Month: April 2019

On standby for World Cup, Saini ready for his big moment

Kolkata : Pacer Navdeep Saini, who is among India’s standbys for the World Cup, says he is ready for his big break in the mega event should the need arises. After attracting selectors’ attention with a splendid season for Delhi in domestic cricket, the 26-year-old has impressed with his […]

Howrah-New Delhi Poorva Express derails near Kanpur

Kanpur (UP) :  Twelve coaches of the Howrah-New Delhi Poorva Express derailed near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh early on Saturday, injuring at least 15 people. The train was going to New Delhi when the incident occurred near Rooma railway station — about 20 km from here — in Kanpur […]

Rediscover Vacations With Marriott International Resorts

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India: Business Wire India Marriott International invites you to experience a specially curated sojourn tailored to help you reconnect with yourself. Come summer, enjoy the pristine beauty of some bespoke locations at our key resort properties across South Asia. Be it an adventure, wellness or culinary […]

Pragya shocker on 26/11 martyr: He died for treating me badly

Bhopal : Malegaon blast accused and BJP’s Bhopal Lok Sabha seat candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur has said former Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare died during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks as she “cursed” him for torturing her. Addressing BJP workers here Thursday night, Pragya also claimed Karkare had […]

House subpoena for Mueller report escalates investigation

WASHINGTON  — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena Friday for special counsel’s Robert Mueller’s report as Congress escalates its investigation of President Donald Trump. “It now falls to Congress to determine the full scope of that alleged misconduct and to decide what steps we must take […]

India suspends Kashmir border trade with Pakistan

India has suspended trade across its disputed Kashmir border with Pakistan, alleging that weapons and drugs are being smuggled across the route, as tensions simmer between the nuclear-armed neighbours. Kashmir has been on edge since a February suicide attack that killed 40 Indian paramilitaries and brought the two […]

‘World’s smallest baby boy’ set to go home in Japan

The world’s smallest baby boy, who was born in October in Japan weighing as much as an apple, is now ready for the outside world, his doctor said Friday. Ryusuke Sekiya was delivered via emergency Caesarean section, after 24 weeks and five days of pregnancy as his mother […]

Protesters mass outside Sudan army complex

Thousands of protesters massed outside Sudan’s army complex in Khartoum on Friday, piling pressure on the country’s new military rulers to swiftly transfer power to a civilian administration, witnesses said. The army on April 11 ousted Sudan’s longtime leader Omar al-Bashir after a months-long protest movement. A military […]

Journalist shot dead in N.Ireland in ‘terrorist incident’

A journalist was shot dead during riots in Northern Ireland in what police Friday were treating as a terrorist incident following the latest upsurge in violence to shake the troubled region. “Lyra McKee was murdered during orchestrated violence in Creggan last night,” Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton said […]

Extreme Easter: Flogging, crucifixions in Philippines

Eight men and a woman were nailed to crosses while hundreds of barefoot men beat themselves with flails on Good Friday, in a blood-soaked display of religious fervour in the Philippines. Frowned upon by the Church, the ritual crucifixions and self-flagellation in the north of the country are […]

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