Category: NATIONAL

By: Kauser Khan ( Associate Editor-ICN Group ) LUCKNOW: The colour of festival always helps in bringing the beautiful smile on the faces.People enjoys its every moment truly with much fervor and ethusiasm. Across the world wherever Indians or people of Indian origin are present Holi is celebrated with gusto and bonhomie. People play with colours, light a bonfire called Holika and celebrate the victory of good over evil. Well, the essence of any festival is to take a break from the daily humdrum of life and make it interesting.…

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The Indian film industry lost a legend, an actor who has touched millions of lives. MUMBAI: Bollywood Actress Sridevi’s funeral will take place tomorrow late afternoon in Mumbai, the family said in a statement. She died of accidental drowning in a bathtub following loss of consciousness. The family said Sridevi’s body will be kept at Celebration Sports Club in Lokhandwala near her home for people to pay their last respects. A Dubai post-mortem report said the Bollywood superstar, known simply as Sridevi, died of accidental drowning in a hotel bath. Sridevi, known as…

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LUCKNOW: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the event on February 21 and the President Ram nath Kovind will be here on the concluding day February 22. Union finance minister Arun Jaitley would also address the closing ceremony on February 22. Over 5,000 delegates have already registered for the Summit. A trilingual robot will be the prime attraction at the Investors’ Summit which begins here on February 21. Some of the partner countries at the Summit include Netherlands, Japan, Czech Republic, Finland, Slovakia and Mauritius. Besides, UP state Industrial Development Corporation (UPSIDC) is in the…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma ( Editor-ICN Group ) SHIMLA: After successfully launching electric vehicles on Manali Rohtang route, the state transport Corporation has now launched  electric taxies in public transport network of Shimla city and the fleet of electric taxies and vehicles will be further strengthened in the State, told Transport Minister Gobind Singh Thakur here today. He said that electric taxies inducted three days back in the city had successfully covered 275 kilometers on the very first day on the identified routes. Himachal Pradesh is the first State in Country which…

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The first case was registered by the CBI on January 31 and a lookout notice issued against the star diamond jewellery designer counted among India’s richest. NEW DELHI: Two bankers and a top official in celebrity designer Nirav Modi’s company seen to be at the centre of a massive Rs. 11,300 crore bank fraud have been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation. The Enforcement Directorate, which has seized over 5,600 crores worth of diamonds, jewellery and gold, is continuing the searches at showrooms and offices linked to firms run by Nirav…

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India is already routing a consignment of 1.1 million tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan through Chabahar port.  NEW DELHI: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who is on a three-day visit to India, said that the current century belongs to Asia where New Delhi and Tehran have a very important role to play. Irani President Hassan Rouhani arrived in New Delhi on Saturday and was greeted at the Rashtrapati Bhavan by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ram Nath Kovind. Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the Hyderabad House in Delhi.In Hyderabad,…

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By: Barnali Bose ( Sr. Associate Editor ICN Group ) KOLKATA: The youth of today celebrate the 14th of February as the day of love. Those blessed with partners reinforce their love by giving gifts and uttering words of everlasting love .New relationships commence with proposals of love made on this special day and gifts are showered on new found love. Men offer red roses to their beloved  when Cupid’s arrow strikes them and infuses them with the nectar of love. In Classic mythology,Cupid is the son of the Roman…

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By: Barnali Bose ( Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group ) KOLKATA: “ Water Water everywhere not a drop to drink ” says Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in his poem, ‘The Ancient Mariner’.The plight that we are soon likely to find ourselves in, is well echoed in the above-quoted line. Notwithstanding the fact that ⅔ rd of the earth’s surface is covered by water, potable water comprises only 3% of it. Water crisis, an international issue: A survey conducted in 2014 shows that a quarter of the world’s major cities is  under ‘water stress’ and…

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By: Sanchita Ghatak ( Associate Editor-ICN Group ) LUCKNOW: Whatsapp has changed the way we communicate now. There is a paradigm shift in the way of our texting friends or family. Using emoticons or gif images not only upsurges the emotions attached with each message but by attaching a pic which has been clicked just then and even video calling has made Whatsapp a BFF for every individual in the society. Old grandparents can see the new born baby in the family and hear them speak their first word in…

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