas Amte, popularly called 'Baba Amte', on his 104th birth anniversary with a doodle slideshow. The slideshow started with a portrait of Amte, followed by his unity marches and Anandwan, a village and centre he established for leprosy patients. He had been conferred with several awards including Padma Shri in 1971. |
UK bans pet shops from selling puppies and kittens | The UK has banned pet shops from selling dogs and cats under six months old in a bid to tackle animal exploitation and abuse. Buyers will now have to deal directly with the breeder or an authorised rehoming centre. A new law earlier this year banned licenced sellers from dealing in puppies and kittens under the age of eight weeks. |
Pilot pees on roadside after emergency landing on highway in US | A student pilot came out of a plane and moved to the roadside to urinate after it made an emergency landing on a highway in the US following an engine failure. The incident was captured on a video by a couple travelling on the same highway. The student pilot was taking his first-ever flying lesson along with his instructor. |
Paine and I don't want to do something unnecessary: Virat Kohli | Team India captain Virat Kohli has said that he and Australia captain Tim Paine "definitely" don't want to do something unnecessary in the third Test, which will begin in Melbourne on Wednesday. "As long as the line's not crossed, you have no issues...We want to lead our teams well and play good cricket the public wants to see," he added. |
I don't need to carry banner for people to know who I am: Kohli | Talking about his perceived image, Team India captain Virat Kohli said, "I am not going to take a banner outside to the world and explain that this is who I am." "I honestly have no idea on any of the articles or anything that people say because that doesn't concern me. It's not something that I have written," he added. |
24-yr-old Mumbai cricketer suffers heart attack while playing, dies | Vaibhav Kesarkar, a 24-year-old cricketer from Mumbai, died after suffering a heart attack on the field while playing a local cricket match. Kesarkar continued to bat for his team despite the chest pain and severe discomfort, according to reports. He died at a nearby hospital, where he was taken for medical examination. |
Sachin dresses up as Santa Claus, surprises underprivileged kids | Former India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar paid a surprise visit to Ashray Child Care Centre in Mumbai dressed as Santa Claus on the occasion of Christmas on Tuesday. Sachin spent time with the underprivileged children, gave them gifts and also played cricket with them. "The joy on their innocent faces was just priceless!" he tweeted. |
Didn't save myself just to take 1 more wicket than Pollock: Steyn | Pacer Dale Steyn, who is one wicket away from becoming the highest Test wicket-taker for South Africa, has said he hasn't saved himself just to take one more wicket than ex-captain Shaun Pollock. "I've a lot more wickets in me than just one more," he added. "It's just nice to have...red ball in my hand again," he further said. |
Team flies drone over rivals' training ground to spy ahead of game | Werder Bremen have admitted they used a drone to spy on their Bundesliga rivals Hoffenheim's training ahead of their 1-1 draw last Wednesday. Hoffenheim had reported an "unannounced drone flight" to police. Werder Bremen executive Frank Baumann apologised, while Hoffenheim coach Julian Nagelsmann said he didn't mind Bremen spying on them but was concerned about his players' safety. |
Vanakam Puducherry: Rahul says is PM's answer to middle class | Taking a dig at PM Narendra Modi for allegedly dodging a question from a BJP worker about the government's taxation policy for the middle class, Congress President Rahul Gandhi tweeted, "Vanakam Puducherry! That's NoMo's answer to the struggling middle class." "Forget a press conference he can't even string together a polling booth worker's conference," Rahul added. |
Told Suzuki, monkeys will leave on opening 'Maruti' plant: Bhargava | Maruti Suzuki Chairman RC Bhargava said at a company event that Suzuki Chairman Osamu Suzuki once asked how manufacturing is possible if Gurugram plant site is overrun with monkeys. "I told Mr Suzuki that Maruti is another name for Lord Hanuman and assured...that once manufacturing started, they will all leave...As predicted, (they) vanished once the plant was commissioned," he added. |
Coaching student commits suicide in Kota, 19th case this year | An IIT-JEE aspirant from Bihar was found hanging in his hostel room in Rajasthan's Kota on Tuesday morning in the 19th such incident of the year. A 17-year-old student from Uttar Pradesh preparing for NEET medical entrance exam was found dead on Sunday. Police officials mentioned that prima facie all these cases are attributed to increasing exam stress in students. |
