Amritsar (Punjab), Jan 16 (UNI) The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Thursday expressed strong objection to Kangana Ranaut’s film ‘Emergency’. The SGPC said the film seems to be tarnishing the image of Sikhs and misrepresents the history. It demanded a ban on its release in the state on January 17. SGPC President Advt. Harjinder…
Melbourne, Jan 16 (UNI) China’s Zhang Zhizhen and Czech partner Tomas Machac won their men’s doubles first-round match at the Australian Open on Thursday. Zhang and Machac beat Guido Andreozzi of Argentina and France’s Theo Arribage 7-5, 6-4 in one hour and 12 minutes at Melbourne Park to reach the second round at a Grand…
Mumbai, Jan 16 (UNI) Extending gains for the third straight session on Thursday, the BSE Sensex advanced 318.74 pts at 77,042.82 on strong global cues. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose 98.60 pts at 23,311.80. The Sensex opened on a strong note at 77,319.50, up 595 pts, which remained days high figure. Throughout the session,…
Sydney, Jan 16 (UNI) Over 100,000 homes have been in power outage after damaging storms hit Sydney and surrounding areas in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW). The severe thunderstorms swept across the state on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning, causing widespread damage. Australia’s power provider Ausgrid said on Thursday morning that in…
Rourkela, Jan 16 (UNI) A superb first quarter performance set up a 5-3 win for the Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers over the UP Rudras in the Hockey India League (HIL) match at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium here. Gauthier Boccard (8`), Jugraj Singh (10` and 33`), Sukhjeet Singh (14`) and Abhishek (46`) scored for the…
Canberra, Jan 16 (UNI) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday following a minister’s early retirement ahead of the general election, which must be held by May. Albanese announced the ministry changes of “a strong, united and stable cabinet government” following the foreshadowed resignation of Bill Shorten as National Disability Insurance…
Kolkata, Jan 16 (UNI) Mohammedan SC came from behind to hold Chennaiyin FC to a 2-2 draw at the Kishore Bharati Stadium in the Indian Super League (ISL) match here. Laldinpuia Pachua opened the scoring for Chennaiyin FC in the 10th minute before Lukas Brambilla doubled the lead in the 49th minute on Wednesday night….
Tirumala, (UNI) On the day of Kanuma, Paruveta Utsavam was observed in Tirumala in a grand manner on Wednesday. The utsava deities of Sri Malayappa and Sri Krishna brought on different palanquins were rendered special pujas in Paruveta Mandapam on the occasion. After the rendition of Annamacharya Sankeertans, the deities were taken for a mock…
Kolkata, (UNI) Two policemen, including an ASI, were injured in a shootout at Goalpokhar in West Bengal’s North Dinajpur district, as miscreants opened fire and snatched an undertrial on Wednesday. The attack took place when the policemen were returning in a prison van from a court of law under Islampur sub-division, official sources said. The…
Gaza, (UNI) Nine hostages will be released from the Gaza Strip in exchange for 110 Palestinian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment in Israel, according to a draft agreement obtained by Sputnik from a Hamas spokesman. “Nine sick and wounded hostages out of 33 will be released in exchange for the release of 110 Palestinian prisoners…
