India will look to take the top spot in the ICC Test Championships rankings by beating New Zealand in their second test in Kolkata on Friday. India were the No.1 Test team for a short while during their tour of the West Indies but failed to rubber-stamp their position as[Read More…]
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Two of our soldiers killed in firing along LoC, says Pakistan Army
Two Pakistani soldiers were killed in an exchange of fire between Indian and Pakistani troops across the Line of Control (LoC) in Bhimber, Hotspring Kel and Lipa Sectors in the Kashmir Valley, Pakistan Army claimed on Thursday. A Pakistani soldier has also been injured in the exchange of fire that[Read More…]
UEFA Champions League: Atletico sink Bayern; City held by Celtic
Manchester City were made to fight for a 3-3 draw with Celtic in a Champions League thriller on Wednesday, while Atletico Madrid once again did for Bayern Munich. While City’s perfect start to the season was ended in Glasgow, their Premier League rivals Arsenal eased to a 2-0 victory against[Read More…]
Pakistan defence minister threatens to ‘nuke’ India
Pakistan is “ready” to use tactical devices against India, if it feels its safety is threatened. In a recent interview with a Pakistani TV channel SAMAA, Pakistani defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said that they won’t hesitate to annihilate India by these tactical weapons- a reference to nuclear weapons that Pakistan is[Read More…]
SAARC summit may be postponed as Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Bhutan pull out
A day after India announced its decision of not attending the 19th SAARC summit in Islamabad in November, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan have also pulled out of the summit. All the three countries blame Pakistan for the current atmosphere of terror and held that it was not fit for hosting[Read More…]
Veiled dig! Race to White House is real, not reality TV: Hillary
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton took a dig at Donald Trump saying the race to the White House is real business and not “reality TV”. “This is not reality TV. This is real. It’s as real as it gets. So we’re going to get the economy working for everybody, not[Read More…]
Cornered? Declare Pakistan a terror state: Bangladesh tells UN
Pushing calls towards global isolation of Pakistan, Bangladesh has said the United Nations should declare Pakistan a “terrorist state” underlining India’s argument that Islamabad should be isolated in the global community as a nation that exports terror to rest of world. “For the first time in the history of SAARC,[Read More…]
UP horror: Minor girl gang-raped in Lucknow, parents held hostage
In a horrific act, a 12-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped in Lucknow by five men who took turns between assaulting her and holding her parents hostage to prevent them from intervening. The girl has said she was assaulted early on Tuesday in the capital of Uttar Pradesh. Medical tests are[Read More…]
After India, now Bangladesh & Bhutan pull out of SAARC Summit in Pak
In yet another setback for Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Afghanistan on Wednesday pulled out of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) Summit in Islamabad. Bangladesh said it was unable to participate in the summit because of “growing interference in internal affairs of Bangladesh by one country”. News reports[Read More…]
UEFA Champions League: Leicester win, Dortmund draw with Real Madrid
Leicester are en route to the next stage of the UEFA Champions League after their home win on Tuesday night with Islam Slimani’s goal edging Porto 1-0. The Premier League champions have now two from two to start life in Europe. Meanwhile, Tottenham prevailed 1-0 at CSKA Moscow, while Borussia[Read More…]
Alarming: 75% of casualties due to air pollution in India, says WHO
Majority of deaths in India is not caused by diseases but due to air pollution. Air pollution is killing nearly 8,00,000 people annually in the South East Asian Region with India alone accounting for over 75% of the casualties caused by cardiovascular diseases and lung cancer, according to a new[Read More…]
After 67 days & 1 match in charge, England manager Sam Allardyce quits
Sam Allardyce has quit his post as England manager by mutual agreement with the Football Association after one match and 67 days in charge. It follows a newspaper investigation claiming he offered advice on how to “get around” rules on player transfers. Allardyce, 61, is also alleged to have used[Read More…]
Job at stake? Sam Allardyce faces FA probe after newspaper sting
The Football Association has asked for “the full facts” after a newspaper alleged England manager Sam Allardyce discussed the possibility of circumventing its rules on third-party ownership. A report in The Daily Telegraph claims Allardyce told undercover reporters posing as businessmen it was possible to “get around” an FA rule,[Read More…]