Padma Shri winner who helped deliver 15k babies for free dies at 98 | Padma Shri awardee Sulagitti Narasamma, who helped deliver over 15,000 babies free of charge in rural Karnataka has passed away aged 98 in Bengaluru on Tuesday. She suffered from a chronic lung disease and had been placed on ventilator support for five days. She is survived by four sons, three daughters and as many as 36 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. |
19-yr-old girl kills mother for FB lover she never met in person | A 19-year-old girl, along with her boyfriend and two minors aged 16 and 17, has been arrested in Tamil Nadu for allegedly killing her mother. The girl's mother disapproved of her relationship with her boyfriend, whom she met on Facebook last year and never met in person. The 19-year-old then sought help from her boyfriend, who sent the two minors. |
US' goal is to bring our Islamic system to its knees: Iran Prez | Presenting the first budget since the US restored sanctions on Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said "America's goal is to bring Iran's Islamic system to its knees". "US will fail in this, but sanctions will no doubt affect people's lives...country's development and economic growth," he added. Rouhani presented a 4,700-trillion rial budget, worth about $47 billion under unofficial exchange rate. |
Ryder Cup-winning captain gets backside tattooed with score | Ryder Cup-winning captain Thomas Bjorn has got the result of the European team's victory over the USA in the final tattooed on his backside. Ahead of the event, Bjorn had vowed to get the scoreline etched onto his back should his team win. In a video clip, Bjorn is seen saying, "Told you I would do it... Merry Christmas!" |
Google to fund 10 Indian media companies to fight fake news | Google has selected 10 Indian media companies among 87 organisations from 23 countries for funding under its Google News Initiative to fight fake news. Many of these projects are focused on expanding newsroom video operations and trying out new ways of reporting through video, Google said. The company's video-sharing platform YouTube had committed $25 million for the same in July. |
Triple Talaq bill to be put to vote in Lok Sabha on Dec 27 | The Triple Talaq bill will be taken up for discussion and likely be put to vote on December 27 in the Lok Sabha. The BJP has issued a three-line whip for members to strictly attend the Lok Sabha session over the bill. The bill will deem the practice 'illegal', with the husband supposedly facing a prison sentence of three years. |
Canât say who will be the next PM: Yoga guru Ramdev | Yoga guru Ramdev on Tuesday said that the existing political situation in the country is "very difficult" and it is not easy to say who will be the next Prime Minister of the country. He added, "We don't aim to make a communal or Hindu India." He further said that he doesn't support or oppose anyone. |
Decode Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray's speech and win â¹151: MNS | Referring to Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray's speech in Maharashtra's Pandharpur, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Sandeep Deshpande said the party will give â¹151 as a reward to anyone who can decode the speech. "It's been 30 years (since Ayodhya incident) and still [BJP says] the matter is in court...Hindus are innocent but not fools," Thackeray had said. |
Introduction of GST was ill-prepared: Congress leader | Calling the slashing of GST a "patchwork", Congress leader and Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal on Tuesday stated the introduction of GST was "ill-prepared". "India is 161st country to introduce GST...our concern is if we had to copy, it should've been done with clear concepts," Badal added. On Saturday, the Centre reduced tax rates on 23 goods and services.n |
Embarrassing that Boeing uses Russian engine for rocket: Musk | SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in a tweet said, "It's embarrassing that Boeing/Lockheed need to use a Russian engine on Atlas." Lockheed Martin and Boeing have been using the Russian-made engine RD-180, based on an older Soviet model, to power the first stage of their Atlas carrier rockets, for over a decade. However, Musk added the engine design was "brilliant". |
Bees can count with just 4 nerve cells in their brain: Study | Researchers at the Queen Mary University of London through computer simulations of bees' brains have discovered they can count with just four nerve cells in their brain. The study revealed the simulation individually inspected each item, as opposed to humans who count all the items together. This behaviour makes the complex task of counting much easier for bees, researchers said. |
