Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Khaleda Zia was freshly charged in two cases over violence during last yearÂ’s blockade violence in Dhaka. The former prime minister was named as the instigator of violence in the two chargesheets filed at DhakaÂ’s Chief Metropolitan MagistrateÂ’s Court on Sunday, bdnews24 reported. Metropolitan Magistrate Imdadul Haque set May 31 […]
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Jagdeep Singh was on Sunday arrested on the charge of assaulting an employee of a waste management company here a week ago, police said. The MLA was later granted bail. The legislator from west Delhi’s Hari Nagar was accused of attacking Mohit, who works for a company contracted by the […]
Spaniard Albert Ramos became the first to qualify for the quarter-finals of this year’s French Open men’s singles after eliminating Canadian Milos Raonic in their fourth round match on Sunday. Ramos, ranked 55th, managed to defeat World No.9 Raonic 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 in two hours and 20 minutes. After the match, 28-year-old Ramos said he […]
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton narrowly defeated Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo after an epic battle to win the Monaco Grand Prix here on Sunday. Hamilton clocked 1 hour 59.29 minutes, ahead of Ricciardo by 7.252 seconds. Force India’s Sergio Perez came in third, his sixth career podium, ahead of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. Fernando Alonso secured McLaren’s best […]
Delhi residents got some respite from heat on Sunday after a rainy morning with maximum temperature coming down four notches below average to 36.7 degrees Celsius mark for the first time in the past fortnight due to the “western disturbance”. The cooler weather is likely to last till the month-end. The temperature is likely to […]
Sahara India chief Subrata Roy on Sunday said it was unfortunate that he could not meet Sahara Pariwar members after authorities imposed restrictions at his meeting venue in Cuttack and the place was evacuated. Apprehending trouble, Section 144 of the CrPC was imposed by police before Roy’s visit. He was scheduled to address the employees […]
With barely months to go for assembly polls in Punjab, launch of a new political party — Swaraj Party — was announced on Sunday in Chandigarh, led by former Panjab University professor Manjit Singh. The new entity claimed association with the Swaraj Abhiyan — a socio-political group which is headed by expelled Aam Aadmi Party […]
Aluminium manufacturer Hindalco Industries on Saturday reported a 123.36 percent increase in its standalone net profit for the fourth quarter of 2015-16. The company’s Q4 net profit stood at Rs.356.33 crore from Rs.159.53 crore reported in the corresponding quarter of 2014-15. However, the company’s total income for the quarter under review plunged by 7.6 percent […]
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan flaunted a saffron coloured Nehru jacket in tune with the saffron wave spread by the Narendra Modi-led government as he addressed the special two-year celebrations of the Prime Minister’s rule. Amitabh teamed the jacket with a crisp and pristine white kurta pajama as he addressed the audience with a valuable message around […]
A 30-year-old man was Saturday afternoon attacked by a lioness in Gujarat’s Saurashtra region in the fifth case of attacks by big cats on humans in the Gir forests, the sole abode of the Asiatic lions. Deputy Conservator of Forests, Dhari, T. Karuppasamy, told IANS that Chandru Vala had gone to a farm in Kodiya […]