Paris, 19/12: Ballon D’Or winner Karim Benzema announced he was ending his international career on Monday, the day after France lost the World Cup final to Argentina.     Benzema, who scored 37 goals in 97 appearances for France, had to withdraw from the World Cup squad before their first match in Qatar due to…

UP, 19/12: In a first, the civic body in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra has slapped a notice on the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) asking it to pay Rs 1.47 lakh as house tax on the Taj Mahal, a protected monument famous all over the world.     According to ASI officials, the notice to pay…

Jaipur, 19/12: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday slashed the price of LPG cylinders for BPL families to Rs 500 each.     Gehlot said that BPL families will get 12 gas cylinders in a year at Rs 500 each from April 1 next year. “No one should remain deprived of benefits of government…

Washington DC, 19/12: Twitter users voted in a poll for Elon Musk to step down as chief executive of the social media platform, in a backlash against the billionaire less than two months after he took over.     About 57.5% votes were for “Yes”, while 42.5% were against the idea of Musk stepping down…

Nagpur, 19/12: A special guest lifted the spirits at Vidhan Bhavan Complex in Nagpur as two-week-long winter session of the Maharashtra Legislature kickstarted on Monday.     NCP MLA from Deolali, Saroj Ahire was seen walking into the complex with her new-born baby to the smiles of all law-makers and government officials and staff.  …

New Delhi, 19/12: After three pandemic-battered years at the box office, Hollywood desperately wanted Avatar: The Way of Water, the sequel to the top-grossing film on record, to arrive like a ticket-selling tsunami. Surveys that track audience interest suggested that The Way of Water could arrive to as much as $175 million in opening-weekend ticket…

Doha, 19/12: Lionel Messi had to wait and wait and wait. He had to wait until he was 35. He had to wait until he had already lost a World Cup final. He had to wait after he had seemed to have won it for Argentina in normal time, and he had to wait after…

Ahmedabad, 18/12: AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday termed as “unprecedented success” his party’s foray into Gujarat, a BJP bastion for years, and said winning five seats there was as difficult as “milking an ox.”     Addressing the party’s national executive and national council meeting, the Delhi Chief Minister also asserted that the…