Day: December 31, 2019

Padma Lakshmi calls out outlet for confusing her with Priyanka Chopra

7:06 pm December 31, 2019

New York: Host Padma Lakshmi was apparently confused with actor Priyanka Chopra by a news outlet and she has called out the publication for the gaffe. The goof-up took place over the weekend, when The New Yorker tagged a photo of Lakshmi as Chopra in an Instagram post featuring celebrities’ favourite cartoons illustrations from the magazine. The […]

Noida, Ghaziabad's air quality remains 'severe' for third day on trot

Delhi records second-coldest December since 1901

6:44 pm December 31, 2019

New Delhi: Reeling under a prolonged cold spell, the national capital has recorded the second-coldest December since 1901, officials said on Tuesday. Delhi’s mean maximum temperature (MMT) for December stood at 18.76 degrees Celsius, the second-lowest after 17.3 degrees Celsius recorded in December 1997. “Only four times the mean maximum temperature for December has remained […]

Fire tragedy averted in South Delhi’s GK-II

6:42 pm December 31, 2019

New Delhi: A major fire tragedy was averted after police managed to douse the flames which had engulfed a taxi in South Delhi’s Greater Kailash-II, a police official said on Tuesday. A taxi caught fire near Savitri Cinema in Greater Kailash-II on late Monday night, he said. After getting the information, PCR Mobile Patrol Van […]

Karnataka CM Yediyurappa turns 78; PM, leaders greet

Karnataka Ministerial aspirants continue lobbying

6:40 pm December 31, 2019

Bengaluru: With the much awaited expansion of the Karnataka cabinet slated some time in January, ministerial aspirants continued their lobbying by making a bee-line to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa’s residence here. As Yediyurappa has already made it clear that 11 of the disqualified legislators who got re-elected on BJP ticket during the December 5 […]

Bengal governor to visit family of Galwan martyr

Governor Dhankar trolled for his tweet

6:37 pm December 31, 2019

Kolkata: Twitterati on Tuesday heavily trolled West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar as he took to the microblogging site to post his picture with a caption, in which he referred to a table apparently used by Lord Curzon to sign Partition papers as “iconic”. Several social media users lambasted the governor, claiming that he glorified Partition […]