Month: April 2019

Chidambaram slams income tax for “partial” action in TN

Chennai : Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Wednesday accused the income tax department of taking “autocratic and partial” action in Tamil Nadu in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections. A day after income tax sleuths along with poll flying squad carried out raids at the residence of […]

Three granted anticipatory bail in Antagarh bypoll case

Bilaspur : The Chhattisgarh High Court Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to former chief minister Raman Singh’s son-in-law Dr Puneet Gupta, former minister Rajesh Munat and BJP leader Maturam Pawar in connection with the alleged 2014 Antagarh bypoll fixing. All three accused had filed separate pleas seeking pre-arrest bail. The […]

Right time to achieve 10-point mark: Ashwin

Mohali : Kings XI Punjab skipper R Ashwin believes his team bounced back in the tournament at the right time and lavished praise on young pacer Arshdeep Singh for taking two crucial wickets in his IPL debut here Tuesday. After suffering successive losses, KXIP Tuesday brought their campaign back […]

Sports Schedule for Wednesday, April 17

Cricket *IPL game between Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings in Hyderabad. *Preview of IPL match between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians in Delhi. Other stories related to India and international cricket.  PTI  17/4/2019

Right time to achieve 10-point mark: Ashwin

Mohali : Kings XI Punjab skipper Ravichandran Ashwin believes his team bounced back in the tournament at the right time and lavished praise on young pacer Arshdeep Singh for taking two crucial wickets on his IPL debut. After suffering successive losses, KXIP Tuesday brought their campaign back on track […]

Woman injured as bike-borne man snatches her earring

Muzaffarnagar :  A 35-year-old woman suffered serious injuries when a bike-borne man launched an attack on her to snatch her earring when she was riding pillion on her brother’s motorcycle, police said Wednesday. They said the incident took place Tuesday near Nawla village, under the Mansurpur police station limits, […]

Markets to remain closed for Mahavir Jayanti

Mumbai :  All major markets, including BSE, National Stock Exchange, forex, money, bullion and other commodity markets, will remain closed Wednesday on account of Mahavir Jayanti . PTI 17/4/2019

Injury scare for KXIP’s Henriques, Mujeeb

Mohali:  Kings XI Punjab players Moises Henriques and Mujeeb Ur Rahman have picked up injuries, giving their team a minor scare in the second half of the IPL. While Henriques, who was set to make his KXIP debut, injured himself during warm-up before the game against Rajasthan Royals, Aghanistan […]

Overnight rains cool city

New Delhi : Delhiites woke up to a pleasant Wednesday morning, with the minimum temperature settling at 19 degrees Celsius following overnight rains and gusty winds. “The minimum temperature was recorded at 19 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average,” said a Met department official. The Safdarjung observatory, […]

Muzaffarnagar cane farmer dies in bee attack

Muzaffarnagar : A 58-year-old sugarcane farmer has died after a swarm of bees attacked him as a beehive was disturbed when he was working in his fields here, police said Wednesday. The incident happened Tuesday evening when Jyoti Singh and some other farmers were working in the sugarcane fields […]

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