The state power monopoly in Nepal has extended load-shedding hours from the earlier nine hours a day to 12 hours beginning Sunday. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), that had increased power cuts to nine hours a day in mid-December, announced last Friday further extension to 12 hours a day for domestic consumers. It is not […]
Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott has described the current team’s 0-5 drubbing in the Ashes series by Australia as “depressing and humiliating”. “This has been one of the most depressing and humiliating days for English cricket,” Boycott wrote in his column for The Telegraph Sunday when England lost the fifth and final Ashes Test in […]
An Indian rocket carrying communication satellite successfully lifted off from the Sriharikota spaceport here Sunday. The Rs.365 crore launch mission has twin purpose – to flight test the cryogenic engine designed and built by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and to put in orbit communication satellite GSAT-14. Precisely at 4.18 p.m., the Geosynchronous Satellite […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the successful launch of the Indian GSLV D5 rocket carrying a communication satellite. “Prime Minister congratulates the scientists and engineers of ISRO for the successful launch of GSLV D5 carrying GSAT-14 payload,” the prime minister’s office tweeted. “It is yet another important […]
Voters preferred to stay indoors amid violence that left five people dead in the Bangladesh parliamentary elections Sunday. Polling was suspended at 136 centres due to attacks by anti-poll protestors, the Daily Star reported. Thin attendance was recorded at polling centres in Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Munsiganj, Kushtia and Jessore. An election official and four […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Sunday said there will be no compromise on corruption, and sought time for taking action against it. “It has just been eight days, give us some time. We will not spare anyone who is corrupt,” Kejriwal told reporters. “There is no question of compromising on corruption, I will put my […]
Well, a lot of times there have been reports of Shahid Kapoor dating his co-stars. From Anushka to Priyanka, he has been linked with his each and every co-star. And now if the reports are to be believed, then the actor is dating none other than his ‘R…Rajkumar’ co-star Sonakshi Sinha. Both the actors became […]
At minus 12.4 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam hill station was the coldest town in Kashmir Sunday. The present cold wave conditions would ease a bit during the next 24 hours, the Met Office has forecast. The minimum temperature was 12.4 degrees Celsius below the freezing point in Pahalgam Sunday – coldest in the Kashmir Valley. It […]
If a single gene is not functioning properly, insulin is not released into the bloodstream to regulate blood sugar levels – leading to type 2 diabetes, claims a scientist of Indian origin. A research team led by Bellur S. Prabhakar, professor and head of microbiology and immunology at University of Illinois at Chicago College of […]
Only light motor vehicles would be allowed to move on the Jammu-Srinagar highway Sunday because a portion of it caved in, traffic authorities said. A portion of the road in Chenani area of Jammu region caved in Saturday. The damaged area has been restored for light vehicular traffic, a senior traffic official told IANS. He […]