Sustainable plastics made using seaweed-eating microbes | Scientists at Israel's Tel Aviv University have developed bioplastics derived from microbes that feed on seaweed. The single-celled microbes, which grow in salty water, produce a polymer which can be used to create bioplastics. The process will enable countries with freshwater shortage like India, to switch from petroleum-derived plastics to bioplastics, scientists said.n |
Relatives of UP policemen in coma to get 'extraordinary' pension | Uttar Pradesh cabinet has approved a scheme under which families of police personnel who get injured in line of duty and slip into coma, will be provided 'extraordinary' pension. The families will get their entire salary, a government official said. They will continue receiving pension till the officers' retirement age, irrespective of the latter's early death, he added. |
UP man gives Triple Talaq to woman on phone over dowry | A man in Uttar Pradesh gave his wife divorce by uttering 'talaq' thrice over the phone after his wife failed to meet his dowry demands, police said on Tuesday. The woman lodged a complaint after the accused allegedly beat her up and drove her out of his house. She also alleged that her in-laws were demanding â¹2 lakh as dowry. |
Patna zoo shut down after 6 peacocks die due to H5N1 virus | A Patna-based zoo was shut down on Tuesday, following the death of six peacocks after they got infected with H5N1 virus. The zoo, Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan, will be reopened only after it has been freed from the virus following laboratory test, an official said. The process of immunisation and disinfection has been initiated, he added. n |
Bogibeel Bridge tribute to Atal ji's development vision: PM | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Bogibeel Bridge is a tribute to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's vision of development. He added things have changed after "May 2014 when topmost priority is being accorded to key projects". He further said several key infrastructure projects of Vajpayee's era were not completed, as Vajpayee's government lost in 2004 polls. |
Russian state media mocks Trump in Christmas video | Russian state-owned news network RT shared a Christmas video that purportedly mocked US President Donald Trump. The video shows an actor playing Trump, who opens presents from other world leaders. Among others was a T-shirt that read, "Do you work for the GRU? [Russian Military Intelligence]" in Russian, with Melania seen wearing it in the last scene. |
If I was on a diet, it'd be vodka: Manisha on her alcohol addiction | Opening up about her alcohol addiction in her memoir 'Healed: How cancer gave me a new life', actress Manisha Koirala wrote, "If I was on a diet, it'd be vodka." "To take my mind off shoots, to numb myself, I started drinking," she revealed. Manisha further wrote, "My state of mind was toxic, my approach to life complacent...my attitude ungrateful." |
Disabled man says 'vote denge Akhilesh ko'; BJP leader assaults him | A video has surfaced online, wherein BJP leader Mohammad Miya in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal could be seen assaulting a differently abled man with a stick after he said, "Vote denge Akhilesh ko (Will vote for SP's Akhilesh Yadav)." The leader could be seen trying to force the stick into the man's mouth while he is criticising the party. |
Cow assaulted in Andhra, police to probe if it was sexual assault | A cow was allegedly "brutally assaulted" in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district, following which a police probe has been launched to ascertain if it was sexual assault. The owner of the cow claimed his cow went missing on December 23 and he found it later at someone's farm. Police said there was swelling on the back of the cow. |
UP man wanted in 2015 case escapes from court, wife detained | A man named Satish, against whom a non-bailable warrant had been issued, escaped from custody on Monday after surrendering before a court in UP, after it ordered to send him to police custody. His wife, who accompanied him to the court, has been detained for allegedly helping him. A case of attempt to murder was registered against Satish in 2015. |
Trapped in burning car, Noida engineer dies just 500m away from home | A 45-year-old engineer, identified as Pawan Dhiman, died after being trapped in his car when it caught fire on Tuesday in Greater Noida. Pawan, a native of Himachal Pradesh, was working at a private company. "He was returning after night shift...the incident took place at 5:30 am. He was only half a kilometre short of reaching home," said an official. |
