Bhavana weds Naveen
Actor Bhavana with her husband Kannada producer Naveen.
Actor Bhavana with her husband Kannada producer Naveen.
Actor Bhavana got married to Kannada Producer Naveen in a ceremony attended by close relatives and friends at Thiruvambadi Temple here on Monday morning. The ceremony was followed by lunch and reception at Jawahar Convention Centre in the city. Her close family members and friends from the film industry including Ramya Nambeeshan and Manju Warrier attended the function. Another reception will be held at Lulu Convention Centre in the evening.
Egypt presidential elections in March
People walk in front of the National Election Authority, which is in charge of supervising the 2018 presidential election, in Cairo, Egypt on Monday.
Egypt will hold its presidential election over three days in March with President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi virtually guaranteed to win a second four-year term amid a heavy clampdown on dissent.
World Economic Forum 2018
An armed Swiss police officer stands guard on the roof of a hotel near the congress centre where the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum take place in Davos on Monday.
India was on Monday ranked at the 62nd place among emerging economies on an Inclusive Development Index, much below China’s 26th position and Pakistan’s 47th. Norway remains the world’s most inclusive advanced economy, while Lithuania again tops the list of emerging economies, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said while releasing the yearly index in Davos before the start of its annual meeting, to be attended by several world leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Puigdemont candidate for Catalan president
Roger Torrent, Speaker of Catalan Parliament, arrives for a press conference at the Catalonia Parliament in Barcelona, Spain on Monday.
Catalonia's Parliament on Monday proposed Carles Puigdemont as its candidate for regional leader, dealing a blow to Central government efforts to derail an independence movement that has plunged Spain into crisis. As Mr. Puigdemont was named as the sole candidate for a position he was fired from in October, Spain's Supreme Court rejected a request from the state prosecutor to reactivate a European arrest warrant to detain him in Copenhagen. Mr. Puigdemont, who fled to Brussels in October after Madrid sacked him for spearheading a secessionist drive that culminated in a unilateral declaration of independence, was in Denmark on Monday on his first trip away from Belgium in three months of self-imposed exile.
"Magh Mela"
Hindu holy men burn dried cow dung cakes as they perform a ritual at Sangam, confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna on “Basant Panchami” day at the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad, on January 22, 2018.
Basant Panchami is celebrated by worshipping Hindu goddess of knowledge and wisdom, Saraswati and marks the advent of spring. Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus bathe at the confluence during the astronomically auspicious period of over 45 days celebrated as “Magh Mela.”
Chung stuns Djokovic in Australian Open
South Korea's Chung Hyeon makes a forehand return to Serbia's Novak Djokovic during their fourth round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Monday.
Six-times champion Novak Djokovic bowed out of the Australian Open in the fourth round as relentless South Korean Chung Hyeon ground him down to claim a stunning 7-6(4) 7-5 7-6(3) victory on Monday. The 21-year-old Chung, ranked 58th in the world, proved an immovable object, absorbing everything the former world number one could throw at him and returning it with interest.
'Erdogan urged attack on Turkish Cypriot newspaper'
An elderly man walks by the wreckage of the Afrika newspaper office after it was attacked from supporters of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Turkish occupied northern part of the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus on Monday.
The editor of a left-wing Turkish Cypriot newspaper says his publication won't be silenced in its criticism of Turkey's policies in the breakaway north of ethnically split Cyprus after a mob smashed window panes and hurled stones and eggs at its offices. Sener Levent told The Associated Press that today's attack was prompted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who urged supporters to "answer" Afrika newspaper for suggesting that Turkey's military offensive into Syria against an enclave controlled by a US-backed Syrian Kurdish militia was a bid to occupy that country's territory.
JD(S) open for alliance with Left parties in Assembly polls
Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda during a press conference in Mangaluru on Monday.
The Janata Dal (Secular) is open to have an alliance with the Left parties in the coming Assembly elections in the State, its national president H.D. Deve Gowda said here on Monday. The party will contest from all 224 constituencies. Mr. Gowda said that the party would make all efforts to win at least one seat in all districts to ensure that it has representation in the Assembly from all the districts. The candidates would be finalised by the end of February.
Abolish nuclear program: Shinzo Abe to Kim Jong-un
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his policy speech during a Diet session at the lower house of parliament in Tokyo, Monday.
Japan demands North Korea to abolish its missile and nuclear program in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner, Mr. Abe said while speaking at the lower house of the Parliament in Tokyo on Monday.
Fire at Gorabazar
Kolkata: Locals and firefighters try to douse the flame after a fire at Gorabazar of Dumdum Cantonment area, in Kolkata on Monday. PTI Photo by Ashok Bhaumik (PTI1_22_2018_00028B)
Locals and firefighters try to douse the flame as fire destroyed many shops at Gorabazar of Dumdum Cantonment area, in Kolkata on Monday. Photo: PTI
Tokyo simulates military attack
Participants of an evacuation drill, taking part in a simulated emergency in the event of a ballistic missile launch, gather at the end of the drill in Tokyo on January 22, 2018.
Hundreds of Tokyo residents scrambled for cover on Monday in the Japanese capital’s first evacuation drill for a military attack since World War II, amid ongoing tensions over North Korea’s nuclear programme. A loudspeaker blared out a terrifying warning at the drill, held in a Tokyo amusement park: “We have information that a missile launch has occurred. Please evacuate calmly inside a building or underground.”
Berdych sets up clash with Federer
Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic reacts after defeating Italy's Fabio Fognini during their fourth round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018.
Czech Tomas Berdych coasted to his seventh Australian Open quarter-final with a convincing 6-1 6-4 6-4 victory over Fabio Fognini. Berdych next meets Roger Federer.
Top award for "Three Billboards.." at the SAG
Frances McDormand and the cast of "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" accept the award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture at the 24th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, in Los Angeles.
At the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, the film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri took the award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture. The series This Is Us won the award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series.
Women's March in Vegas
A woman holds up her sign as she enters Sam Boyd Stadium for the Women's March rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 21, 2018.
The Women's March against US President Donald Trump in several cities across the USA continued for a second day. Hundreds of women gathered at the Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas holding posters condemning Mr Trump's comments on women's rights, and encouraging more women to run for office.
