New York, July 7 (IANS) US stocks traded on an upbeat note on Friday as investor sentiment was bolstered by encouraging jobs data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 138.86 points, or 0.57 per cent, to 24,495.60. The S&P 500 was up 24.75 points, or 0.90 per cent, to 2,761.36, Xinhua news agency reported. The Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 91.19...
Mumbai, July 6 (IANS) Actor Akshay Kumar, who is playing the lead role in his multi-starrer upcoming film "Gold", based on hockey, says the game should get more spotlight and encouragement from people as it holds a strong value of history and pride of the country.Considering the fact that Bollywood has thrown spotlight on hockey with films like "Chak De...
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi met party leaders from West Bengal on Friday amid divisions in the state unit over allying with the Left or Trinamool Congress for the Lok Sabha polls next year and reports that some more party MLAs could defect to the ruling Trinamool.Informed sources said 41 leaders from the state, including MLAs,...
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The Delhi Police Crime Branch investigating the June 30 hanging of 11 members of a Burari family here suspects that one of the deceased, Lalit Bhatia, visited cremation grounds and was interested in ghosts and spirits, an official said on Friday.The theory was based on an entry in the registers seized from the house in...
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) Expelled CPI-M leader Ritrabrata Banerjee was on Friday appointed chairman of a tribal welfare committee by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.Presiding over a meeting with tribal leaders across the state, the Chief Minister said Banerjee, now not attached to any party, would work as the chairman of the non-political tribal social welfare committee.Ritabrata Banerjee, a...
London, July 6 (IANS) Indian star Rohan Bopanna's campaign at the Wimbledon tennis tournament came to an end after he was forced to retire with an injury in the second round of the men's doubles category here on Friday.Bopanna and his French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin were trailing 4-6, 6-7, 1-2 to the unseeded British pair of Frederik Nielsen and Joe...
Jamnagar, July 6 (IANS) Senior Congress legislator and OBC leader from Gujarat's Saurashtra region Vikram Madam on Friday threatened to resign if the party failed to address "several issues" worrying him.His announcement, a few days before Congress President Rahul Gandhi visits Gujarat on July 16 and 17, comes less than a week after another veteran MLA from the same region...
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that they are discussing their next step with lawyers and cabinet ministers after Lt. Governor Anil Baijal refused to hand over the Services Department to the city state's elected government.Now, Kejriwal has sought time from Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to urge him to follow the Supreme...
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Dubbing betting in sports a worse idea, the Congress on Friday said the Law Commission's recommendation for such a step will turn every shop selling betel leaves into a gambling den."Gambling is a bad idea; gambling in sports is a worse idea. And between a bad and a worse idea, I don't think any choice...
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Attorney General K.K. Venugopal, the government's primary lawyer in the Supreme Court, on Friday said the government should consider raising the retirement age of Supreme Court judges to 68 and High Court judges to 65. It is currently 65 and 62.Venugopal, speaking at the farewell function organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association for Justice...
