France will move a proposal at the UN to ban the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar. The proposal will be a boost to New Delhi’s efforts to designate Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN. Pakistan-based outfit JeM has claimed responsibility for the Pulwama terror attack that left 40 CRPF personnel dead. The French … Read more
Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday invited investors to capitalise on the ecosystem in Aero space and other sectors in India which offered a big market for Defence manufacturing. In her inaugural remarks at the Aero India 2019, the 12th edition of Asia’s premier air show at the Yelahanka air base, Sitharaman made a strong … Read more
West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle will retire from One-Day Internationals after the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, which is to be held in England and Wales. 39-year old Gayle is the second most capped Windies player with 284 matches as well as the second highest run-scorer with 9,727 runs. He is behind only West Indies legend … Read more
India captain Virat Kohli remained on top while teammate Cheteshwar Pujara managed to hold on to his third position in the latest ICC Test Cricket rankings. Kohli is leading the chart with 992 rating points ahead of New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson with 897 points and Pujara with 881. Besides Kohli and Pujara, no other … Read more
Businessman Robert Vadra again appeared before Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case. Robert Vadra, husband of Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, reached ED office in New Delhi Wednesday morning for questioning. The case against Vadra relates to allegations of money laundering in the purchase of a London-based property worth 1.9 million pounds. Vadra … Read more
The Supreme Court on Wednesday held Reliance Communications (RCom) chairman Anil Ambani guilty of contempt of court for wilfully violating its order and not paying its dues of 550 crore rupees to Telecom equipment maker Ericsson. The apex court held that the RCom chairman and Reliance Telecom chairman Satish Seth and Reliance Infratel chairperson Chhaya … Read more
In Strandja Memorial boxing tournament, Amit Panghal in men’s category and Nikhat Zareen, Manju Rani and Meena Kumari Devi in women’s category will play their gold medal bouts in Sofia, Bulgaria. Asian Games gold-medallist Amit will fight it out with Kazakhstan’s Temirtas Zhussupov. The lone Indian left in the fray in the men’s draw defeated Morocco’s … Read more
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