Srinagar: Plains in Kashmir Valley received season's first snowfall on Friday, with the ski resort of Gulmarg recording 22 inches of fresh snowfall. "Plains of the valley, including Srinagar, recorded season's first snowfall on Friday," an official at Met department told IANS. "Gulmarg recorded 44.4 mm (22 inches) of fresh snowfall." The minimum temperature in Srinagar was recorded at 0.3...
Rio de Janeiro: The Rio Olympic Tennis Centre will become the first venue in the Barra Olympic Park to stage an Olympic test event when the Brazilian Tennis Federation hosts the Correios Brasil Masters Cup from Thursday. A total of 72 competitors are taking part in Brazilian tennis's year-end finals on the 10 match courts that will be used at...
Hyderabad: The national conclave of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), beginning here on Friday, will discuss measures to strengthen its cadre and activities to play its role in reconstruction of the society and nation building. Around 10,000 'arkan' or the most senior category of members from across the country will attend the four-day conclave being held at Wadi-e-Huda on the city outskirts....
New Delhi: Asking the opposition Congress to fight the National Herald case legally and not to disrupt parliament, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday that Congress leaders have to find a way out of the chakravyuh (phalanx) that is their own creation. "By a series of financial transactions, leaders of the Congress created a 'chakravyuh' for themselves. They have...
Mumbai: India Test skipper Virat Kohli on Thursday said it was a real disappointment for him to see people in the country looking for weaknesses and areas of criticism and not speak about the kind of good cricket the team played against South Africa in the just concluded Test series. The hosts defeated the Proteas by 337 runs in the...
By Hardev Sanotra Paris: As negotiations grind down to the last day on Friday, the hopes for an agreement seemed to be stuck on one major point-money. Unless the developed countries come out with specific commitment, the climate change conference may not yield an important agreement, say developing countries. "Hollow promises and hollow slogans won’t work," Indian Environment, Forests and...
Los Angeles: "Carol", a Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara starrer film about a relationship between two women of different age groups, on Thursday bagged a maximum of five nominations for the 73rd Golden Globe Awards. Interestingly, the two leading ladies are competing against each other for the Best Actress trophy. "Carol" also finds a mention in the Best Motion Picture...
Mumbai: Actress Sonali Bendre, who will be seen as a judge on the second season of reality show “India’s Best Dramebaaz”, says she "enjoys" being part of both films and TV. "You are an actor and when you get to play different characters, then there's nothing like it. We all have a child in us and when you get to...
Actress Mita Vashisht, who is making a comeback on small screen with a show 'Kaala Teeka', visited Lucknow to promote her show....
Barcelona: FC Barcelona's Argentine star Lionel Messi missed out the Catalan football giants' training session on Thursday for personal reasons, after receiving permission from the technical staff. Brazilian forward Neymar also missed Thursday's workouts after sustaining a muscle injury that stopped him from joining the group on Wednesday against Bayer Leverkusen in the last game of the Euroepan Champions League...
