Sydney, Oct 9 (IANS) Bushfires raging in eastern Australia’s city of Casino have destroyed at least 20 houses and burnt some 100,000 hectares of land, authorities said on Wednesday. More than 40 fires are active in the state of New South Wales while dangerous conditions continue, especially amid the blazes of Drake and Busbys Flat, … Read more
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping will be on a visit to India from October 11-12 for the second informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mahabalipuram. “At the invitation of the Prime Minister, the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping will be visiting Chennai, India from October … Read more
Thimphu (Bhutan), Oct 9 (IANS) India U-15 women’s team head coach Alex Ambrose believes that sticking to the basics will help his side perform well at the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship 2019, where India are set to take on Nepal in the opener on Wednesday. Despite the fact that India are the defending champions having … Read more
San Francisco, Oct 9 (IANS) If you live in the US or in Israel, had a Yahoo account between 2012 and 2016 and have got an email from Yahoo on the settlement claim over data breach, you could be eligible for $358 or more. Yahoo had in 2017 announced that of all its users “nearly … Read more
Chandigarh, Oct 9 (IANS) A suspected Pakistani drone was spotted flying in two villages in the Indian territory along the India-Pakistan border in Hussainiwala area in Punjab late on Tuesday, security officials said. This was the second incident in two days. Villagers captured pictures of a drone on their mobiles. Its first sighting was reported … Read more
San Francisco, Oct 9 (IANS) In yet another privacy breach, Twitter has admitted that its users who provided email addresses or phone numbers for better security like two-factor authentication (2FA) on the platform were served with targeted ads The personal data “may have inadvertently been used for advertising purposes, specifically in our Tailored Audiences and … Read more
London, Oct 9 (IANS) England striker Tammy Abraham has made it clear that the team are prepared to walk off the field if they are subjected to racist abuse in Euro 2020 qualifiers against Czech Republic and Bulgaria. England will face the Czech Republic on Friday and Bulgaria on Monday in a partially-closed stadium. European … Read more
Lucknow, Oct 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh is confident of winning all the 11 Assembly seats in the bypoll to be held on October 21. “The mood among the people is upbeat, the performance of the State and Central government is good and the Opposition has no issues against us. … Read more
Chennai, Oct 9 (IANS) Even as heavy stone/blue metal sculpture makers are doing brisk business at the world famous Mamallapuram, sculpting in soft stone is slowly dying, said industry players. Sculptors who were chiselling images out of soft stones have now changed over to hard stone/blue metal carvings. The coastal town Mamallapuram is a UNESCO … Read more
Mumbai, Oct 9 (IANS) The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) opened on a positive note on Wednesday. The BSE Sensex opened at 37,628.05 points and touched a high of 37,663.12 points. The Sensex touched a low of 37,503.34 points. It was trading at 37,526.98 points down by 11.18 points or 0.03 per cent. The Sensex closed … Read more
Lucknow, Oct 9 (IANS) The opposition in Uttar Pradesh is determined to nail the Yogi Adityanath government over the alleged encounter of a ‘mining mafia’ in Jhansi. While the Congress has already termed the encounter as ‘fake’ and demanded a CBI probe into the same, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav will visit Jhansi on Wednesday … Read more
Gwalior, Oct 9 (IANS) Religion does not divide, Religion unites — this is what Akeel Pathan, a convict of Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior Central Jail believes, and therefore has decided to read the ‘Shrimad Bhagwad Gita’. Pathan has been convicted in a murder case. A Muslim man with an urge to know the Hindu scripture, his … Read more
Basti (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 9 (IANS) Violence erupted during Durga idol immersion in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh following rumours that a piece of meat had been thrown at the idol in the procession. Enraged devotees, set several shops on fire and vandalized vehicles on Ram Janki road area late on Tuesday in Amodha. DIG … Read more
Solapur (Maharashtra), Oct 9 (IANS) The Grand Old Man of Maharashtra politics, Ganpatrao Deshmukh of Peasants & Workers Party (PW), has finally called it a day from electoral politics, at the age of 93. The 93-year old 11-time legislator and a former minister, is still fit, but has opted out on health grounds from the … Read more
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), Oct 9 (IANS) Another member of the powerful Pawar clan in Maharashtra is all set to make his electoral debut in the October 21 Assembly elections, drawing attention from all quarters. Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar’s grand-nephew, Rohit Pawar is contesting from Karjat-Jamkhed seat in Ahmednagar in a high-profile manner. The aggressive … Read more
BY QUAID NAJMI Mumbai, Oct 9 (IANS) All political parties, especially the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena, in Maharashtra are on tenterhooks as sheer rebellion could sour prospects of official candidates in many constituencies in the October 21 elections for 288 Assembly constituencies. While some parties tried to wish them away with ‘saam or daam’, … Read more
London, Oct 9 (IANS) Retired South Africa batsman Hashim Amla is set to sign for English county club Surrey with a Kolpak registration as he has agreed on a two-year contract with the club. According to a report in ESPNcricinfo, Surrey hope the deal is completed before the end of the week and well ahead … Read more
BY QUAID NAJMI Mumbai, Oct 9 (IANS) The Maharashtra Assembly polls slated for October 21 is mainly a battle between a supremely-confident ‘Maha-Yuti (Grand Alliance), comprising the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena and four other smaller allies, and ‘Maha-Aghadi’ (Grand Front) of crumpled Opposition coalition of Congress and Nationalist Congress Party. While the Maha-Yuti has … Read more
Los Angeles, Oct 9 (IANS) Actress Kelly MacDonald won’t strip for the camera again. The 43-year-old actress, who shared a raunchy scene with Ewan McGregor in “Trainspotting”, has since changed her stance on nudity and now has a ‘bottom double’ for any of her characters, reports femalefirst.co.uk. “Generally, if you see a bit of flesh, … Read more
Dortmund (Germany), Oct 9 (IANS) Argentina will be playing without captain Lionel Messi in a friendly against a German team which is also decimated by injury, here on Wednesday. Messi is serving a three-month international suspension imposed by the South American Soccer Confederation (Conmebol) after the FC Barcelona superstar criticised the organisation during the Copa … Read more