Month: March 2019

India women score 111/8 against England in 2nd T20I

Guwahati :  Sent in to bat, India women made 111 for 8 in the second Twenty20 International against England women here on Thursday. Skipper Katherine Brunt was the pick of the England bowlers with three wickets. PTI  7/3/2019

Does Rahul need certificate from Pakistan on Rafale: BJP

New Delhi :  Accusing Congress president of speaking “blatant lies” on the Rafale issue, the BJP said on Thursday he neither believes the Indian Air Force nor the Supreme Court verdict and asked if he needed a certificate from Pakistan about the fighter aircraft. Soon after Gandhi demanded a […]

Stalin to discuss LS polls with MPs, MLAs on Mar 11

Chennai :  DMK President MK Stalin would hold discussions with his party’s MPs and MLAs on March 11, on the coming Lok Sabha elections, the party said Thursday. The Opposition party would also discuss the bypoll to 21 Assembly seats in the state, DMK General Secretary K Anbazhagan said […]

First time ever: Govt to come out with Rs 20 coins

New Delhi :  The Government will come out with the first ever Rs 20 coin which will be shaped like a 12-edged polygon with design of grains to denote farm dominance in the country. Besides, new series of one, two, five and ten rupees coins too would be minted, […]

4 arrested for torching chemical unit in Maharashtra

Thane:  Four people have been arrested for allegedly setting ablaze a chemical factory in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said on Thursday. According to assistant police inspector Pramod Badak, some unidentified persons barged into the factory located in Kashimira area on February 10 and set it ablaze. While there […]

Chidambaram demands publications of Rafale deal papers

New Delhi : Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Thursday demanded publication of all documents related to the Rafale aircraft deal, saying Article 19 of the Constitution ensured people’s rights regarding freedom of speech and expression. He also said the celebrated judgement of the US Supreme Court in 1971 in […]

Parallel negotiations delayed Rafale delivery; probe everybody including PM Modi: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi :  Ratcheting up his attack on the BJP government over the Rafale aircraft issue, Congress President Rahul Gandhi asked on Thursday why a probe cannot be ordered against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a “Rs 30,000-crore scam” when an investigation has been initiated into the theft of […]

Can Zuckerberg really make a privacy-friendly Facebook?

 SAN FRANCISCO  — After building a social network that turned into a surveillance system, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he’s shifting his company’s focus to messaging services designed to serve as fortresses of privacy. Instead of just being the network that connects everyone, Facebook wants to encourage small numbers of […]

School bus crash injures 21, 1 student seriously hurt

 AURORA, Ind. — A school bus collided with a garbage truck stopped along a road in southeastern Indiana on Wednesday, seriously injuring a 13-year-old student and leaving 18 other students and two adults with mostly minor injuries, authorities said. Twenty-two students were on the South Dearborn Community School […]

Push to ban LGBT conversion therapy stalls out in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY  — The fight to ban gay conversion therapy for minors in conservative Utah is over for the year after the proposal was gutted by lawmakers, supporters said Wednesday. A prominent activist blasted Republican Gov. Gary Herbert’s support for the changes that would have allowed therapists […]

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