Lucknow, March 18 (IANS) Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav will be contesting from two constituencies in the Lok Sabha polls – Mainpuri and Azamgarh. Announcing Mulayam Singh’s candidature from Azamgarh, party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav said this was done on “popular demand”. Party insiders, however, admitted that the rethink was forced by the candidature […]
Chandigarh, March 18 (IANS) Actress Kirron Kher, who is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, Tuesday joined microblogging site Twitter to build a “direct connection” with the public. “Time I get on Twitter and make direct connection with all of you! I’m the BJP candidate from Chandigarh. Need all your […]
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) Dismissing ny possibility of the BJP coming to power and Narendra Modi taking over as the prime minister, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said the battle “would not be that easy” for the party as it lacked a base in many states. “Some are saying Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is coming […]
Mumbai, March 18 (IANS) The curtain is set to come down on TV show “Kehta Hai Dil Jee Le Zara”, starring Sangeeta Ghosh and Ruslaan Mumtaz, soon. It is likely to go off air in June. The Sony Entertaiment Television show, about love between a strong woman and a fun-loving boy, is not even a year […]
Chandigarh, March 18 (IANS) Former railways minister Pawan Kumar Bansal Tuesday filed his nomination as the Congress candidate for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat ending speculation over his being fielded by the party. The four-time MP from Chandigarh, Bansal, was forced to quit from the ministry May last year after his nephew was arrested by the […]
Kabul, March 18 (IANS) The Afghanistan government Tuesday appointed Mohammad Younus Qanooni as vice president of the country. Qanooni replaces Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim, who died earlier this month after prolonged illness, Xinhua reported citing a statement issued by the Afghan Presidential Palace. A consultative meeting chaired by Afghan President Hamid Karzai unanimously appointed Qanooni as […]
Jaipur, March 18 (IANS) Notorious wildlife poacher Sansar Chand died of cancer at a hospital here Tuesday, a doctor said. Sansar Chand, who was undergoing trial on charges of killing several tigers in Rajasthan’s Sariska Tiger Reserve, was admitted to the Sawai Man Singh Hospital here few days ago, a doctor told IANS. Resident of New […]
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will lead the Indian delegation at the third Nuclear Security Summit to be held at The Hague March 24-25, official sources said here Tuesday. The sources said India is expected to focus on speeding up work on reducing gaps in the international architecture concerning nuclear security. […]
Barcelona, March 18 (IANS) Barcelona have acted quickly to dismiss a story that coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino would abandon the football club at the end of the season. Catalan sports network Esport 3 said Monday that Martino would not be the Barca coach next season given that the Argentinean didn’ t want to carry on at […]
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The AAP Tuesday withdrew the candidature of Mahendra Singh from the North West Delhi constituency for his alleged involvement in criminal cases. Former Delhi minister Rakhi Birla will be fielded from the seat, a party official said. Singh, a social activist, had a number of criminal cases against him, an Aam […]