Kochi, 23/8: Putting speculations to rest, reigning world champions Argentina have announced that they will play a FIFA friendly against an unnamed opponent in Kerala in November this year. The match will take place between November 10 and 18, and it could happen in Kochi. “The Argentine national team, led by Lionel Scaloni, will have…
New York/Washington, 23/8: President Donald Trump has nominated his longtime aide Sergio Gor, who is currently the Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, as the next US Ambassador to India. In a social media post on Friday, Trump said Gor, 38, is a “great friend, who has been at my side for many…
Mumbai, 22/8: An Air India flight from Mumbai to Jodhpur aborted take-off on Friday following an operational issue, reports news agency ANI. An Air India spokesperson said, “Flight AI645 operating from Mumbai to Jodhpur on 22 August returned to the bay due to an operational issue
Islamabad, 22/8: Pakistan was ready for a comprehensive dialogue with India to discuss Kashmir and all other pending issues, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday. Talks, whenever held, will be not just Kashmir but on all issues,” Dar said while talking to journalists outside the parliament in Islamabad, where he was asked about talks…
Mumbai, 22/8: Mumbai has replaced Bengaluru as one of the venues for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s ODI World Cup scheduled to begin next month. Though ICC did not reveal the exact reason for the change in venue, it is presumed that Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru did not get the necessary safety clearance to…
Colombo, 22/8: Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday in connection with allegations of misuse of state funds, local television channel Ada Derana reported. Wickremesinghe, 76, was arrested after arriving at the CID office in the capital Colombo to record a statement in an investigation into…
Bengaluru, 22/8: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday recalled 20 stampedes that took place in the BJP-ruled states and blamed ‘mass hysteria’ for the incident, during a discussion on the stampede near Chinnaswamy stadium that claimed the lives of 11 people on June 4. The Chief Minister read out the list of stampedes starting from…
New Delhi, 22/8: The Supreme Court on Friday modified its August 11 order where it had called for all stray dogs in the Delhi-NCR region to be rounded up and placed in animal shelters. A three-judge bench of the apex court said today that stray dogs in Delhi-NCR which have neither been infected by rabies…
New Delhi, 22/8: The Election Commission has informed the Supreme Court that the booth-wise list of about 65 lakh people whose names do not figure in the draft electoral roll of Bihar has been uploaded on the websites of all 38 district election officers in the state. In a status report filed ahead of the…
Bhubaneswar, 21/8: In a major development, Odisha Government issued a major reshuffle in the police administration. Odisha govt transferred and posted 18 IPS/OPS officers across various key positions in the state. A notification was released by the Home Department detailing the new appointments. According to the order, Dr. Santosh Bala (IPS, 1995 batch) has…
