2018 | DIN NEWS - Part 440

Kumar Vishwas: Isolated in AAP, but not willing to quit

January 15, 2018January 15, 2018 strong

After being denied a seat in Parliament, senior AAP leader Kumar Vishwas finds that he is being increasingly isolated in the party, with its top brass turning a deaf ear to his plans for an electoral campaign in Rajasthan. A member of the Aam Aadmi Party said Vishwas, party in- charge for Rajasthan, had stopped campaigning in the state because of “lack of support” from the leadership. There had been no response from the party leadership to Vishwas’s demand that a bank account be opened to deposit donation money for…

NEWS CATEGORIES SPORTS

If pacers take upper hand in series, so be it: Faf du Plessis

January 13, 2018January 13, 2018 strong

South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis won’t mind if their fast bowlers, who have “X factor”, shape their victories against India and admitted they have demanded wickets which assist pace and bounce. “Sitting here as a batsman, the first priority is to win games. If we play in series where the ball takes the upper hand, so be it. As long as we are winning it is fine, Du Plessis said on the eve of the second Test. The home captain though said the wicket at the Supersport Park is…

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES

Gal Gadot delivers inspiring speech on gender equality at CCA

January 13, 2018January 13, 2018 strong

As “Wonder Woman” Gal Gadot received the #SeeHer trophy at the Critics’ Choice Award, the actor kept alive the “Time’s Up” spirit and called for gender equality. #SeeHer award aims to recognise the importance of accurately portraying women across the entertainment landscape. Gadot began her acceptance speech by pointing out that the top three films of 2017 “The Last Jedi”, “Wonder Woman”, and “Beauty and the Beast” were all led by women. “Although this is progress, there is still a long way to go,” she said. “We’ve been witnessing a…

ENTERTAINMENT

I believe in doing my own thing, says Rajeev Khandelwal

January 13, 2018January 13, 2018 strong

Rajeev Khandelwal made a switch to movies when he was at the peak of his television career and now when the actor is making debut on digital platform he is equally confident about his decision. The actor, who became a star with Ekta Kapoor’s “Kahiin To Hoga”, is now making his web series debut with the producer’s ALTBalaji project “Haq Se” “When I was doing television, people said don’t do daily soaps, and then when I did films they were like don’t do ‘Aamir’ kind of films. With this web…

LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES

Man sentenced to 10 yrs jail for violating liquor Law in Bihar

January 13, 2018January 13, 2018 strong

A court here today sentenced a man to 10 years imprisonment in connection with seizure of ingredients for making country liquor from his house in Munger district. Additional District and Sessions Judge Tribhuwan Nath held Vikas Yadav alias Gabbar guilty under provisions of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2016 and awarded him 10 years of imprisonment. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the man in default of which he would have to spend another six months in jail. According to the FIR filed in…

BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES

Forest clearance issues continue to dog projects: Rajnath

January 13, 2018 strong0 comment

Forest and environmental clearance issues continue to dog strategic projects and the central government will expedite the process of giving nod to them, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today. Inaugurating the 43rd annual day function of the Military Engineer Services (MES) builders association of India here, Singh also said there is no shortage of funds for development of infrastructure along the border areas. The government will expedite forest and environmental clearance issues which still continue to dog such strategic projects, Singh was quoted as saying in an official release. Singh…

NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS

Pak court jails misogynist for life for stabbing 17 women

January 13, 2018January 13, 2018 strong

A Pakistani court today handed down life sentence to a 24-year-old ‘misogynist’ who stabbed at least 17 women, leading to the death of one of the victims. Muhammad Ali said that he hated women and found fun in hurting them. He prowled at night and targeted lonely women, using a kitchen knife. He had terrorised residents of the garrison city of Rawalpindi in 2016. He was arrested by the counter-terrorism police in August, 2016. Additional district and sessions Judge Raja Qamar Sultan found him guilty and sentenced him to life…

NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS

Trump cancels working visit to UK over ‘bad’ new US embassy

January 13, 2018January 13, 2018 strong

President Donald Trump today cancelled a “working visit” to the UK planned for next month to officially launch a new US embassy, blaming a “bad deal” struck by the previous Obama-administration to relocate the base from central London to an “off location”. The US president launched his attack on Twitter against the embassy’s move from Grosvenor Square in the posh Mayfair area of the city to Nine Elms, south of the Thames, in a USD 1.2 billion project. He wrote: “Reason I cancelled my trip to London is that I…

NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES

Over 90 government degree colleges functional in J-K: Govt

January 13, 2018January 13, 2018 strong

Over 96 government degree colleges are functioning in Jammu and Kashmir, out of which 69 have their own campuses, state Minister for Education Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari said today. Bukhari gave the information while replying to a question in the Legislative Council. The construction work of 20 degree colleges is underway out of which four are targeted to be completed by March this year, the minister said. The state government has recently approved the opening of 17 new degree colleges in the state, he added. He further said that the…

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Cold wave conditions prevail in most parts of Himachal Pradesh

January 13, 2018January 13, 2018 strong

Cold wave conditions continued to prevail in most parts of Himachal Pradesh, but day temperatures rose by a few notches in the high altitude tribal areas. Keylong and Kalpa in tribal, Lahaul, Spiti and Kinnaur district registered maximum temperatures at 9 degrees Celsius and 9.6 degrees Celsius. However, Una, which recorded a high of 20.8 degrees Celsius, was hottest in the region followed by Sundernagar 19.1 degrees Celsius, Solan 19.0 degrees Celsius, Nahan 17.5 degrees Celsius, Bhuntar 16 degrees Celsius, Dharamshala 15.4 degrees Celsius, Shimla 13.8 degrees Celsius and Manali…