Ashok Leyland MD and CEO Vipin Sondhi resigns
NEW DELHI: Hinduja Group flagship Ashok Leyland on Thursday said its Managing Director and CEO Vipin Sondhi has resigned from the company citing personal commitments and Dheeraj Hinduja has stepped in as executive chairman with immediate…
Narayan Rane: MVA govt will fall down in next 3 months, BJP will form govt in March
New Delhi, Nov 26 (UNI) Union Minister Narayan Rane on Thursday made a new claim about toppling of the Mahavikas Aghadi government, stating that the MVA government will fall by March next year and BJP will again form government in the…
Assam, Mizoram to constitute Committees to resolve border dispute
New Delhi, Nov 26 (UNI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Mizoram counterpart Zoramthanga on Friday agreed to constitute a Committee each for resolving the border dispute between both the states through 'dialogue.'
The…
Farmers organize nationwide protest to mark one year of protest
New Delhi, Nov 26 (UNI) Thousands of farmers from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and other parts of the country turned up on Delhi borders, Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur, and various states on Friday to mark the one year of farmers’ protest…
RIC countries condemn terrorism, call for urgent elimination of terror groups from Afghanistan
New Delhi, Nov 26 (UNI) RIC countries on Friday condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and also called for the urgent elimination of UNSC proscribed terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda, ISIL and others for lasting peace in…
Opposition shows unity ahead of session, boycotts Constitution Day
New Delhi, Nov 26 (UNI) In a display of Opposition unity, around 15 Opposition parties boycotted an event to celebrate the Constitution Day on Friday, days ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament.
Congress, Left parties, Trinamool…
Foundation stone of AIIMS to be laid soon in Rewari district : Khattar
Chandigarh, Nov 26 (UNI) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said that the foundation stone of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) would be laid in the Rewari district as all the formalities related to the…
WTO Ministers conf. in Geneva postponed over new COVID-19 strain
Geneva, Nov 27 (UNI/Sputnik) The 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been postponed because of the spread of the new strain of COVID-19, Deputy Director General of the WTO Anabel Gonzalez said.…
Pfizer unsure if new Omicron variant evades its vaccine
Washington, Nov 27 (UNI/Sputnik) The pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech issued a statement that they are not sure whether the new coronavirus variant Omicron is able to escape their vaccine but promise to develop a new vaccine…
DGP J&K: Pak pushing drugs in large quantity for terror funding
Jammu, Nov 26 (UNI) Expressing concern on increasing graph of NDPS cases over the years, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police, Dilbag Singh on Friday said that Pakistan is pushing drugs in large quantity for terror funding and to…
83 teaser
The teaser of Kabir Khan’s 83 is out after a long wait but a few seconds of an edge-of-the-seat match is all we get to see at the moment. The teaser shows the World Cup winning ball where Madan Lal bowled to Vivian Richards and Kapil Dev…
Solar eclipse 2021 on December 4
On December 4, a total solar eclipse, which is also the last solar eclipse of the year, will be visible from Antarctica. NASA says that the cosmic phenomenon will also be visible from a few other parts of the globe. Sky gazers in the…
Drag-flix and chill: India thrash Canada 13-1 in Junior World Cup
One allows the ball to fly into the net. The other generates so much pace that the ball zooms past the goalkeeper in mid-flight. And the third lets it kiss the surface and thud into the board.
Three set-piece specialists, three different…
Shreyas Iyer becomes 16th Indian to slam hundred on Test debut
Shreyas Iyer on Friday became the 16th Indian batter to make a hundred on his Test debut, joining an illustrious list which includes the legendary Lala Amarnath, Gundappa Viswanath, and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly among others.
The…
Interpol elects controversial UAE official as president
Interpol on Thursday elected a contentious official from the United Arab Emirates as its new president during the international law enforcement body’s annual General Assembly held in Istanbul.
Maj. Gen. Ahmed Naser al-Raisi, inspector…
Dynastic parties are matter of concern to people committed to Constitution, says PM Modi
Addressing the Constitution Day event in the Central Hall of Parliament Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that several leaders of our country brainstormed to give us the Constitution of India. “Constitution Day is the day to salute…
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits northeast India near Myanmar border
GUWAHATI: A 6.1 magnitude earthquake rocked the northeast region, including Assam and Mizoram, in the early hours of Friday, the National Seismology Department said. The tremors were also felt in many parts of West Bengal, officials said,…
Tributes on 13th anniversary of 2008 Mumbai terror attacks
Floral tributes were paid on Friday to the martyrs who laid down their lives while fighting terrorists who attacked Mumbai on November 26, 2008. Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and state Home…
Sidhu threatens hunger strike against state government
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu has taken on his own government again, threatening to go on a hunger strike if the reports on the drugs menace and the 2015 sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib were not made public.
At…
Param Bir Singh moves court, seeks cancellation of order declaring him ‘absconder
MUMBAI: Former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh has filed an application for the cancellation of a court proclamation order against him in Esplanade Magistrate's court, which declared him "absconding".
The court will hear the…
