Persistent rain on Saturday washed out the World Cup warm-up match between India and England at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. All 10 teams will get to play two warm-up matches each before the group stage of the 50-over World Cup which gets underway in Ahmedabad on October 5.
Read MorePrime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on the Congress government in Chhattisgarh, stating that a change is imminent due to corruption and misrule. He assured the people that their dreams will come true under the BJP’s rule. PM Modi criticized the slow progress of schemes such as tap water provision and housing,...
Read MoreSenior RJD functionary Abdul Bari Siddiqui’s remark that only “women with lipstick and bob-cut hair” would benefit from the women’s reservation in Parliament and state assemblies has triggered a controversy, with BJP seeking an apology from him and describing Lalu Prasad’s party as “anti-women”. Siddiqui, who added that “reservation should be given to backward...
Read MoreThe Bombay HC on Friday held Pravin Satra of Darshan Developers guilty of contempt of court for willfully flouting his assurances to court and sentenced him to three months in a civil prison. In the case of flats booked almost 20 years ago, the builder had nine years ago undertaken, in consent terms filed...
Read MoreThirty-one years after the Kumher massacre in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district – in which 16 Dalits were killed and more than 44 seriously injured on June 6, 1992 – a special court for SC/ST cases awarded life imprisonment to nine convicts on Saturday while acquitting 41 others in the case. The convicts sentenced to life...
Read MoreThe Karnataka government has filed a review petition with the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) against the panel’s order to release 3,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu daily until October 15. The state is facing a severe water shortage due to insufficient rainfall, and the government has appealed to the CWMA to find...
Read MoreCongress leader Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP-led Centre on Saturday of neglecting OBCs and reiterated that the first task his party would undertake after being elected to government at the Centre would be to go for a “caste-based census to know the exact proportion so that everyone benefits”. He added that as of now...
Read MoreWe have had an ongoing problem with Canada and the Canadian government for some years now. The ongoing problem really revolves around the permissiveness to terrorism, extremism and violence. This permissiveness is also reflected in the fact that some important extradition requests have not been responded to from their side, Jaishankar said.
Read MoreAlia and Sanjay have worked together in Gangubai Kathiawadi last year, which also won Alia the National Award for Best Actress, an award she shared with Kriti Sanon for Mimi. This meeting of the two has sparked rumours that another collaboration might be in the offing soon. Read on to know more…
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