[ad_1] Vatican City: How’s Pope Francis doing? Can you give him my get-well wishes? Can I speak with him directly? The nuns who operate the Vatican’s switchboard are fielding a growing number of calls with questions like that as the pope remains hospitalised in Rome. “They feel like children waiting to know about their father,”…
[ad_1] Montreal: Canada is reviewing a major purchase of US-made F-35 combat planes amid serious tensions with the Trump administration, a spokesperson for the Canadian defence ministry told AFP on Saturday. That announcement came two days after Portugal said it too was reexamining a possible purchase of American F-35 fighter jets amid rising international anger…
[ad_1] Mohali: A man who allegedly pushed a 39-year-old scientist during a parking altercation in Punjab’s Mohali, leading to the latter’s death, was arrested on Saturday, police said. The accused, Maninder Pal Singh Monty, will be produced in court on Sunday, the police added. On Tuesday night, Monty had reportedly pushed Dr Abhishek Swarnkar, who…
[ad_1] Actor Ranya Rao’s stepfather, a senior cop in Karnataka, has been sent on “compulsory leave” days after the actor was arrested in a gold smuggling case. The order for the Director General of Police (Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation) K Ramachandra Rao’s leave was issued this evening. It did not specify any reason. Earlier…
[ad_1] New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has called a discussion with top government officials and the chief executive of the Aadhaar body to discuss linking of the unique identity number with voter cards, sources said today. The Election Commissioner’s move comes amid the Opposition’s allegations over the existence of a massive number of…
[ad_1] Star India batter Virat Kohli on a lighter note has said he could come out of his T20I retirement, but there is a catch. Kohli announced his retirement from the format after the T20 World Cup final, which India won after beating South Africa in Barbados. However, Kohli, in a lighter vein,…
[ad_1] WPL Final LIVE: A look at squads Delhi Capitals Women Squad: Meg Lanning(c), Shafali Verma, Jess Jonassen, Jemimah Rodrigues, Annabel Sutherland, Marizanne Kapp, Sarah Bryce(w), Niki Prasad, Minnu Mani, Shikha Pandey, Titas Sadhu, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Alice Capsey, Taniya Bhatia, Sneha Deepthi, Nandini Kashyap, Nallapureddy Charani Mumbai Indians Women Squad: Yastika Bhatia(w), Hayley…
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump found himself at the centre of an unexpected and awkward moment during a press briefing at Joint Base Andrews on March 14. A reporter accidentally bumped a microphone into his face, prompting a noticeable reaction. The incident, caught on camera, has since gone viral. Mr Trump was addressing the press…
[ad_1] Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has backed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over the 4 per cent quota issue, which the Congress’s rivals called a move to appease Muslims. The quota is not for jobs or education, but for contractors to bid for government projects worth up to Rs 1 crore. Mr Shivakumar denied the…
[ad_1] Star India batter Virat Kohli on a lighter note has said he could come out of his T20I retirement, but there is a catch. Kohli announced his retirement from the format after the T20 World Cup final, which India won after beating South Africa in Barbados. However, Kohli, in a lighter vein,…
