New Delhi, 22/10: An IAF C-17 flight carrying nearly 6.5 tonnes of medical aid and 32 tonnes of disaster relief material for the people of Palestine departed from India for El-Arish airport in Egypt today. The material includes essential life-saving medicines, surgical items, tents, sleeping bags, tarpaulins, sanitary utilities, water purification tablets among other necessary…
Dharmasala,22/10-Those iconic stadium steeples, the Dauladhar mountain range in the background, the thin air, the perpetual dance of sun and shadow followed by an eerie moon. In these poetry-inspiring conditions, the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association stadium will become the theatre for a tournament-defining contest as India and New Zealand run into each other with a…
Kathmandu,22/10′:A 6.1 magnitude earthquake on Sunday hit Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal. According to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre, the earthquake with epicentre in Dhading district was recorded at 7:39 am. There was no report of any death or damage resulting from the tremor.
Kolkata, 21/10: The Trinamool Congress has decided to maintain distance from the controversy surrounding its MP Mahua Moitra, who has been facing allegations of taking bribes for raising questions in Parliament. Darshan Hiranandani, the CEO of real estate-to-energy group Hiranandani, who allegedly paid Moitra to raise questions in Parliament about Adani Group, recently claimed in…
New Delhi, 21/10: Sadeera Samarawickrama displayed unwavering composure in his unbeaten half-century as he guided Sri Lanka to a clinical five-wicket win over the Netherlands and secure their first victory in this World Cup, here on Saturday. South African-born Sybrand Engelbrecht (70) and Logan van Beek (59) led a remarkable recovery with maiden half-centuries to…
Jaipur, 21/10: The Congress has released its first list of 33 candidates for the Rajasthan Assembly elections to be held on November 25. The list includes the names of Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot, C P Joshi, Govind Singh Dotasra among others.
New Delhi, 21/10: A man was arrested on Saturday in connection with the killing of a woman, whose body was found near a Municipal Corporation of Delhi-run school in West Delhi’s Tilak Nagar area, according to police. Gurpreet has been arrested and is being questioned to ascertain the identity of the woman and details linked…
Sriharikota, 21/10: The first unmanned flight test for India’s human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan, was successfully completed from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Saturday. The launch was preceded by nail-biting moments after ISRO put off the mission following the Automatic Launch Sequence holding back the vehicle due to observance of an “anomaly,”
Bhubaneswar, 20/10: In a big development, the Odisha Bus Owners’ Association (AOPBOA) put its bus strike on hold till October 31. And the private buses will run from tonight itself..This was informed association’s secretary Debendra Sahu.
Bengaluru, 20/10: Australia took their World Cup campaign – and Pakistan – by the scruff of the neck at the Chinnaswamy stadium by piling up 367/9, powered by a record first-wicket stand and hundreds by both openers. David Warner (163) and Mitchell Marsh (121) put on 259 for the first wicket in alarmingly rapid time,…
