Month: April 2019

Kings XI beat Sunrisers by 6 wickets

Mohali :  Kings XI Punjab defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by six wickets in an Indian Premier League match here Monday. Brief Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad: 150 for four in 20 overs (David Warner 70 not out; Ravichandran Ashwin 1/30). Kings XI Punjab: 151 for four in 19.5 overs (K L Rahul […]

Three labourers trapped inside pit, rescued

Gurgaon :  Three labourers were trapped inside a 12-feet deep pit while trying to install a cable wire in Gurgaon Sector-8, following which they were safely rescued, a police official said Monday. The incident took place near a private hospital when the labourers – Rahul (19), Rinku (20) and […]

Raj BJP, Cong spar over manifesto

Jaipur : The state BJP chief Madan Lal Saini on Monday praised his party’s election manifesto, saying it was based on ‘nation first’ concept, even as the Congress criticised it for only focusing on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP election manifesto has been prepared with the participation of […]

BJP’s poll manifesto voice of an isolated man: Rahul

In a scathing criticism of the BJP’s manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said it was the voice of “an isolated man”, besides being “short sighted” and “arrogant”. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its manifesto for the high-stakes general […]

Arunachal polls: 29 candidates have criminal records

Itanagar ; A report by an election watchdog has revealed that 29 of the 184 candidates contesting the April 11 Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh have criminal antecedents. Nine of the 29 candidates belong to the Congress, the report by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said. The BJP, which […]

Sensex, Nifty start on a cautious note

Mumbai :  Domestic equity benchmarks opened on a flat note Tuesday ahead of the beginning of the earnings season and general elections amid lacklustre global cues. The BSE Sensex was trading 35.69 points or 0.09 per cent higher at 38,736.22. The gauge had ended 161.70 points lower at 38,700.53 […]

We shot down F-16 jet of Pak during Feb 27 aerial combat: IAF asserts

New Delhi :  The Indian Air Force on Monday reiterated that it shot down an F-16 jet of Pakistan Air Force during the February 27 aerial combat and showed radar images of the engagement to assert that it has “irrefutable evidence” of downing the enemy jet The IAF held […]

Smoking pot vs. tobacco: What science says about lighting up

  NEW YORK  — As more states make it legal to smoke marijuana, some government officials, researchers and others worry what that might mean for one of the country’s biggest public health successes : curbing cigarette smoking. Though there are notable differences in health research findings on tobacco and marijuana, […]

Telemedicine tied to more antibiotics for kids, study finds

NEW YORK  — Sniffling, sore-throated kids seen via telemedicine visits were far more likely to be prescribed antibiotics than those who went to a doctor’s office or clinic, according to a new study. Many of those prescriptions disregarded medical guidelines, raising the risk they could cause side effects […]

Trump choice at Homeland Security focuses on border

WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned on Sunday amid President Donald Trump’s growing frustration and bitterness over the number of Central American families crossing the southern border. Trump announced on Sunday in a tweet that U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan would be taking […]

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