led Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger wants Liverpool called champions and football season to end now By Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 15:38:29 +0100 Antonio Rudiger feels the season should be ended immediately due to the dangers posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Chelsea defender feels that Liverpool must still be crowned champions. Full Article
led Former Crystal Palace and Derby midfielder Joe Ledley joins A-League side Newcastle Jets By Published On :: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 10:42:26 +0000 The Wales international links up with former international colleague Carl Robinson, who was appointed Jets head coach earlier this month, until the end of the season. Full Article
led 'Wayne Rooney's knowledge will be important against Manchester United': Philip Cocu By Published On :: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 16:04:30 +0000 Thursday's home tie against the Red Devils is a massive opportunity for Cocu's side and the Dutchman reckons Rooney's Old Trafford pedigree will be a major factor. Full Article
led Wayne Rooney hailed by coach Liam Rosenior after turning around Derby County fortunes By Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 11:18:38 +0100 Rooney, 34, has played an active part in boss Phillip Cocu's tactical discussions and has won immediate admiration from the Rams squad for how he has played - and behaved - during his stint at the club. Full Article
led Britain's most expensive streets outside London revealed By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 08:17:40 GMT Montrose Gardens in leafy Leatherhead, Surrey, has the most expensive average house price in Britain outside of London, rising from £5.9million to £6.5million in the past year. Full Article
led This timber house built in the 1400s was dismantled and kept in a Buckinghamshire barn By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 05 Oct 2019 09:38:28 GMT Mention a 'flat-pack' home for sale and you might imagine a latest offering from Ikea. You're less likely to imagine a 15th-century former merchant's house, dismantled and kept in dry storage. Full Article
led £1.15m one-bed flat for sale with cobbled floors and a pillar in the bedroom By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:11:13 GMT The one-bed flat in south-east London is currently owned by the Quay Brothers and is for sale for £1.15million. Full Article
led House hunting hotspots for 2019 revealed by Zoopla By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:40:36 GMT Swansea, South Wales, is the most popular place among house hunters, with Brighton, East Sussex, Margate in Kent, and Torquay, Devon, also featuring in the list. Full Article
led Most popular interior design trends this autumn revealed By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 09:34:34 GMT Five of this autumn's most popular interior design trends have been revealed by renovation website Houzz - it includes bold wallpaper prints in the loo. Full Article
led How to make sure your home's built to last as Government pledges to improve quality of new-builds By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 01 Feb 2020 09:18:29 GMT A new-build home should combine beauty and great architecture. All too often, however, the reality is different: ugly, poky and even dangerous. This has forced the Government into action. Full Article
led Delegation level talks led by Prime Minister and President Edgar Chagwa Lungu of Zambia By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
led External Affairs Minister meets Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait on the sidelines of NAM Summit 2019 in Baku[ph]Photo Courtesy: Gajendra Singh, Photo Division[/ph] By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
led Minister of State for External Affairs meets Uzbek Trade delegation led by Adkham Ikramov, former Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan in New Delhi By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
led External Affairs Minister delivers his Valedictory Address at Delhi Dialogue XI in New Delhi [ph]Photo Courtesy: Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph] By meacms.mea.gov.in Published On :: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
led ASK TONY: We cancelled our Greek villa but insurer refused to pay the bill By Published On :: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 00:23:43 +0000 My husband and I booked and paid for a villa for a week in Corfu, and invited our four daughters and families to join us at our expense. The villa cost £2,391. We paid £96 for insurance with Get Going. Full Article
led NDA has failed in key areas like economy: Muniyappa By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2016 13:57:00 +0530 The former union minister said "only achievement" of NDA govt was changing names of UPA schemes Full Article
led PM Modi-led NDA government has failed on all counts: Raj Babbar By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sat, 28 May 2016 17:32:00 +0530 Babbar claimed that crop sowing area has shrunk to less than 120 lakh hectares from 125 lakh hectares in the last two years Full Article
led India third-largest fintech market in 2019, investments doubled to $3.7 bn By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 19:46:00 +0530 The vast majority of funds raised last year in India went into payments startups, while insur-techs raked in 13.7 per cent of the investments Full Article
led Maruti Vitara Brezza revealed in Leaked Images By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:12:14 +0530 Just before the world premiere of Maruti’s highly anticipated sub-4 meter SUV, Vitara Brezza, official pictures of the utility vehicle have been leaked online. The Compact SUV will be launched on 3rd February at the 2016 Indian Auto Expo, which ... Full Article
led Maruti Vitara Brezza Unveiled at the 2016 Indian Auto Expo By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:53:35 +0530 Maruti Suzuki has launched its highly anticipated Vitara Brezza compact SUV at the ongoing Indian Auto Expo in Greater Noida. The compact SUV is on sale now and features a price tag of Rs. XXX. The SUV is a brand new car from bottom up and is the ... Full Article
