New Delhi, 1/8: The winners for the 71st National Film Awards were announced on Friday evening. The jury submitted its report to Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Minister of State L Murugan at 4 pm. The names of the winners were revealed to the press at 6pm briefing at the National Media Center…
Oval, 1/8: India have managed to put up 224 in their first innings at the fifth Test against England at the Oval English bowler Gus Atkinson took five wickets in the process. Indian tail-enders Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, and Prasidh Krishna were sent back to the pavilion before they could open their accounts.
New Delhi, 1/8: Top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that the Election Commission is facilitating “vote chori” (vote theft) for the ruling BJP and likened the “open and shut” evidence the party claimed to have collected to an “atom bomb”. As I.N.D.I.A. parties continued to protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of…
Bengaluru, 1/8: A special court in Bengaluru on Friday convicted suspended Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former MP Prajwal Revanna, in the first rape case registered against him at the Holenarasipura Rural Police Station of Hassan District, reported Live Law. Revanna is the prime accused in four criminal cases filed last year, after over 2,000…
New Delhi, 1/8: The election to pick the next Vice President of India will take place on September 9, the Election Commission said on Friday. The poll has been necessitated by the sudden resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar.
New York/Washington, 1/8: Donald Trump should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has said, claiming that the US President ended several conflicts around the world including the one between India and Pakistan. Since May 10, when Trump announced on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a…
New Delhi, 1/8: Oil marketing companies on Friday revised the prices of commercial LPG gas cylinders, according to ANI. The rate of 19 kg commercial LPG gas cylinders has been reduced by Rs 33.50, effective from today. In Delhi, the retail sale price of a 19 kg commercial LPG cylinder will be Rs 1631.50 from…
Kolkata, 31/7: In a major announcement ahead of the festive season, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday declared that the state government would provide a grant of Rs 1.10 lakh to each of the approximately 40,000 Durga Puja committees across the state. Last year, the grant amount was Rs 85,000 to Durga Puja…
New Delhi,31/7: Air India’s Boeing 787-9 aircraft, which was to fly to London, aborted takeoff at the Delhi airport due to a technical issue on Thursday. “Flight AI2017, operating from Delhi to London on July 31, returned to the bay due to a suspected technical issue. The cockpit crew decided to discontinue the takeoff run…
London,31/7: India lost their openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and K L Rahul on a green top but did well to reach 72 for two at lunch on day one of the series-deciding fifth Test against England here on Thursday. India made four changes to their playing eleven, bringing in a fit-again Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Karun…
