Three armed policemen were killed and two others injured when suspected militants belonging to the Manipur-based Hmar People’s Convention-Democracy (HPC-D) attacked members of an Assembly panel in Zokhawthiang in Aizawl district bordering Manipur on Saturday, police said.
Legendary New Zealand cricketer Richard Hadlee believes if Brendon McCullum’s men could bring home their maiden World Cup trophy, it would be counted among the country’s biggest sporting achievements.
Hadlee said that McCullum’s men have an opportunity to create history in their game as they are in the final for the first time, adding that they would never ever be forgotten if they win, News.com.au reported.
Climatic conditions in the northeast region are favourable to grow various new yields like vegetables and fruits. Steps are now being taken to educate the farmers the new yields in order to boost production.
A number of livelihood training programmes are being conducted to improve the condition of the farmers in the region.
The geographical condition of the northeast region is extremely conducive towards the cultivation of a variety of crops. To utilize this, steps are now being taken to educate the farmers in order to boost production.
James Bay has released his much anticipated full-length debut album ‘Chaos And The Calm’.
The 24-year-old critically acclaimed UK troubadour, who has also released the official music video for his hit single ‘Let It Go,’ kicked off his U.S. headline tour in New York City with a sold out show at the Bowery Ballroom.
The tour continues on April 27 at Mod Club in Toronto and will wrap at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on May 14.
‘Chaos And The Calm’ tracklisting:
1. Craving
2. Hold Back The River
3. Let It Go
4. If You Ever Want To Be In Love
5. Best Fake Smile
Madhusmita Baruah, a 22-year old student from Assam, has recently won a gold medal at the 3rd International Strength Lifting and Incline Benchpress Championship held at Manama in Bahrain.
Madhusmita, who is a farmer’s daughter from Chungi Lahing Village in Jorhat, is a source of inspiration for many in the region.
Hailing from a poor family, Madhusmita was helped by the financial support from Nakachari Sports Association, village authority, Jorhat Power lifting Association and local people.
Legendary New Zealand cricketer Martin Crowe, who has been battling a rare blood disease, has said that the World Cup final between his country’s squad and Australia on Sunday could be the last game of cricket he watches.
In a column for the ESPNcricinfo website, the legendary cricket opined that his precarious life ahead might not afford him the luxury of many more games to watch and enjoy, adding that the World Cup finale at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was likely to be the last, News.com.au reported.
AAP members Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan on Saturday said a scuffle broke out during the National Council meeting here, a charge rubbished by the party, which maintained it was “peaceful”.
Founding members Yadav and Bhushan were sacked from the National Executive following which the two said AAP members behaved like hooligans and beat up people who tried to oppose the resolution to oust them.
Many who were not members were brought in for the meeting, said Yadav.
West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi on Saturday said the central and the state government must jointly look into the issue of cross border infiltration and take all the necessary measures to stop the illegal immigration of Bangladeshi nationals in the state.
“This is a very serious problem. The central and state government must jointly look into it and take all the necessary measures to stop the immigration of Bangladeshis illegally in the state,” said Tripathi.
An analysis oriented fortnightly magazine, Views on News (VON), featuring the latest from the Indian media, trending matters in social media, advertising, entertainment and books is likely to make its mark in the sphere of such periodicals.
True to its name, Views on News deals with the issues that best represent what the Indian media did (and did not) deal with, in a given fortnight.
In its latest issue, the magazine has published stories about the leading periodical of the country, India Today’s southern editions-Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam -‘biting the dust’.
Top Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has said she will be ranked World No.1 if this is in her destiny.
The Hyderabadi is ranked No.2 in the world and has a very good chance to overtake China’s Li Xuerui and become the highest ranked player in the world.
“I want to be the best. It’s not about the ranking, it’s about being consistent. Li Xuerui is injured. You can’t ignore the fact that she’s the best player in the world,” said the 25-year-old.
Congress leader Haroon Yusuf on Saturday dubbed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a party of ‘opportunists’ and added that the latter’s true face has been exposed in front of the people of Delhi.
“We used to say that they are a party of opportunists and that they just want power. However, this is their internal matter. I would not like to comment on it because people of Delhi are watching their true face and they will decide accordingly,” said Yusuf.
‘Clinton: the Musical’ will debut off-Broadway in New York in April, featuring dancing reporters and Lewinsky scandal prosecutor Kenneth Starr singing a number called ‘Sexual Relations.’
The play, the brainchild of two Australian brothers Paul and Michael Hodge, celebrates the first baby-boomer president, who preferred briefs to boxers, played a sax on national TV, presided over an economic boom and got himself impeached, CBS News reported.