Sunday mass attacked with swords, rods; women retaliate with chilli | A group of 10-12 people attacked a Sunday mass with swords, iron rods and glass bottles, injuring at least 12 people in Maharashtra's Kolhapur, police said. However, some women who were part of the prayer meet, retaliated by throwing chilli powder on them. No arrests have been made till now, while police have formed five teams to track the miscreants. |
What are some features of India's longest rail-road bridge? | PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the 4.94-km-long Bogibeel bridge, India's longest rail-road bridge, which would cut the travel time between Assam's Dibrugarh to Delhi by three hours. Further, the bridge reduces the distance between Dibrugarh and Dhemaji near Arunachal Pradesh border by about 400 km. Costing â¹5,900 crore, Bogibeel is built for a serviceable period of 120 years. |
Believing in Santa is 'marginal': Trump tells 7-year-old | While talking to children on Christmas Eve, US President Donald Trump asked a seven-year-old girl if he's still a believer in Santa Claus, adding that "it's marginal" at the age of seven. Both Trump and his wife Melania spoke to children on the phone who wanted to find out about the whereabouts of Santa Claus. |
UAE shares 1st pictures of missing Princess Sheikha Latifa | The UAE on Monday released the first pictures of Princess Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum since she attempted to escape from the emirate earlier this year. She was seized reportedly from a yacht off the coast of India before being taken back to Dubai. The UAE said it "provided evidence that she was at home and living with her family". |
Still interested in Ruchi Soya: Patanjali as Adani Wilmar backs out | Patanjali has said that it's still interested in taking over bankrupt edible oil firm Ruchi Soya even as successful bidder Adani Wilmar is withdrawing its offer. Adani said that delays in resolution process is leading to deterioration of Ruchi Soya's assets. "If we are allowed, then we are ready for the takeover of Ruchi Soya as it is," Patanjali said. |
Vedanta to set up steel plant in Jharkhand's Bokaro for $4 billion | Billionaire Anil Agarwal's Vedanta on Tuesday said it will set up a new steel plant in Jharkhand's Bokaro with a capacity of 4.5-million-tonne-per-annum at an investment of up to $4 billion. The plant will be part of the company's newly-acquired Electrosteel Steels. The plant will create 1.2 lakh jobs in the form of direct and indirect employment, Agarwal claimed. |
US central bank is like a powerful golfer who can't score: Trump | Comparing Federal Reserve to a "powerful golfer who can't score", US President Donald Trump has said that the central bank is the US economy's only problem. Trump has frequently criticised the Fed's raising of interest rates this year. The Washington Post had in 2017 reported that Fed Chairman Jerome Powell "plays golf and the guitar" in his spare time. |
Don't want to leave a legacy of Fortis, Mallya: Max's Analjit Singh | Max Group Founder Analjit Singh has said he doesn't want to "leave a legacy of Ranbaxy, Fortis and Vijay Mallya". This comes after the group sold a majority stake in its hospital-operating joint venture Max Healthcare to Radiant Life Care. Singh said Max Group "almost ceased to be natural owners" of Max Healthcare due to its inability to fund expansion. |
Anil Kapoor was a perfect choice for 'Ek Ladki Ko...': Vidhu | Vidhu Vinod Chopra, who is producing Anil Kapoor's upcoming film 'Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga', said, "I didn't write a story for Anil Kapoor, but he was a perfect choice that's why I cast him." "There's no fight between the script and the star... it works when it is a perfect marriage of the two," added the producer. |
Bowlers canât do much with totals that we are scoring: Kohli | Speaking about the Indian team's batting unit, captain Virat Kohli said, "[B]owlers won't be able to do anything with the totals that we have been compiling." "The batsmen must step up collectively. I won't say individually whether someone needs to do that or not, but as a batting unit, we have to definitely put up a better performance," Kohli added. |
IPL to go ahead without Chairman or Governing Council: Report | The 2019 edition of the Indian Premier League is set to go ahead without the presence of a Chairman or a Governing Council. "The new chairman will be appointed only after [general] elections are conducted and as of now, all IPL matters will be looked into by the CoA, IPL COO, CEO and the office-bearers," a BCCI official reportedly said. |
Dhoni was rested, now he is back: Prasad on Pant's exclusion | Speaking about Rishabh Pant's exclusion from India's ODI squad for the series in Australia and New Zealand, Indian team's chief selector MSK Prasad said that MS Dhoni had been rested earlier to give chance to Dinesh Karthik and Pant. Prasad also insisted that Pant will be considered for World Cup despite not picking him for the upcoming ODI series. |
