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Washington, Jan 15: Ivanka Trump will help manage the Trump administration’s selection of a US candidate for the position of World Bank Group president, a White House official said on Monday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the process is not public, dismissed a report in the Financial Times that floated Ivanka’s name as a possible candidate and was repeated by several

Allahabad, Jan 15: The largest religious gathering anywhere on earth gets underway on Tuesday, with tens of millions of Hindu pilgrims congregating to bathe in the sacred rivers for the Kumbh Mela. Organisers are expecting the enormous spiritual festival in Allahabad to attract more than 100 million devotees over the next 48 days, with seas of pilgrims camped by the riverside. The ancient city in

Dubai, Jan 15: Etihad Airways, which owns 24 percent of debt-laden company Jet AirwaysNSE 5.20 %, plans to increase its stake in the Indian airline, a source close to the Abu Dhabi carrier told news agency. Shares in India's Jet Airways jumped over 18 percent on Monday after CNBC TV18 reported earlier on Monday that founder and chairman Naresh Goyal was likely to step down from the board and give

New Delhi, Jan 14: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed against the Ministry of Home Affairs' (MHA) December 20 notification allowing ten agencies to monitor any computer resource. The apex court said that it will examine the issue and sought the Centre's reply within six weeks. On December 20, the MHA had issued the notification

Bulandshahr, Jan 14: The Bulandshahr district administration on Monday invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against three people arrested in connection with the alleged cow slaughtering incident in Siyana tehsil last month, officials said. Cattle carcasses were found strewn in the fields outside village Mahaw in Siyana on December 3 after which a mob went on the rampage, attacking the local

Lahore, Jan 14: A Pakistani university will celebrate Sisters’ Day on February 14 to promote “Islamic traditions”, according to the vice chancellor. Female students can be gifted scarves and Abayahs (clothes) as decided by Vice Chancellor Zafar Iqbal Randhawa of the University of Agriculture in Faisalabad and other decision makers, Dawn news reported. The vice chancellor believes it was

New Delhi, Jan 14: The Delhi Police Monday filed its charge sheet against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a sedition case lodged in 2016. The Delhi Police also charged former students, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, for allegedly shouting anti-India slogans during an event organised on JNU campus on February 9, 2016, to

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 14: The Kerala leadership of Congresson Sunday welcomed AICC president Rahul Gandhi's 'U-turn' on the issue of women's entry into Sabarimala shrine, saying that, though belated, it would save the party further embarrassment in the state. Having earlier said that he was fully in favour of allowing women of all ages to pray at Sabarimala, Gandhi now sees merit in the argument

New Delhi, Jan 14: Your dream to take international flights at affordable rates will soon come true as the government is all set to finalise routes under the third phase of UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme. Government has already received over 100 proposals under the third phase of UDAN scheme. As per Zee Media sources Assam will connected internationally under the UDAN scheme through services

Lucknow, Jan 14: The Aam Aadmi Party Sunday said its convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will not be contesting from Varanasi in the coming Lok Sabha elections, but the party will field a strong candidate for the seat. “Kejriwal will not contest the Lok Sabha polls, as he wants to give special focus to his state. The AAP will contest on all the Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, Punjab