A S Kashyap Charlton defender Joe Gomez has signed a five-year contract with Liverpool for 3.5million pounds.
Although the 18-year-old would start pre-season with the Premier League Club, he is likely to move to Championship side Derby on loan.
Gomez, who was a member of the England Under-17 side that lifted the 2014 European Championships, said that it was a dream come true and a bit surreal, the BBC reported.
India-born former Google executive Nikesh Arora has been appointed the President of Japan’s telecommunications giant SoftBank Corp that paid the “rising star” a whopping US $135 million for the financial year 2014.
Arora, 47, who earlier held the vice president’s post, was appointed company president and chief operating officer at a general meeting of shareholders here yesterday.
In a management reshuffle last month, Arora – then investments head – was named as a potential successor to company chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son, as the telecoms conglomerate steps up its overseas expansion.
Iraqi government forces backed by air power have engaged militants from the Islamic State terrorist group during various clean-up operations across the crisis-hit country and killed at least 182 extremists.
According to a statement released by the Iraqi defence ministry on Friday, a total of 124 IS militants died when Iraqi security forces, supported by military aircraft, struck the terrorist positions in the northern provinces of Kirkuk and Salahuddin as well as the troubled western province of Anbar, a report on Press TV said on Saturday.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand defeated reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen to jump to the joint third spot after the end of the fourth round of Norway Chess tournament, in Norway.
A technical committee will be constituted to look into the demand for suburban train services for Bengaluru, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said here on Saturday.
Speaking at the inauguration of a new station building at Bengaluru city railway station, union Minister for Law and Justice Sadananda Gowda and union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers Ananth Kumar demanded suburban train services on the lines of Mumbai.
They highlighted the perennially increasing road traffic and difficulties faced by the people in the city.
About 900 persons belonging to the Christian community, including fathers and nuns, staged a demonstration in the campus of St Michael Church in Coimbatore on Saturday, condemning a program telecast by a Tamil TV channel, allegedly portraying the bishop in a degrading manner.
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries (RIL) File Photo dna Research & Archives
Reliance Industries has procured the world’s most sophisticated armoured vehicle for enhanced personal security of its chairman and managing director.
The fortified Mercedes Benz is mounted on a normal S600. The RIL car has Level-9 vehicle resistance (VR9), the highest available currently. It was customised at Benz’s Sindelingen plant in Germany.
Sources said the armoured vehicle was registered at the Mumbai Central Regional Transport Office (RTO) today.
To push India-Bangla rail extension project, Railways ministry would be sending a high level team to expedite the process soon.
The decision of sending the Railway Ministry team to have a first-hand knowledge about the proposed rail project was taken at a meeting of NITI Aayog held in Delhi on June 18, said Transport Secretary Samarjit Bhowmik.
NITI Aayog in the meeting decided to implement the railway extension project from Agartala to Gangasagar (Bangladesh) by 2017.
Drawing a comparison between the railway systems of India and China, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Friday said not enough investment has been made in the railways in the country in the last 40 years.
“Railways are the backbone of India’s economy and therefore we have decided to launch a major programme to revamp the railway network. In the last thirty, forty years we have not invested enough into the railways….” Prabhu said.
Congress workers have adopted the households of nine debt-ridden Vidarbha farmers, who had committed suicide, and paid off their loans after party Vice- President Rahul Gandhi visited them in April during his ‘padyatra’ over the farm distress issue.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has managed to get a stay order from a local sessions court against former Pakistan players, Sarfaraz Nawaz and Aamir Sohail from speaking against the board and former Chairman, Najam Sethi.
The legal advisor of the board, Tafazzul Rizvi said that the PCB had filed a damages and defamation suit against the two former players in the district court in Lahore.
In a bid to raise vegetable production in the state, Odisha government has decided to set up 150 new cold storages under PPP mode by 2019.
The decision in this regard was taken at a meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik where he was reviewing performance of the Agriculture Department.
The chief minister will review the progress made in this regard every two months.
It was decided to increase farm output every year using advanced methods of cultivation, which currently stands at nine lakh tonnes of vegetables from 5,000 hectares of land.
The first International Day of Yoga (IDY) will be observed on Sunday here at the UNOG and in Paris and other cities across France and Monaco.
The event here will be attended by 1,500 guests with Acting Director-General of UNOG Michael Moller as chief guest.
