I don’t shave my legs: Victoria Beckham

Los Angeles, Feb 19 (IANS) Singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham says she never shaves her legs using razor. The 39-year-old says that she abandoned tiresome shaving for a more hi-tech method of hair removal, reports dailystar.co.uk. “I don’t shave my legs. I got laser (treatment) which is amazing. You can go back for little touch-ups if you […]

Sensex trades flat; metal auto stocks down

Sensex trades flat; metal auto stocks down

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) A benchmark index of the Indian equities market was trading flat in Wednesday’s late afternoon trade session as metal and automobile stocks declined. The 30-scrip sensitive (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 20,643.85 points, was trading at 20,696.39 points around 2.00 p.m., up 62.18 points or 0.30 […]

JNU and BHU keen to open centres in Bihar, says minister

JNU and BHU keen to open centres in Bihar, says minister

Patna, Feb 19 (IANS) Delhi-based Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Banaras Hindu University (BHU) are keen to open their centres in Bihar, state Education Minister P.K. Shahi Wednesday said. “JNU’s official has informed us that they will open a centre in Bihar after permission from the union human resource ministry,” Shahi said. Shahi said he had […]

LS telecast disrupted, BJP terms it ‘tactical glitch’

LS telecast disrupted, BJP terms it ‘tactical glitch’

New Delhi, Feb 18 The live telecast of the Lok Sabha proceedings was disrupted Tuesday soon after the house started discussing the bill to create a separate Telangana state. While a parliament official said it was due to a “technical problem”, the opposition termed it a planned “tactical glitch”. “They say the blackout of Lok […]

Continue anti-corruption helpline: Najeeb Jung

Continue anti-corruption helpline: Najeeb Jung

New Delhi, Feb 18  A day after president’s rule was imposed in the national capital, Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung Tuesday directed government officials to continue the anti-corruption helpline launched by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government. In a meeting convened at the Raj Niwas, Jung directed government officials that the anti-corruption campaign should continue […]

Joy in Telangana as Lok Sabha passes bill to divide Andhra

Joy in Telangana as Lok Sabha passes bill to divide Andhra

New Delhi/Hyderabad, Feb 18  Amid pandemonium and a television blackout of the proceedings, the Lok Sabha Tuesday passed a bill to carve out a Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh, triggering joy in the Telangana region and protests elsewhere in the southern state. The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill was passed by voice vote in the face […]

Kejriwal quits over Jan Lokpal bill; sets stage for national role

Kejriwal quits over Jan Lokpal bill; sets stage  for national role

New Delhi Forty-nine days after he took charge of a minority Delhi government, Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal resigned following a tumultuous day in the assembly where combined Congress and BJP legislators “defeated” his AAP’s attempts to introduce its signal Jan Lokpal bill aimed to curb corruption in high places. After resigning from his post, Kejriwal, 45, […]

Cabinet clears Telangana bill, parliament in uproar

Cabinet clears Telangana bill, parliament in  uproar

New Delhi/Hyderabad Brushing aside opposition from some Congress ministers from Andhra Pradesh, the union cabinet gave its nod to a bill to form a Telangana state even as parliament was plunged into chaos for a third straight day. The approval for the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Bill came at a two-hour cabinet meeting held at Prime Minister Manmohan […]

President, PM hail India’s victory over polio

President, PM hail India’s victory over polio

New Delhi Hailing India’s victory over polio, President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh commended the nearly 2.3 million vaccinators and health workers who were the backbone of the polio eradication campaign. India is on its way to get the World Health Organisation (WHO) certification of a polio free country after having reported no […]

Sensex closes in negative territory; bank stocks fall

Sensex closes in negative territory; bank stocks fall

A benchmark index of the Indian equities markets closed Monday’s trade flat — down 42.29 points or 0.21 percent — as bank and metal stocks fell. The 30-scrip S&P Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 20,429.16 points, ended the day at 20,334.27 points — down 42.29 points or 0.21 percent from […]