KSCA XI fight back
After being skittled out for a paltry 130 on day one, KSCA XI staged a fine comeback to bowl out Cricket Association of Bengal for a modest 209 on day two of the four-day final of the Dr (Capt) K...
View ArticleHome ministry orders security audit of airports
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has ordered a security audit of the country's airports to plug any loopholes, even as it ruled out raising a separate force for securing these facilities.Keeping...
View ArticleSonia's illness delays Rahul's elevation
Congress president Sonia Gandhi's illness has put a question mark over Rahul Gandhi's "imminent" elevation and a subsequent reshuffle of the party organisation.Rahul was tipped to succeed 69-year-old...
View ArticlePolitical motive behind NDA stand: AMU
Aligarh Muslim University has claimed before the Supreme Court that the NDA governments decision to argue against its minority character was made on political consideration.Opposing the Centres plea to...
View ArticleAnother Dalit attack near Una leaves 12 injured
The police in Gir Somnath district of Gujarat detained 26 people in connection with clashes on late Monday night, post a Dalit rally in Una town."Last night there were some disturbances near Samter...
View ArticleParrikar likens Pakistan to hell
Amid the strained ties with neighbouring Pakistan, Defence Minster Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said "going to Pakistan was like going to hell".His statement comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra...
View Article'Congress not clear on Pak-supported terror'
Attempting to delink former prime minister Manmohan Singh's stand at Sharm-el-Sheikh with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's latest articulation on PoK, Balochistan and Gilgit, the BJP attacked the...
View ArticleNHRC must intervene in Amnesty case: activists
Expressing concern over Amnesty International being charged with sedition, a rights defenders' forum on Tuesday sought intervention by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on the issue.In a...
View ArticleRajnath reviews security in J&K, Assam
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir amid escalating tension in the Valley, which has witnessed protests for over a month.At a high-level...
View ArticleInfy loses RBS biz, to relocate 3,000 staff
Infosys has said it will ramp-down about 3,000 jobs following Royal Bank of Scotland's decision to cancel the project to set up a separate bank in the UK.RBS announced last week that it will not pursue...
View ArticleGujarat boy tops NEET
Het Shah of Gujarat has topped the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) as the combined results were declared by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday.The second spot was...
View ArticleJaitley to skip Saarc meet in Pak
Union Minister Arun Jaitley will skip the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) conference of finance ministers in Islamabad next week.The decision was taken by Prime Minister...
View ArticleVikas falls flat in quarterfinals
India's Vikas Krishan felt the full fury and speed of Uzbekistan's Bektemir Melikuziev as he bowed out before the medal round in Olympic Games boxing on Monday. After the exit of Shiva Thapa and Manoj...
View ArticleFive civilians killed in fresh violence in Valley
At least five civilians were killed and nearly 100 injured when security forces opened fire at protesters across Kashmir, even as strike and curfew continued unabated for the 39th consecutive day on...
View ArticleI-T dept seeks Sachin's nod to disclose tax details
The Income Tax Department has sought the permission of Sachin Tendulkar, nominated to the Rajya Sabha as a sportsman, to disclose his I-T returns in response to an RTIquery.The RTI applicant is a...
View ArticleNarsingh's doping nightmare continues
There seems to be no end to Narsingh Yadav's ordeals. The 74-kg wrestler, who was cleared by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) hearing panel after a positive dope test, is in fresh trouble.The...
View ArticleSindhu remains a notch higher
P V Sindhu struck all the right notes as she overcame a tricky test from Chinese Taipei's Tai Tsu Ying to enter the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games badminton on Monday.Focused all the way through,...
View ArticleRs 36 lakh robbed by masked men, police don't rule out inside job
Five masked men on motorcycles allegedly robbed over Rs 36 lakh from four petrol pump employees at gunpoint in northeast Delhi's Nand Nagri on Tuesday morning.The robbers fled on their bikes, the...
View ArticleHC notice to FSSAI on chewing tobacco ban
The High Court on Tuesday ordered issuance of notice to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India in a petition filed by the Cancer Patients Aid Association seeking ban on the manufacture, storage,...
View ArticleSeema joins the list of flops
Seema Punia joined the growing list of disasters in India's Olympic track and field quest when she bowed out in the qualification stage of women's discus throw on Monday night.Seema, whose training...
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