Use Huawei devices, not iPhones: China firms to employees | Chinese firms have offered subsidies to workers on the purchase of Huawei phones, while others have imposed fines and reportedly threatened to expel those using iPhones. This comes after Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada on suspicions of violating US trade sanctions. Over 20 Chinese companies said they would increase the purchase of Huawei products. |
Apple provided users' data on Indian government request | nApple, in a transparency report for the January-June 2018 period, said that it shared users' data on the Indian government's request. The requests, in formats like subpoenas and warrants, sought information on 27 devices, 18 accounts, and 34 financial identifiers. The high number of accounts and financial identifiers requests was majorly attributed to an iTunes Gift Card fraud investigation. |
2016 was a struggle for us: Grofers Co-founder Dhindsa | Albinder Dhindsa, Co-founder and CEO of online grocery delivery platform Grofers, in an interview, said, "2015 was a good year...2016 was a struggle for us." Grofers had reported a substantial revenue hike after shifting from a marketplace to an inventory model in 2017. Dhindsa added that focus on the lower-middle class and middle class helped the platform succeed after 2016. |
FHRAI can't dictate our commercial deals: MakeMyTrip | MakeMyTrip (MMT) Chairman Deep Kalra has said, the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) has no right to dictate the online travel portal's commercial deals. This comes after MMT was sent notice by FHRAI accusing it of encouraging predatory pricing. Adding that each deal with an entity is separate he said, he hopes "[FHRAI] will see reason". |
Scientists use sound waves to sew thread into fabric | UK and Spain-based researchers have successfully used sound waves to sew a thread into a piece of fabric. "We applied a novel algorithm that controls an array of 256 small loudspeakers...that is what allows us to create the intricate, tweezer-like, acoustic fields," a scientist said. Scientists further said that acoustic systems have an advantage over optical (laser) ones. |
17-yr-old girl, lost in Kedarnath floods, reunites with family | A 17-year-old mentally challenged girl, who had gone missing in Kedarnath during the 2013 floods, has reunited with her family in Aligarh after five years. The girl was swept away, along with her father, when she visited Kedarnath on a pilgrimage with her parents. An orphanage in Jammu contacted an NGO in Aligarh, which helped in bringing the girl home. |
Won't wage war with Ukraine, I promise: Russia Foreign Minister | Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that his country is not going to wage a war with Ukraine but is prepared to respond to any provocations on the Crimean border. Tensions between Russia and Ukraine have recently escalated after Russia seized Ukrainian Navy ships and captured Ukrainian crew, accusing them of illegally entering its territorial waters. |
3 killed in suicide attack at Libya's Foreign Ministry | At least three people were killed on Tuesday after three attackers opened fire at the headquarters of Libya's Foreign Ministry in Tripoli, the Health Ministry said. Two of them later blew themselves up, while the third suicide bomber was shot dead by guards before he could detonate his explosive vest, according to reports. |
Egypt President trolled for asking people to lose weight | Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been trolled on social media after he asked his citizens to lose weight amid the rising obesity rate in the country, which some critics termed as "fat-shaming". Memes circulated on social media, including an image of a woman being taken away by a police officer while saying, "What's wrong? I only gained two kilos." |
India announce playing XI a day before Test; Rahul, Vijay dropped | India on Tuesday announced their playing XI for the third Test against Australia, which will begin in Melbourne on Wednesday. Openers KL Rahul and Murali Vijay, who have made 48 and 49 runs respectively in the series so far, have been dropped. Batsman Mayank Agarwal will make his international debut in the Test, while Ravindra Jadeja has also been included. |
Don't need lecture from Pak: Kaif on Pak PM's 'minority' remark | Reacting to Pakistan PM Imran Khan's remark that he'd "show India how to treat minorities", ex-India cricketer Mohammad Kaif suggested India doesn't need a lecture from him. Kaif explained less than 2% minorities remain in Pakistan, while minority population has grown "significantly" in India. "Pakistan is the last country that should be lecturing...on how to treat minorities," he added. |