led Hyundai Tucson Unveiled at 2016 Indian Auto Expo By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Wed, 03 Feb 2016 09:39:42 +0530 #first2expo- With the biggest media crew on the ground, CarDekho brings to you the most extensive coverage of Auto Expo 2016. Hyundai has introduced the popular Tucson SUV in India at the ongoing IAE 2016. The vehicle was on sale in the country ... Full Article
led If lockdown not solution, then why Cong ruled states extended it first: BJP By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 15:20:00 +0530 The nationwide lockdown was extended till May 3 after the announcement by the PM as states called for the extension to check the rapid spread of the viral infection Full Article
led Delhi elections 2020: NOTA constitutes 0.5% of total votes polled By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 22:58:00 +0530 In the 2015 Delhi elections, the NOTA vote percentage had stood at 0.4% of the total votes cast Full Article
led Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Booed and Heckled By Published On :: Wed, 04 May 2016 22:18:23 GMT Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, who has drawn deep criticism for his role in the Flint water crisis, was loudly booed and heckled as he spoke to about 1,000 students, teachers and residents at Northwestern High School Wednesday. Photo: Fox News Full Article
led Meet Your New Cable Package. It’s Called Streaming. By Published On :: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 10:00:00 GMT The streaming wars might mean you have way more options when it comes to platforms and content for entertainment. But ultimately, paying for all those options is going to look a lot like the high prices you used to pay for your old-school cable package. Photo: Alexandra Cardinale Full Article
led Oil prices have doubled in a year. Here's why By rss.cnn.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 09:39:58 EST The price of crude oil has more than doubled over the past year after bottoming out at $26 per barrel in February 2016. Full Article
led Venezuela orders arrest of 3 in US for role in failed plot By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 00:46:52 +0530 Venezuela's chief prosecutor ordered the arrest Friday of a former Green Beret and two opposition figures living in the United States for their purported role in a botched operation aimed at removing Nicols Maduro from power. Tarek William Saab said Venezuela will seek the capture of Jordan Goudreau, a military veteran who has claimed responsibility for the attack, as well as Juan Jos Rendn and Sergio Vergara, two U.S.-based advisers to opposition leader Juan Guaid. They are living in impunity, Saab said. In tranquility over there. US law enforcement is investigating Goudreau, though it remains unclear if he will charged. President Donald Trump does not recognize Maduro's government, making it highly unlikely that his administration would accept any extradition request. The Trump administration has denied all responsibility in the armed raid, which resulted in the arrests of two Americans, Luke Denman and Airan Berry, who were purportedly hired by Goudreau's private firm to ... Full Article
led Trump utterly failed to prepare for COVID-19 pandemic: Biden By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 06:12:53 +0530 Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee and former US vice president Joe Biden alleged on Friday that President Donald Trump utterly failed to prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic and said his entire economic strategy is focussed on helping the wealthy and big corporations. Referring to the record 2.05 crore jobs lost in April alone, resulting in an unprecedented unemployment rate of 14.7 per cent now -- the highest since the Great Depression -- Biden, in a major policy speech, said it is an economic disaster, worse than any in decades, and it was made all the more worse because it did not have to be this way. "Donald Trump utterly failed to prepare for this pandemic and delayed in taking the necessary steps to safeguard our nation against the near-worst-case economic scenario we are now living in," he said in his remarks on "Trump's Disastrous Economy". COVID-19 caused a massive economic challenge, but the crisis hit the US harder and will last longer because Trump spent the Full Article
led 3 nurses strangled in Mexico; border mayor gets coronavirus By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 07:28:54 +0530 Three sisters who worked in Mexico's government hospital system were found murdered by strangling, authorities in the northern border state of Coahuila announced on Friday, stirring new alarm in a country where attacks on healthcare workers have occurred across the nation amid the coronavirus outbreak. Two of the sisters were nurses for the Mexican Social Security Institute and the third was a hospital administrator, but there was no immediate evidence the attack was related to their work. The state prosecutor told local media the motive might have been robbery. State police said the bodies were found in a house in the city of Torreon. The Social Security Institute said they were killed on Thursday. The National Union of Social Security Employees called the killings "outrageous and incomprehensible". In other parts of Mexico, nurses have had been hit, kicked off public transport or had cleaning fluids poured on them amid fears they might spread the coronavirus. Mexican health ... Full Article
led S Korea has 18 new virus cases fuelled by clubs By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:18:53 +0530 South Korea has reported 18 fresh cases of the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours, including 12 in the capital of Seoul, as health workers scramble to trace contacts after detecting a slew of transmissions linked to clubgoers. Figures released by South Korea's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday brought national totals to 10,840 cases and 256 deaths. While the KCDC didn't immediately release specific details, most of the new cases were likely linked to the nightclubs in Seoul's Itaewon leisure district, which was brought to a sudden standstill Friday night following reports of the transmissions. Officials on Friday said they detected at least 15 infections linked to a 29-year-old man who visited three Itaewon clubs on Saturday before testing positive on Wednesday. The infections raised concern about a broader spread of the virus in the Seoul metropolitan area, where about half of South Korea's 51 million people live. South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun in a Full Article
