Новости за 13.12.2019

Australia quick Mitchell Starc tore through New Zealand's batting-order shortly before stumps on a dramatic Day 2, as the hosts gained a stranglehold of the first Test on Friday.

Actress Rakhi Vijan, popular as Sweety from the nineties sitcom "Hum Paanch", feels good comedy is happening on the small screen now.

After two athletes were banned by the NADA over failing the dope test, Olympian boxer Akhil Kumar on Friday said that the strict punishment is the solution to avoid happening of such cases.

This week, Bigg Boss 13's host and actor Salman Khan is gracing the couch of The Kapil Sharma Show. Present along with him are Prabhu Deva, Sonakshi Sinha, Arbaaz Khan and Saiee Manjrekar.

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said his side need time to develop but has backed them to fight for a top-four spot this season.

BJP's women parliamentarians, led by Union minister Smriti Irani, met election commission officials and sought "severest possible action" against Rahul Gandhi for his "rape in India" remark at an election rally in Jharkhand. "Mr Gandhi has used rape as a political weapon to settle scores with Narendra Modi," said Irani addressing media outside parliament.

Parth Samthaan, who was busy shooting for his daily soap, Kasautii Zindagii Kay has taken some time off from his hectic schedule. The handsome hunk has travelled to Chennai for a friend's wedding, and is literally burning the dance floor at the sundowner.

Already out of reckoning, India's PV Sindhu recorded a consolation win over China's He Bing Jiao in the third Group A match to end her campaign on a positive note at the year-ending BWF World Tour Finals on Friday.

In an exclusive chat with Soumitra Chatterjee, it was a pure Bangali adda with loads of nostalgia as the living legend went down the memory lane. He spoke about the difference between a career and a calling, the joys of learning, the lessons imbibed from Satyajit Ray and many more.

FIDE vice president Nigel Short was in town on Sunday to conduct a coaching session for enthusiasts, and later in the evening played a simultaneous event with 26 select local players.

State governments have no powers to reject the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 as the legislation was enacted under the Union List of the 7th Schedule of the Constitution, a top official said on Friday.

Union home minister Amit Shah has cancelled his visit to two northeastern states -- Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh -- on Sunday and Monday next, officials said. The home ministry official, however, didn't cite any reason.

Dipika Kakar and Shoaib Ibrahim are one of the loveliest couples in the telly town. The duo is totally absorbed in each other's love which can be seen through their mushy Instagram posts.

Pakistan's first Test match at home in over a decade is heading for a tame draw after rain and bad light wiped out almost the entire third day's play against Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi on Friday.

Taimur Ali Khan’s 3rd birthday is only a few days away and the Pataudi and Kapoor household is already gearing up to celebrate the day in a big and special way.

The Andhra Pradesh Legislative assembly on Friday passed a Bill to further amend the Indian Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure that will enable expeditious investigation and trial of offences against women and children, especially sexual offences, and award of death penalty.

Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith is the ideal candidate for the role of director of cricket for the home series against England that starts later this month, according to acting Cricket South Africa (CAS) chief executive Jacques Faul.

A protest called by the Jamia Teachers' Association (JTA) of Jamia Millia Islamia against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Registry of Citizens (NRC), joined by hundreds of students, took a violent turn on Friday after some students tried to break the police barricades which were placed to stop the demonstrators from marching towards the Parliament.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's "rape in India" barb at the Modi government at an election rally in Jharkhand triggered furious protests in Lok Sabha on Friday by BJP members who sought an apology from him, with Union minister Rajnath Singh stating that leaders like him have no "moral right" to be in Parliament.

Chief economic advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian said that the government's economic reforms are showing its impact. He said the evidence can be seen in the record FDI inflows - $35 billion in the first half of 2019-20 as against $31 billion during the same period last year. He also announced capitalisation of public sector banks and funding to realty projects.

Students, senior citizens, artistes, teachers continued their protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Guwahati with a mass hunger strike hours after President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the bill turning it into an Act.

The Supreme Court on Friday said it is satisfied with the report of Juvenile Justice Committee of Jammu and Kashmir high court which said that no minors were detained in jails in the erstwhile state post the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370.

Seventeen-year-old Yashasvi Jaiswal has been making the headlines ever since he became the youngest batsman to score a double-hundred in List A cricket. At 17 years and 292 days, the Mumbai opener scored 203 runs during the Vijay Hazare Trophy match between Mumbai and Jharkhand in October.

Among the shortlisted players are 186 from India, 143 from overseas and three from the Associate Nations. The shortlist was prepared after the franchises submitted their respective list of preferred players in the auction pool.