Tesla's rival car company's CEO wishes X-Mas to Musk, suggests gift | Electric carmaking company Tesla's rival Automobili Pininfarina's CEO Michael Perschke on Tuesday wished Merry Christmas to Tesla CEO Elon Musk by posting a video on Twitter. In the video, Perschke said Musk has been "really really" good this year. He further suggested Musk to gift himself Automobili Pininfarina's zero emission hypercar Battista. |
Girl scales 14-foot wall in 76 seconds to escape UP shelter home | Unhappy about being lodged in a shelter home in Lucknow, a 15-year-old scaled a 14-foot-tall wall in just 76 seconds to escape from the government facility after four days. The incident, captured on CCTV, took place on Sunday when only three staff members were present to look after 75 inmates of the shelter home, an official said. |
My body is Tibetan but spiritually I'm an Indian: Dalai Lama | Spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said that his body is Tibetan but spiritually and mentally he's an Indian. "India is the only place where modern education meets ancient knowledge...My return to Tibet is of no use if there is no freedom. I prefer this country and this freedom and then I am the longest guest of India," he added. |
Will ensure minorities are treated equally, unlike in India: Pak PM | Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Tuesday tweeted, "We'll ensure that our minorities are treated as equal citizens, unlike in India." He added that Muhammad Ali Jinnah created a separate Muslim nation when "he realised that they would not be treated as equal citizens by the Hindu majority". Earlier, Khan said he'll show PM Narendra Modi-led government "how to treat minorities". |
Firms responsible if staff offer namaz in park: Noida Police | Police in Noida Sector-58 has sent notices to companies, asking them to direct their Muslim employees to stop offering namaz in a public park. Further, the companies will be held responsible if their employees are found breaching this directive. Police defended the move citing concerns that communal harmony might be disturbed, especially ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections. |
UP to get 25 feet tall statue of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's office on Tuesday announced the installation of a 25 feet statue of former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the Lok Bhawan in Lucknow. The announcement comes on the occasion of 94th birth anniversary of Vajpayee. Vajpayee had passed away on August 16 in Delhi after a prolonged illness. |
Farmers in Uttar Pradesh using alcohol to grow potatoes | Farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr are using alcohol as 'medicine' to increase the production of potatoes. "There's no scientific reason behind the use of alcohol as medicine for plants. I appeal to farmers to use the right medicines," a Plant Production Officer said. "Farmers experiment with it to boost production, which is wrong," he added. |
Doctor leaves scissors in womanâs abdomen, finds out months later | A doctor in Tamil Nadu left a pair of scissors inside a woman's abdominal cavity during a surgery in May. Recently, she started complaining about severe stomach pain and nausea, following which she went back to the same doctor and learnt about the error through scans. After the scissors were removed, she filed a case of negligence against the doctor. |
Police wrestle bus hijacker to ground after he kills 5 in China | Police officers wrestled a bus hijacker to the ground after he ploughed the vehicle into pedestrians in China's Fujian province on Tuesday. At least 5 people have been killed and 21 others have been injured in the attack. An investigation into the incident is underway and the hijacker, who was reportedly carrying a knife, has been detained. |
Hindustan Unilever fined â¹383 cr for not passing lower GST benefit | The GST anti-profiteering authority has found Hindustan Unilever guilty of not passing on rate cut benefits of â¹383 crore to consumers. The company has been asked to deposit â¹223 crore in central and state consumer welfare funds as the company had already deposited â¹160 crore. However, the authority has admitted Hindustan Unilever's claim that its customers benefitted through higher grammage. |
My health is poor, can't take 41-hour flight to India: Mehul Choksi | Gitanjali Gems' owner Mehul Choksi, an accused in the $2-billion PNB scam, said it wouldn't be possible for him to endure a 41-hour flight back to India due to health issues. In a letter to a special anti-money laundering court, Choksi complained about the "tortoise speed" at which investigation was proceeding in India. Choksi has currently taken refuge in Antigua. |
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