Новости за 13.01.2019

An Army jawan was arrested from Jaisalmer on Friday for sharing confidential information with Pakistani intelligence agencies after being honey trapped on social media. Sepoy Sombir, who is now in police custody, is being quizzed by Rajasthan police to determine what strategic details he divulged to the neighbouring country, an officer of the State Special Branch said.

Gujarat on Sunday became the first state in the country to announce that it would implement the 10% reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) of the general category in government jobs and higher education from January 14 - Makar Sankranti Day, chief minister Vijay Rupani tweeted.

Sources told TOI that the government is considering insurance cover, cashbacks for digital payments and subsidies and finance for buying computers and digitisation of businesses as it seeks to woo a key segment of its vote bank ahead of this summer's elections. "The government will pay the premium for traders who are registered under GST ... ," said a source.

Congress announced on Sunday it would contest all 80 Lok Sabha seats in UP, while keeping doors open for "like-minded and secular forces" to take on BJP. "Not being part of the alliance is good in a way. Had we been part of the gathbandhan, we would have contested on 20-odd seats. Now, we will contest all 80," said Congress general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad.

From auditioning for 'Roadies' Season 1 in 2003 to becoming a grandmaster in the sixteenth season – 'Roadies Real Heroes' – Rannvijay Singha has become an integral part of the show. “Roadies has come really far. It’s a different animal now. Earlier, it used to be a travel and adventure show, but now people come here with the sentiment that ‘meri life bann jayegi’ and that has happened too. A lot of people today believe that Roadies is a platform or a starting point for their career,” says Rannvijay.

Supreme Court judge Justice AK Sikri on Sunday wrote to the law ministry withdrawing his consent for the post-retirement position. Sikri, who retires on March 6, said he was deeply distressed by attempts to link the nomination with the decision of the PM-led selection committee. He said his consent for the tribunal post was taken in the first week of December.

The prosecution is ready to file the chargesheet in the case against 10 people, including former JNUSU prez Kanhaiya Kumar, Syed Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya. The chargesheet is likely to be filed in Patiala House court on Monday. The police have found that the formalities required to obtain permission for conducting any event at JNU were not completed.

“Lalu ji had hoped that there should be a mahagatbandhan even in UP assembly elections and had said that SP and BSP should contest elections together,” Tejashwi said, talking of his father and former Bihar CM Lalu Yadav. Tejashwi had congratulated both parties after their alliance was announced.

A year after losing a narrow final to the Hyderabad Hunters, Bengaluru Raptors edged the Mumbai Rockets 4-3 to win their first Premier Badminton League title at the packed Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, on Sunday.

It is exactly a month after 15 miners have been trapped in an illegal rat hole coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district. The chances of their rescue continue to remain bleak as dewatering the mine has so far been a futile effort. Scientists and top notch agencies are stepping up efforts to rescue the miners.

Hosts Maharashtra picked crucial gold medals in almost every discipline to race ahead of the other states in the Khelo India Youth Games.

A century by Quinton de Kock and a double strike by Dale Steyn kept South Africa on course to complete a series clean sweep on the third day of the third and final Test against Pakistan at the Wanderers Stadium on Sunday.

I want to work with Steven Spielberg: S. Sreesanth.

Makar Sankranti, is observed annually to mark the first day of sun's transit into the Makara or Capricorn.

Roger Federer said Sunday he was shocked that tennis was to lose "legend" Andy Murray this year and the Scot should be "incredibly proud" of all he had achieved.

Her differences with ousted coach Ramesh Powar and CoA member Diana Edulji is a thing of past as Mithali Raj gears up to make a "fresh start" under the able guidance of new coach WV Raman in the upcoming tour of New Zealand.

Justice AK Sikri on Sunday withdrew his consent to a government offer to nominate him for president/member in the London-based Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal (CSAT). He was part of the Prime Minister-led panel that removed CBI director Alok Verma earlier this week.

Super Dancer Chapter 3: Three generations from a family express their love for Shilpa Shetty.