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Prime Minister-in-waiting Theresa May confused with porn star Teresa May
British Twitter users appear to be confusing the new incoming prime minister Theresa May with a porn star. Congratulatory tweets mentioning @RealTeresaMay have been doing rounds ever since the Conservative Party announced that May will be elected unopposed as the party chief. The Twitter handle, however, belongs to Teresa May, an adult film star and model. Teresa, who has over Read More
Gujarat: BSF seizes two Pakistani fishing boats from Harami Nala
A day after a Pakistani national was arrested from near Vighakot border in Kutch, Border Security Force (BSF) seized two Pakistani fishing boats from Harami Nala off Kutch coast but fishermen on board managed to run away. At about 10:50 PM on Tuesday, a special party of water wing of BSF on board speed boats spotted two Pakistani fishermen aboard Read More
Pro Kabaddi League: Telugu Titans dispatch Bengaluru Bulls
Telugu Titans made short work of Bengaluru Bulls as they notched up a 32-24 victory to go fourth in the league table of Pro Kabaddi Season 4. Rahul Chaudhry scored nine raid points and Sandeep Narwal scored five tackle points to lay the foundations for Titans’ win. Titans had lost the first leg to Bulls in front of their home Read More
Bihar: BJP MLA threatens Mining Officer; Deputy CM Yadav surprised
A District Mining Officer has lodged a written complaint with the district magistrate against BJP MLA Vijay Khemka for allegedly threatening him for taking action against those doing illegal mining of sand and stone chips. “I have lodged a written complaint with District Magistrate Pankaj Kumar Pal yesterday against BJP MLA Vijay Khemka who threatened me for taking action against those carrying business of sand and stone Read More
Willian signs new four-year contract at Chelsea
Brazilian playmaker Willian has agreed a new four-year contract with Chelsea, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. The 27-year-old, voted the London club’s Player of the Year last season by fans and team mates, said it was “a dream to continue”. “Over the next four years I will try to help the team win more trophies,” he added. Willian Read More
Moon photobombs Earth again in new NASA image!
For the second time in a year, a NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured a ‘lunar photobomb’ – a stunning view the Moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth, crossing over the Indian and Pacific oceans. “The project recorded this event on July 5 with the same cadence and spatial Read More
Usain Bolt aims for more Olympics glory
Usain Bolt will get a chance to hone his Olympic track and field legacy, as he was named to the 59 member Jamaican team that will compete at the Olympic Games in Rio next month. Bolt, who withdrew from the 100m final and sought a medical exemption from the 200m at the Jamaican Olympic Trials two weekends ago, was named on the provisional list submitted to Read More
PCB extends batting coach Grant Flower’s contract
The Pakistan Cricket Board has extended the contracts of the national team batting coach Grant Flower and fitness trainer Grant Luden. Initially, the PCB had indicated that the two might be released after the tour of England as they had signed two-year contracts in June, 2014 which expired this year. But the board had given three-month extensions to the duo for the series in England. Read More
Barcelona sign 22-year-old Samuel Umtiti for 25 million euros
Barcelona have signed centre back Samuel Umtiti from Olympique Lyon for 25 million euros ($27.75 million), the La Liga winners said on Tuesday. The 22-year-old, who has signed a five-year contract, came through the Lyon youth system and earned his first cap for France in the European Championship quarter-final against Iceland, which the hosts won 5-2. “FC Barcelona have signed Read More
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s I-T officer wife takes VRS
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita has taken voluntary retirement from the Indian Revenue Service (IRS), after serving for nearly 22 years in the Income Tax department. Sunita, last posted as Commissioner of I-T in the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) in Delhi, had sought VRS earlier this year and an official order has now been issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Read More