New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum believes Indians fans, who will be in attendance in large numbers at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) for the cricket World Cup final on Sunday, will be rooting for his team and not Australia, adding that this support is needed in a game of such magnitude.
Asked at the pre-match press conference on Saturday about Indian fans travelling for the final, McCullum said, “I’m pleased you touched on that because I reckon we might have the home crowd tomorrow actually.
The Nigerian Army has reportedly reclaimed the north-eastern town of Gwoza, which is said to be the headquarters of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
The announcement of the town being retaken was made a day before the country’s presidential elections, which had been postponed for six months, due to the offensive against Boko Haram, the BBC reported.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Love & Respect for Parents
Parents are the most respectful and important in child life and those who are obedient and dutiful to their parents Allah (SWT) blessed them on the earth and on the heaven as well.
What a Child can do for Parents?
Pray for them
رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسَابُ
“Our Lord! Forgive me and my parents, and (all) the believers on the Day when the reckoning will be established.”
Terming as “unconstitutional and illegal” AAP’s National Council meeting where they were ousted from a key panel, dissidents Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan today did not rule out taking legal recourse against their removal.
Attacking Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his “dictatorial” tendencies and for “ruthlessly stifling” voices of dissent, Bhushan told reporters after the meeting that all options were open to them to challenge the decision.
“It is true that we can move the court, Election Commission or call another meeting of the NC. All options are open,” he said.
Roseroot may provide a herbal treatment option with minimal side effects for depression-related disorders, a new research has found.
The findings published in the journal Phytomedicine suggest that those who cannot tolerate anti-depressants due to side effects can soon have an alternative in roseroot or Rhodiola rosea (R. rosea).
Signalling China’s readiness to sign friendship treaties with neighbouring countries to build trust, President Xi Jinping today unveiled an action plan to implement the grandiose ‘Silk Road’ infrastructure projects under a USD 40 billion special fund.
The Indian World Cup team members, including skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and star batsman Virat Kohli, arrived home from Australia in batches and left for their respective destinations, Cricket Board sources said.
While Dhoni landed in Delhi, Kohli, along with his actress girlfriend Anushka Sharma, and five players besides Team Director Ravi Shastri, touched down at the Mumbai International Airport.
In a new study, researchers have looked into the lives of giant pandas, exploring their nature and living pattern.
The research was led by researchers of Michigan State University, who tracked the movements and interactions of five pandas in wild for 2 years, noted that pandas were not at all solitary as widely believed and even that they use their space very appropriately.
Gwen Stefani’s obsessed fan has been following her everywhere and even went to her father’s home, leaving creepy letters and gifts.
Dennis Stefani had filed for protection, from a man called Richard Portnoy, after her just popped up at their house, making a face-to-face contact, and reading out a letter that expressed his feelings for Gwen, TMZ reported.
He said that he and his wife were terrified of Portnoy, who had also showed up at the 45-year0old singer’s house thrice.
Overwhelmed by the ongoing World Cup’s success, ICC CEO David Richardson today said it has been the most followed cricket event in the history of the game with the India-Australia semifinal drawing the biggest crowd so far.
“This Cricket World Cup has been the most followed and best attended cricket event in history,” Richardson said in a statement.
With two double-centuries, seven scores in excess of 150 and 38 centuries, there has been no shortage of batting prowess on display in Australia and New Zealand over the past seven weeks.
Australian captain Michael Clarke will retire from ODI cricket after the World Cup summit clash against New Zealand here tomorrow, saying it was the “right time” to quit the shorter format of the game and give the new skipper enough time to build the team.
Clarke, who is just four days short of his 34th birthday, has played 244 ODIs till now scoring 7907 runs at an average of 44.42 with eight hundreds and 57 half-centuries. He will, however, continue to play for Australia in Test format.
The Islamic State’s (IS) female army, called the ‘Al Khansaa Brigade’ has reportedly been composed of British jihadi brides and prostitutes.
An activist with the ‘Raqqa is being slaughtered silently’ resistance group said that, the majority in the brigade were British women, while others were being women of ill-repute, the Daily Star reported.
These women are being paid 1,000 pounds a month, have been given plum apartments and are the only women allowed to drive there. They have enforced strict Sharia laws on females in Raqqa, the regime’s capital in Syria.
Popular actress Katrina Kaif has become the latest Indian star to join the Bollywood line-up at the UK’s prestigious Madame Tussauds here.
The British-Indian beauty unveiled her 150,000-pound life-size wax statue and joined the new Bollywood setting as part of the popular wax-work museum’s “15 years of Bollywood” celebration.
After coming face-to-face with her wax model, 31-year-old Katrina said: “This is amazing it does look really like me.”