Day: May 13, 2019

Rain brings relief from sweltering heat in Rajasthan

10:09 pm May 13, 2019

Jaipur: Rain in parts of Rajasthan brought relief to the people from the sweltering heat here on Monday, a MeT official said. Churu recorded 9.4 mm rain, followed by 9 mm in Sriganganagar and 0.4mm in Bikaner. Light rainfall was recorded in the state capital as well. Till 8.00 am, parts of eastern and western […]

Iranian Foreign Minister arrives in Delhi on Tuesday

9:58 pm May 13, 2019

New Delhi: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will arrive here on Tuesday to hold talks with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj primarily on impact of the US ending waivers on import of oil from Iran, and ways to deal with it, official sources said. According to the Ministry of External Affairs, Zarif will arrive […]

Goa: Woman who accused Monserratte of rape goes missing

9:52 pm May 13, 2019

Panaji: The woman who lodged a rape case against former Goa minister and Congress’ Panaji bypoll nominee Atanasio Monserratte has gone missing from a rehabilitation facility here, police said on Monday. Verna police inspector Sandesh Chodankar said the woman, who charged Monserratte with drugging and raping her in 2016 when she was a minor, was […]

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra holds roadshow in Indore

9:47 pm May 13, 2019

Indore: Wearing a maroon saree and sporting a ’tilak’ on her forehead, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Monday held a roadshow here, traversing the roads while perched atop a flower-bedecked vehicle. Polling for the Indore seat, which the BJP has been winning since 1989, is scheduled on May 19 in the fourth and last […]

Five courses of FTII get AICTE approval

9:39 pm May 13, 2019

New Delhi: Five courses of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, have been given approval by the All India Council for Technical Education. The approval makes India’s premier film school, FTII, the first and only institute in this category in the country to receive such recognition. A list of institutions and approved […]