Month: April 2019

Boy killed in leopard attack in Balrampur

Balrampur (UP) : A 12-year-old boy was killed by a leopard here, police said Tuesday. The incident took place in Binholi Kala village near Sohelwa Forest range Monday night when the leopard entered a house and attacked Khurshid while he was sleeping, they said. The body has been sent […]

Cong fields Olympian Krishna Poonia from Jaipur Rural LS seat

New Delhi  The Congress on Monday fielded Olympian discus thrower Krishna Poonia from the Jaipur Rural constituency as it released another list of nine candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. With this, the Congress has so far announced the names of 325 candidates for the upcoming general election. Poonia, […]

Rupee slips 22 paise against US dollar in early trade

Mumbai :  The Indian rupee weakened by 22 paise to trade at 69.36 to the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday owing to increased demand for the greenback from importers and banks. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened lower at 69.32 and weakened further to […]

Sensex, Nifty further gains in early trade

Mumbai :  Indian equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty extended their gains in early trade on Tuesday, tracking positive domestic and global cues. The BSE gauge Sensex opened at 38,988.57 and briefly crossed the psychological 39,000-level in early deals. It, however, slipped slightly and was last quoted at 38,929.48, 57.61 […]

455 cartons of illicit liquor seized in UP

Muzaffarnagar (UP) :  Illicit liquor worth Rs 35 lakh meant to influence the upcoming Lok Sabha polls was seized near the Uttar Pradesh-Haryana border in Shamli district, police said Tuesday. As part of a drive ahead of the elections, police seized 455 cartons of liquor from a jungle on […]

Drive to raise voter awareness in Assam

Guwahati :  The students of IIT-Guwahati have launched a campaign to generate awareness on the voting rights of people, which, they insisted, was necessary to “strengthen democracy and build a healthier nation”. The campaign – ‘Wake Up and Vote’ – is a part of the institute’s annual techno-management festival […]

Tamil filmmaker J Mahendran dies at 79

Chennai :  Veteran filmmaker J Mahendra, known for infusing realism in Tamil cinema and for giving superstar Rajinikanth his career breakthrough with “Mullum Malarum”, died here on Tuesday at the age of 79. The filmmaker passed away after a brief illness at his residence, a source close to the […]

I didn’t really know about the hat-trick, says Curran

Mohali :  The youngest to notch up an IPL hat-trick, England and Kings XI Punjab all-rounder Sam Curran said he had “absolutely no idea” that he had taken one during the game against Delhi Capitals here. The left-arm medium pacer’s hat-trick, which was the first of this edition of […]

I am speechless, we panicked: DC captain Shreyas Iyer

Mohali :  Left speechless after Delhi Capitals’ collapse, skipper Shreyas Iyer said his team simply “panicked” and “miscalculated” the target in its 14-run loss to Kings XI Punjab in an IPL fixture here. Delhi were going strong at 144 for 3 in the 17th over, chasing 167 but Sam […]

Cong fields candidates for 25 LS seats in Rajasthan

Jaipur :  The Congress has fielded candidates for all the 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in Rajasthan ahead of the filing of nominations beginning Tuesday. The party announced the names of six candidates in its list on Monday night, which includes the name of sitting MLA and discus thrower Krishna […]

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