Kolkata, 18/9: Bengaluru FC and their talismanic captain Sunil Chhetri won their maiden Durand Cup football tournament title after beating Mumbai City FC 2-1 in the summit clash at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Sunday. Siva Sakthi (10th minute) and Brazilian Alan Costa (61st) scored for the winners while Apuia got the lone goal…
Chandigarh, 18/7Hours after a protest broke out at a private university in Punjab’s Mohali over “rumours” that some objectionable videos of women students were recorded, actor Sonu Sood said what happened was “unfortunate” and urged people to behave responsibly. Students of Chandigarh University campus, located on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh road, held a protest over…
UP, 18/9: In what was being claimed to be the first conviction under the ‘love jihad law’ in Uttar Pradesh, a Muslim youth was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by a court in Amroha district in the state for trying to marry a Hindu girl under false pretenses by hiding his religion. The court also…
New Delhi, 18/9: Virat Kohli batting at the top alongside him is a “definite option” but India captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday made it clear that K L Rahul will remain his opening partner at the T20 World Cup in Australia next month. Speaking to media ahead of the three-match T20 International series…
Pulwama, 18/9: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday inaugurated a multipurpose cinema hall each in the twin south Kashmir districts of Pulwama and Shopian. We will build such multipurpose cinema halls in every district of Jammu and Kashmir soon. Today, I dedicate such cinema halls to the youth of Pulwama and Shopian,”…
New Delhi, 18/9: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal raised the crescendo on the attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP on Sunday, charging them with attempting to crush the AAP by lodging “false” cases in the pretext of fighting corruption fearing defeat in the Gujarat elections. Kejriwal’s attack came at the first-ever national…
UP, 18/9: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday praised the law and order situation in the state, saying that it has set an example for the country, and even the world. The BJP leader was addressing a function after flagging off modern prison vans for 56 districts under the Police Modernisation…
Beijing, 18/9: Two Chinese astronauts went on a spacewalk Saturday from a new space station that is due to be completed later this year. Cai Xuzhe and Chen Dong installed pumps, a handle to open the hatch door from outside in an emergency, and a foot-stop to fix an astronaut’s feet to a…
Jaipur, 18/9: The Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee on Saturday unanimously passed a resolution for making Rahul Gandhi the party’s national president, a state cabinet minister said here. The development comes ahead of the start of filing of nominations for the election of the Congress president. Rajasthan Food Minister Pratap Singh Khachariya said…
London, 18/9: President Droupadi Murmu arrived in London on Saturday evening to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and to offer condolences on behalf of the Indian government. Queen Elizabeth II, who died aged 96 at her summer residence of Balmoral Castle in Scotland on September 8, is lying-in-state at Westminster…
