New Delhi, 22/2:AAP’s Shelly Oberoi defeated BJP’s Rekha Gupta by a margin of 34 votes to become the Mayor of Delhi, MCD officials announced on Wednesday. Oberoi polled 150 votes, while Gupta received 116 votes out of the total 266 votes polled. The voting was held at the Civic Centre. Delhi got the…
New Delhi, 22/2: Congress on Wednesday termed External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar a “failed” foreign minister and alleged that despite being the longest serving Diplomat in China, he has failed on every front. Addressing a press conference here, party spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said, “On issue of Chinese incursions, there is silence from the…
Mumbai, 22/2:A major fire broke out in Dharavi, the biggest slum in Mumbai, in the wee hours of Wednesday, but there was no report of injury to anyone, officials said. The blaze erupted in some shanties in Kamala Nagar and Shahu Nagar localities near the Dharavi fire station around 4.15 am, they said. “At least…
Bangalore, 22/2: A six-and-a-half month pregnant woman had suffered a miscarriage after being assaulted by her in-laws. Jnanabharathi police have registered a case with regard to the incident after the 32-year-old flower vendor, Shree Lakshmi, reported that her 48-year-old mother-in-law Jayamma and her sister-in-law Shobha assaulted her so severely to have caused the miscarriage. A…
Mumbai, 21/2: Hours after singer Sonu Nigam was roughed up during a musical event at Chembur, the Mumbai Police has booked the son of an MLA, who owes allegiance to the Shiv Sena group headed by Uddhav Thackeray. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media platforms. The incident involving…
Dubai, 21/2: Sania Mirza closed her glorious career with a first-round defeat at the WTA Dubai Duty-Free Championships, losing the contest in straight sets along with American partner Madison Keys here Tuesday. Sania and Keys lost 4-6 0-6 to the formidable Russian pair of Vernokia Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova in exactly one hour. The…
Mumbai, 21/2: The rupee depreciated 9 paise to close at 82.82 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday as the strength of the American currency in the overseas market and a muted trend in domestic equities weighed on investor sentiments. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 82.76 against the…
Moscow, 21/2: President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia was suspending its participation in a treaty with the United States that limits the two sides’ strategic nuclear arsenals. “In this regard, I am forced to announce today that Russia is suspending its participation in the strategic offensive arms treaty,” Putin told lawmakers.
New Delhi, 21/2: Indian jeweller Joyalukkas has withdrawn its Rs 2,300 crore ($277.95 million) initial public offering (IPO), a document on the market regulator’s website showed on Tuesday. The reason for the withdrawal was not immediately clear. Joyalukkas did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment. The jeweller, based in the…
Ladakh, 21/2: The Union Territory of Ladakh has created history by successfully conducting its maiden 21-km trail running event in sub-zero temperature at 13,862 feet high Pangong Tso, which was registered in Guinness world record as the world’s highest frozen lake half marathon. Spread across the border of India and China, the 700-square kilometer Pangong…