The road for Delhi to go solar
Every summer, Delhi, the capital of India is reeling under power crisis. In 2016, the electricity demand touched 6,260 MW, double the demand of Mumbai and three times more than the demand of Chennai and Kolkata, in fact, the demand of the entire North East region is also less than[Read More…]
“Will expose this big controversy on Friday,” says Kejriwal on Satyendra Jain matter
Adding more to Aam Admi Party government’s troubles, Health Minister Satyendra Jain has come under the Income Tax scanner for an alleged hawala transfer. Reacting on the entire mater AAP supremo and Delhi chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal tweeted that cases filed against various AAP ministers are a “big controversy,” and he is soon[Read More…]
Rethink? PM calls meet to review ‘Most Favoured Nation’ status To Pak
Upping the ante against Pakistan after the Uri terror attack, India will now decide whether to withdraw Most Favoured Nation status to that country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a meeting with top officials on Thursday for a review in this regard. PM Modi consulted with National Security Adviser[Read More…]
After wife and daughter, former bureaucrat BK Bansal and son commit suicide
Alleging torture by the CBI, former bureaucrat Bal Kishan Bansal committed suicide along with his son. Arrested on corruption charges, the due ended their lives in their Madhu Vihar residence in New Delhi, news agency ANI reported. Earlier this year in July, his wife and daughter had committed suicide by[Read More…]
Akali Dal accuses AAP for not raising part-time teachers’ salaries
Akali Dal on Tuesday hit out at Arvind Kejriwal government for allegedly not honoring its commitment of raising salaries of part-time Punjabi teachers in the national capital, saying it reflected its “anti-Punjab” and “anti-Punjabi” attitude. Akali Dal leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa said a month after a High Court ruling the[Read More…]
4 Indian women stopped from boarding Samjhauta Express in Pakistan
Four Indian women passengers were stopped by the Pakistan Railways authorities on Monday from boarding the Delhi-bound Samjhauta Express allegedly over “incomplete” travel documents. “The authorities say our travel documents are incomplete,” one of the affected women passengers said wiping her tears. She said her family members were waiting for[Read More…]
First US Presidential Debate: Hillary 1-0 Trump, says CNN-ORC Poll
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton won the first presidential debate, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. The poll of debate watchers put Clinton at 62 per cent while Republican rival Donald Trump lost by 27 per cent in Monday night’s debate held at the Hofstra University, New York. During the debate[Read More…]
Patiala: 100-year-old woman murdered, rape suspected
In a shocking incident, a 100-year-old woman was murdered by unidentified persons outside her house near Patiala, Pujab. It is suspected that the woman was sexually assaulted before the murder. The victim used to sleep on a cot outside her house and her body was found a few metres away[Read More…]
Pakistan artistes should be beaten with shoes, says Sangeet Som
After Raj Thackeray-led MNS threatened Pakistani artistes working in India to return home or face action last week, BJP lawmaker from Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Som on Monday said the artistes should be “beaten with shoes” for failing to condemn the terror attack on an army camp in Kashmir’s Uri in[Read More…]
Liverpool juggernaut continues, Pogba finally opens his ManU account
Liverpool claimed a third straight Premier League win courtesy of an emphatic victory over 10-man Hull. The Reds controlled the game and led through Adam Lallana’s low shot. Ahmed Elmohamady saw red for handball in the box, with James Milner scoring from the spot before Sadio Mane added a third[Read More…]
Woman allegedly kills husband, rides with corpse on bike for 12 km
A young woman rode nearly 12 km with her husband’s dead body on a bike in Hyderabad, after she allegedly killed him. Pravallika Mendem, 25, was arrested over the weekend. The police said that she killed her husband allegedly by banging his head against a wall and kicking him in[Read More…]
After 79 days of shutdown, valley breathes a sigh of relief
Kashmir breathed a sigh of relief as curfew was lifted on Sunday from all parts of the state. After 79 days of shutdown, the valley saw a heavy rush of people in the markets. Shops and business establishments which had remained closed for 79-days due to separatist call for shut[Read More…]