led European 2021 equestrian championships cancelled By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 17:52:59 +0530 European equestrianism on Saturday became the latest sport to adjust its calendar because of the postponement of the Olympics with the announcement that it had cancelled its 2021 eventing championships. With the Tokyo Games put back to next summer, other sports that had planned major championships for 2021 have been forced to react. The European equestrian championships were scheduled for Haras du Pin in Normandy from 11 to 15 August, which meant they were due to start just three days after the rearranged Olympics ends. The French equestrian federation, which announced the cancellation in a press release, said a postponement had been considered but rejected and, instead, Haras du Pin was "positioning itself for the organisation of the European Eventing Championship in 2023." Eventing sees a single rider and mount compete at show-jumping, dressage and cross-country. Full Article
led C'garh: 4 Naxals, one police official killed in encounter By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 08:54:52 +0530 Four Naxals, including two women, and a police official were killed in an exchange of fire in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Saturday. The incident took place on Friday night at Pardhauni village under Manpur police station limits, located over 150 kms from here, when a team of security forces was out on a counter-insurgency operation, Inspector General of Police (Durg range) Vivekanand Sinha said. Acting on a tip-off about the presence of ultras in the village, security forces had launched the operation. "When the patrolling team was cordoning off the area, Naxals suddenly came out of the village and the encounter broke out between the two sides," he said. "Police Sub Inspector (SI) S K Sharma, who was posted as the Station House Officer at Madanwada police station, lost his life in the gunfight," the IG said. Bodies of the four Naxals were recovered from the spot along with an AK47 rifle, an SLR rifle and two 315 bore rifles, he said. Reinforcement . Full Article
led Teenager raped by two men who recorded act, blackmailed her By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 13:18:54 +0530 A 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two men here who made a video of the act and then blackmailed her for about an year, police said on Saturday. A case was registered against the two men, Circle Officer Aalok Mishra said. "On a complaint lodged by the girl that she has been raped by two youths, who also made a video clip and blackmailed her for almost an year. Police on Friday registered a case," he said. The girl has been sent for medical examination at a government hospital, he said. The CO also said that the two accused are absconding and efforts are on to nab them. Full Article
led C'garh: Four "high value" naxals, cop killed in encounter By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 14:34:53 +0530 Four wanted Naxals, including two women- who all carried rewards on their heads- and a police official were killed in an exchange of fire in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Saturday. Terming the killings as huge success for the police, an officer said they managed to eliminate the "high-value targets" who were active on Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra border. The incident took place on Friday night at Pardhauni village under Manpur police station limits, located over 150 kms from Raipur, when a team of security forces was out on a counter-insurgency operation, Inspector General of Police (Durg range) Vivekanand Sinha said. "We got input at 7 pm on Friday that a group of 7-8 armed cadres were camping and cooking food at Pardhauni village, located around six kms away from Manpur police station," Rajnandgaon Superintendent of Police Jitendra Shukla told PTI. Based on the tip-off, a police team of 28 personnel, led by Madanwada police station SHO Shyam Kishore . Full Article
led Sugarcane farmer killed in clash over land dispute in UP's Shamli By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:36:55 +0530 A sugarcane farmer was killed and his brother sustained injuries in a clash between two groups of farmers over a land dispute at Jalalpur village in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said. Police said trouble started when Nareshpal and his brother Harender were confronted by Pardeep with a group of farmers who attacked him with sticks while working in his field. The injured Nareshpal was rushed to hospital where he was declared dead. Nareshpal and Pardeep's agricultural land lie adjacent to each other and a dispute arose over it, police pointed out. A case was registered on Friday under IPC Sections 147 (punishment for rioting) 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and 304 (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) while a search is on to catch hold of the accused, police added. According to the complaint lodged by . Full Article
led Rescheduled TCS World 10K Bengaluru to be held on November 22 By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 16:58:53 +0530 The TCS World 10K Bengaluru run will be held on November 22 as the organisers on Saturday announced the new date for the rescheduled event. The race, the lone Gold Label event in Asia, was earlier scheduled to be held on the third Sunday of May, like the previous years, but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Safety and precaution are paramount for the event. This re-scheduling of the Tata Consultancy Services World 10K, was imminent to regain some form of normalcy, especially for the travel and participation of our international stakeholders," said Vivek Singh, Joint-MD Procam International, the organisers of the run. "The support and co-operation received from all our stakeholders, has been unparalleled. 22nd November 2020, should give us all necessary time to heal, re-energise and deliver the event with our customary zeal," he added. The online registrations for the rescheduled event will commence on September 8. Race Director Hugh Jones said, "Postponing an event of Full Article
