Sharjah, Oct 4 (IANS) Delhi Capitals (DC) on Saturday beat Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 18 runs in another high scoring thriller and climbed to the top of the table with six points from four matches. KKR scored 210/8 wickets in their 20 overs in reply to DC’s 228/4 wickets[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) In a desperate attempt to evade arrest, a criminal applied faeces on the policemen and all over his face to scare them of Covid virus in order to flee. However, he was nabbed by the Delhi Police team from near Kashmiri Gate. A Delhi Police[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Oct 3 (IANS) Karnataka’s total number of recoveries touched 5,08,495, with discharge of 8,989 more patients on Saturday, health officials said. However, on the flip side, 9886 positive cases outnumbered the 8989 recoveries on the same day. 100 patients have succumbed to the infection till Friday night, taking the[Read More…]
Jaipur, Oct 3 (IANS) Mohan Bhagwat, the Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) who inaugurated the virtual national conference of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) from here on Saturday, said that India has set an example of being a social capital during the Covid-19 pandemic. Addressing the delegates, Bhagwat[Read More…]
Abu Dhabi, Oct 3 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) Navdeep Saini had bowled a beamer at Rahul Tewatia in the last over of Rajasthan Royals’ (RR) innings that hit the latter on the neck and sent him crashing to the ground on Saturday. While Tewatia got back on his feet[Read More…]
Hyderabad, Oct 3 (IANS) Telangana’s Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development, K.T. Rama Rao flagged three more COVID response ambulances on Saturday. These vehicles have been donated by three legislators of ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) from combined Warangal district under ‘Gift a smile’ programme launched on the Minister’s[Read More…]
Abu Dhabi, Oct 3 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals (RR) captain Steve Smith on Saturday said that the top three batsmen have to perform better after their eight-wicket defeat to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). RR reached 154/6 wkts in 20 overs, thanks to No.5 Mahipal Lomror’s 47, after their top three batsmen[Read More…]
Visakhapatnam, Oct 3 (IANS) Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Sabbam Hari warned Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and his close aide Vijay Sai Reddy, holding them responsible for demolishing a part of his house on Saturday. “I will not leave the people who perpetrated this demolition.[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 3 (IANS) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred an IIFL employee, Santosh Brijraj Singh, along with five others from any transactions in the securities market for front running the trades of six funds managed by India Infoline Wealth (IIFL Wealth) using ‘mule’ accounts. The[Read More…]
Abu Dhabi, Oct 3 (IANS) When Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli saw opener Devdutt Padikkal in action — possibly for the first time — he told head coach Simon Katich the youngster has “some serious talent” and “he’s got reach, a great eye, a great balance”. Kohli revealed[Read More…]
Gandhinagar, Oct 3 (IANS) Gujarat on Saturday reported 1,343 new Covid-19 cases, taking the state’s coronavirus tally to 1,41,398, while 12 more deaths in the past 24 hours mounted its Covid death toll to 3,490. As many as 57,065 tests were conducted inthe last 24 hours. Hotspot Surat reported 277[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) The BJP’s central election committee has announced nine candidates for biennial legislative council elections in Bihar and Karnataka. Five candidates have been finalised for Bihar and four for Karnataka. In Bihar, the party declared four candidates for teachers’ constituencies and one for graduate constituencies. For[Read More…]
Guwahati, Oct 3 (IANS) A moderate quake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale hit Assam’s Kamrup district on Saturday night, causing panic among people, officials said. According to the state disaster management officials, no loss of life or property has been reported as yet. As per the data of the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) The deadline for submitting bids for Air India privatisation is ending by the end of the month among speculation that even the $3 billion debt still on the books of the airline may be becoming an impediment to the sale of the national carrier. No[Read More…]
By Qaiser Mohammad Ali New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) has stopped payment of Rs.50.19 lakh to nine lawyers, including Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Nalin Kohli, after a complaint was lodged with its General Administration Committee (GAC) headed by former Additional Solicitor General Maninder[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Oct 3 (IANS) With a view to overcoming the critical infrastructural deficiency hampering train operations at an optimal level, South Western Railway, Mysuru Division has introduced an upgraded signalling project in the Ghat section for enhanced safety. A SWR official disclosed that this work was executed at a cost[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Oct 3 (IANS) Taking strong exception to the media reports, former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Saturday demanded a thorough inquiry into ‘media leaks’ in the Mangaluru drugs case involving TV anchor Anushree. He was irked over media reports suggesting that Anushree was constantly in touch with a[Read More…]
By Nikhila Natarajan New York, Oct 3 (IANS) White House physician Sean Conley announced on Saturday that US President Donald Trump is “doing very well” at the Walter Reed Military Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, and is “not on supplemental oxygen right now” and has been “fever free” for the last[Read More…]
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Oct 3 (IANS) Senior diplomat Vikram Doraiswami will arrive in Dhaka on October 5 and take charge as the new Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, officials said here. Doraiswami is currently serving as Additional Secretary in-charge of International Organisations and Summits at the Ministry of External[Read More…]
Guwahati, Oct 3 (IANS) Despite one more death and 1.96 lakh people in four districts still affected, the overall flood situation in Assam improved considerably on Saturday, disaster management officials said. Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) officials said that one person was reported drowned in the Kopili river at[Read More…]
By Nikhila Natarajan New York, Oct 3 (IANS) White House physician Sean Conley announced on Saturday that US President Donald Trump is “doing very well” at the Walter Reed Military Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, and is “not on supplemental oxygen right now” besides being “fever free” for the last 24[Read More…]
Amaravati, Oct 3 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday sanctioned Rs 10 crore for the renovation of Shilparamam Park in Tirupati. The AP Shilparamam Arts, Crafts, and Cultural Society will use the funds to renovate the entrance plaza, art and crafts village with stalls and open ground, training centre[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Oct 3 (IANS) The union government nominated former vice-chancellor of University of Mysore and Karnataka State Open University Prof A K. S. Rangappa, as member of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), besides selecting him as Emeritus Scientist in the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).[Read More…]
By Ahmed Ali Fayyaz New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Twenty-four-year-old Gazi Abdullah of Gundana, a village at 9,000 feet above sea level in the mountainous Doda district, is one among the 70 youths who has been declared qualified for the Union Territorys most prestigious Civil Services by the Jammu and[Read More…]
Jaipur, Oct 3 (IANS) Taking cognisance of the alleged increase in crimes against women in Rajasthan, a two-member National Commission for Women (NCW) team visited state capital Jaipur and discussed the issue with DGP Bhupendra Singh on Saturday. NCW members Shyamla S. Kundar and Rajulben Desai questioned about the vacancies[Read More…]
