India, Kenya sign 7 pacts; to deepen cooperation in security
NAIROBI: Seeking to bolster their ties, India and Kenya on Monday decided to deepen and expand cooperation in a wide range of areas as they signed seven pacts, including in the field of defence and security and avoidance of double taxation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after his talks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta here, also […]
Life in curfew-hit Srinagar: Petrol in black, stores open half-shutter at night
As curfew stretched on for a third day on Monday, indefinitely suspending civic life, Srinagar almost resembled a ghost town. Grocery stores, vegetable shops, petrol pumps and other business establishments remained shuttered, even as the death toll from protests went up by one more; a youth died on Sunday from injuries sustained in the police […]
Lafarge to sell India assets to Nirma for $1.4 bn
LafargeHolcim on Monday said it has entered into an agreement with Nirma Ltd to sell its entire 100% holding in cement maker Lafarge India for an enterprise value of $1.4 billion. The deal will be subject to approval from the Competition Commission of India (CCI), Lafarge said in a statement posted on its website. Lafarge […]
Pakistan Government, Hafiz Saeed Provoke With Comments On Burhan Wani
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani government and internationally-condemned terrorist Hafiz Saeed have made twin attempts to aggravate the tension in Kashmir, where more than 20 people have died and nearly 300 been injured in clashes after the death of terrorist Burhan Wani on Friday night. “The Prime Minister of Pakistan has expressed his deep shock at the killing […]
Indian Hockey Team’s ‘Sardar’
Sardar Singh. The captain of the Indian hockey team and a man who will have a big role to play if India are to win their first Olympic medal in Men’s field hockey since 1980 In 2008, Sardar Singh became the youngest man ever to captain the Indian National Men’s hockey Team. Eight years later, […]
Kids Who Suck Their Thumbs, Bite Nails Have Fewer Allergies: Study
MELBOURNE: Children who bite their nails or suck their thumbs are less likely to develop allergic sensitivities, a new study suggests. And, if they have both ‘bad habits’, they are even less likely to be allergic to such things as house dust mites, grass, cats, dogs, horses or airborne fungi, researchers said. “Our findings are consistent […]
Deepika to play Padmavati in SLB’s next?
Looks like Deepika Padukone and Sanjay Leela Bhansali are all set to hit a hatrick soon…because there’s gossip doing the rounds that the gorgeous actress is set to play Padmavati in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next movie based on Rani Padmani. A leading site has stated that the actress has been roped into play the titular […]
Kumkum Bhagya : Dadi to ask Abhi to divorce Pragya?
Will Pragya be able to come out of Nikhil’s clutches ? In the last episode, Nikhil kidnapped both Pragya(Sriti Jha) and Pari. Pragya had come to free Dr.Sheila’s daughter, Pari but she ended up getting trapped herself. Abhi(Shabbir Ahluwalia) was missing Pragya terribly. He was worried that why hasn’t she returned back home. Pragya had told […]