led Testing capacity for COVID-19 scaled up to 95,000 per day: Vardhan By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 18:34:52 +0530 The testing capacity for COVID-19 has been scaled up to around 95,000 tests per day and a total of 15,25,631 tests have been conducted so far across 332 government and 121 private laboratories, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday. The minister, who reviewed the status of COVID-19 in the northeastern states along with the measures taken for its containment and management, also stressed on the need to take concrete action to check the use of non-smoking tobacco and prohibiting spitting in public places which shall help in preventing the spread of the infection, according to a statement. During the high-level meeting with Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim, Vardhan appreciated the dedication of all the states in combating COVID-19. "It is a huge relief and very encouraging to see green zones in most northeastern states. As of date, only Assam and Tripura have active COVID-19 cases. Other states are all in the green zone. .. Full Article
led Biodiversity ruled out! By indiatogether.org Published On :: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0000 The rules notified in April to operationalise biodiversity legislation appear to exclude those opposed to treating public biological resources as private intellectual property. Kanchi Kohli reports. Full Article
led Exigent, not principled By indiatogether.org Published On :: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000 The new coastal zone regulation reads as a compendium of the myriad exceptions to the few rules - a move away from managing the coastal natural resources based on principles to one based on discretion. Kannan Kasturi reports. Full Article
led French apex court rules, Clemenceau recalled By indiatogether.org Published On :: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Ruling on a petition by French environmental groups and Greenpeace, France's conseil d'Etat (Supreme Court) suspended the decision to send the decommissioned warship Le Clemenceau to India for scrapping. Three days before his arrival in India on a brief visit, President Chirac ordered the recall. Gopal Krishna finds out more. Full Article
led Funded, controlled, and run aground By indiatogether.org Published On :: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Meghalaya's vocational training system, despite being funded by New Delhi as well as the state government, has two problems. One, there is dearth of adequate number of Industrial Training Institutes (ITI). Two, the placement record is poor and does not generate demand. Ratna Bharali Talukdar finds out what went wrong. Full Article
led Alternative advantage, shackled by regulation By indiatogether.org Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 A number of NGO-run schools in Tamilnadu are making a clear difference in helping underprivileged chilren get a better shot at the real world, in comparison to state-run schools. Still, the schools themselves need help, finds Krithika Ramalingam. Full Article
led In 2009, bonded and bundled out of school By indiatogether.org Published On :: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Stone quarries, brick kilns, sand mining and silk weaving are stealing SC/ST children out of school in Kancheepuram and Thiruvallur districts of Tamilnadu. Krithika Ramalingam reports on the hard reality these children face. Full Article
led Who killed Sathyamma? By indiatogether.org Published On :: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 The State and society must understand that only when we facilitate and provide safety nets and ladders can people in desperate economic conditions hope to get out of the poverty trap, writes R Balasubramaniam. Full Article
led Rigged results, failed promises By indiatogether.org Published On :: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0000 The hype that surrounded the introduction of Bt Cotton has now predictably proven false, says Devinder Sharma. Full Article
led Societal flaws, stalled citizenship By indiatogether.org Published On :: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0000 Fifth in the series of articles on civil society and governance Jayaprakash Narayan assesses the challenges from where a process of transformation must emerge. Full Article
led Historic, unparalleled and more By indiatogether.org Published On :: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0000 A Lok Satta report on the recently concluded AP signature campaign that met and exceeded the target of 10 million (one crore) signatures, indicating the support for local government empowerment amidst citizens. Full Article
led No Survivors in Helicopter Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant, Eight Others By Published On :: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 22:59:20 GMT Kobe Bryant, the former Los Angeles Lakers superstar, died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, NBA officials confirmed to league employees. He was 41 years old. Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, was also killed in the crash. Photo: Getty Images Full Article
led Behind the Wheel of the First Car Ever Called Porsche By Published On :: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 14:58:20 GMT The world’s first Porsche, built in Nazi-era Germany, is going up at auction. WSJ’s Dan Neil got to take the 1939 Type 64 Berlin-Rome Rennwagon for a drive. Photo: Jack Schroeder Courtesy of RM Sotheby’s Full Article
led Ayesha Curry Refuses to Have Entitled Children By Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 11:00:00 GMT Ayesha Curry, home and hospitality entrepreneur, tells WSJ's Veronica Dagher what she's teaching her children about money, how she approaches spending and the importance of setting goals. Full Article