Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu sailed into the semi-finals of the women’s singles at the 83rd Senior National Badminton Championship in Guwahati on Thursday. She defeated Riya Mookherjee 21-16, 21-7 in her quartersclash. Earlier in the day, Sindhu defeated Malvika Bansod of Nagpur 21-11,21-13 in the pre-quarterfinals. Sindhu along with 6 other women shuttlers … Read more
Alfonso Curaon’s Roma claims award for the best film, while British Film ‘The Favorite’ sweeps the awards ceremony with the best actress and supporting actress awards; Rami Malek bags best actor’s award for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’. Costume romp “The Favourite” was the biggest winner at the BAFTAs on Sunday taking seven awards including Outstanding British film, … Read more
The CBI will continue the questioning of Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in chit fund scam cases on the second day today at the agency’s office at Shillong in Meghalaya. Kumar was questioned for nearly eight hours on Saturday. The CBI also called the Magistrate to be present at the questioning in case any issue … Read more
Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal today rejected the allegations of Opposition parties on the Rafale deal, saying that the people of the country have complete trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Union Minister was speaking to media in Mumbai after BJP launched “Bharat ke Mann ki Baat, Modi ke Saath”, a month-long exercise to … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today dedicated to the nation the 1.33 million metric ton capacity Visakhapatnam Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) facility at Guntur in Andhra Pradesh. Addressing the gathering, PM Modi said the project is not only important for Andhra Pradesh but for the entire nation to meet its energy needs. He wished the people … Read more
Several parts of North India witnessed heavy rain and snowfall disrupting normal life at many places; In Kashmir, the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway remained closed for the second consecutive day due to heavy snowfall in the region. The authorities have issued an avalanche warning for 16 of the 22 districts of Jammu and Kashmir for the … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his reply to the debate on motion of thanks to President’s address in Lok Sabha; highlights the achievement of his Govt in the last 55 months in comparison to 55 years of Congress rule; says Opposition is hungry for power, while his Govt. is working with the spirit of service … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses public rally in at Raigarh, Chhattisgarh; hits out at the Congress government in the state for exiting the Ayushman Bharat Yojana; targets State government for keeping the CBI out of the state. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a BJP rally at Raigarh in Chattisgarh. PM said he had a very … Read more
India beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the second Twenty20 International to tie the three-match series at 1-1, in Auckland on Friday. Earlier, all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme’s brilliant half-century and Ross Taylor’s disciplined innings helped New Zealand post 158/8 against India in the second Twenty20 International match here on Friday. Losing four wickets for just 50 … Read more
The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday cut benchmark lending rate by 0.25 per cent to 6.25 per cent on expectation of inflation staying within its target range, a move that may make home and other loans cheaper. The RBI, under its new Governor Shaktikanta Das, changed the monetary policy stance to ‘neutral’ from the … Read more