“A yoga guru from the Art of Living would be giving a lecture-cum-demonstration on yoga according to the common yoga protocol sent by the AYUSH ministry in Delhi,” said Ajit Kumar, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG).
Fifteen persons were killed and 25 others injured when a bus, travelling from Pithoragarh to Delhi, fell into a deep gorge in Almora district this afternoon.
The Uttarakhand Roadways bus, carrying about 40 passengers, fell into a 100-ft deep gorge at Dhyari, nearly 65 kms from Almora, killing 15 persons on the spot, Kumaon DIG Pushkar Sailal said.
Twenty-five persons, who sustained injuries in the accident, have been rushed to hospital, he said, adding the accident occurred around 1 PM.
A new Audi Q3 car with unique features including Eminem, aldi headlights, rave review cameras and rare sensors was launched at a grand event held in the national capital recently.
“Audi Q3 is all about people like us, people like all CO’s and all young entrepreneurs,” said Nidhi, the General Manager of Operations (Audi West), while speaking on the occasion.
“The slogan “Start Young live Big” is all about new Audi Q3 as Audi always talks about being supportive, being progressive and being smart. And this is what the smart body we have with us,” she added.
Sidelining the controversy surrounding the International Yoga Day, a group of Hindus in the Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh has observed Roza with their Muslim neighbours during the Ramzan fasting.
“As per the pre-decided programme around 70 people, including 21 Hindus, observed Roza and sat on Udal Chowk on the first day of Ramzan yesterday,” said Tara Patkar, Coordinator of Bundeli Samaj. Patkar said that around 50 Muslims people, including the president of Bundeli Samaj Haji Pavesh Mohammad, participated in the noble event and added that politicians were also invited.
Actress Alia Bhatt is happy to cross the five million benchmark on micro-blogging site Twitter. The 22-year-old actress, who is currently shooting Karan Johar’s “Kapoor and Sons”, thanked her fans for their support.
“Aaaah! 5M now…Wohoo! Thank youuuuuuu, you make me so happy! On this note let’s chat today at 6pm??? Been tooooooo long!,” she wrote.
A Maoist was killed in an exchange of fire between the ultras and security forces in Gorapakala village of the district on Saturday, police said.
The skirmish took place this morning when special police teams were on a search operation based on tip off about the presence of Maoists belonging to banned outfit CPI (Maoist) in Gorapakala village in Munchingputtu mandal.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address elected heads of 500 civic bodies from across the country here on June 25, when he will launch the three flagship schemes for urban revamp, including smart cities and housing for all.
The UK trade unions’ decision to suspended strike at Tata Steel plants in the country recognises the substantial shortfall in the pension fund and the need to jointly address it, the steel maker said.
On Friday, unions — Community, Unite, Ucatt and GMB — suspended the strike scheduled for June 22 after a new pension offer from Tata Steel UK, which keeps British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) open.
Earlier this week, they had temporarily suspended the industrial action at Tata Steel.
Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday spoke to two brothers from Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh, who have cracked the IIT entrance test, over the phone and assured them all help.
Raju (18) and Brijesh (19), sons of a daily wager, have cleared the IIT Advanced examinations earlier this week but faced financial odds to pursue their dream. “Congratulations to all those who cracked the IIT. Spoke to Brijesh & Raju from Pratapgarh on their tremendous success against all odds,” Gandhi said on Twitter.
Significant parts of Pakistan along its border with Afghanistan, including Waziristan, Balochistan and FATA, continue to be a safe haven for terrorists, the US State Department said in a report today.
Significant parts of Pakistan along its border with Afghanistan, including Waziristan, Balochistan and FATA, continue to be a safe haven for terrorists, the US State Department said in a report today.
The last installment of “The Wolverine” movie series will reportedly be based on “Old Man Logan”.
After Hugh Jackman confirmed that he will be back with adamantium claws for “The Wolverine 3” the rumour suggests Jackman, 46, would bring his character into the twilight of his life via the “Old Man Logan” storyline from the comics, reported Ace Showbiz.
With threat of a shocking series defeat looming large, under-pressure India under their beleaguered captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be aiming to come out all guns blazing as they meet an upbeat Bangladesh in the second cricket one-dayer here on Sunday.
After being comprehensively thrashed by 79 runs in the opening match of the three-match series, India for the first time are staring at the ignominy of series defeat against the proverbial minnows of world cricket in the backdrop of some unwanted controversy that resulted in skipper Dhoni being docked 75% of his match fees.