Day: May 11, 2019

After Facebook ban, Farrakhan denies hating Jews

Racist demagogue and dangerous fundamentalist to some, heroic crusader for black rights to others, incendiary religious leader Louis Farrakhan is finding the audience for his message increasingly hard to reach. The head of the Nation of Islam — barred for years from Britain and blocked from mainstream TV […]

Highlanders hold on to stop Jaguares charge

The Otago Highlanders held off a spirited second half by the Jaguares to claim their Super Rugby clash 32-27 in Dunedin Saturday. The Jaguares, with a chance to leap from third to top of the South African conference took the unconventional move of stacking their bench with an […]

Dhoni credits bowlers for easy win over DC in Qualifier 2

Visakhapatnam :  Defending champions Chennai Super Kings entered their eighth IPL final and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni credited the clinical effort of his bowing unit for setting up the platform for a comfortable win over Delhi Capitals in the Qualifier 2 here. Opting to bowl, CSK first restricted DC […]

He’s here! Kim Kardashian West, Kanye West welcome baby boy

New York : Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West have welcomed their fourth child, a boy born via surrogate. Kardashian West tweet Friday: “He’s here and he’s perfect!” A spokeswoman said in an email, “They are not sharing any additional details at this time.” The new baby joins North, […]

SBI reports net profit of Rs 838 cr in Mar 2019 quarter; trims bad loan ratio

New Delhi :  Country’s largest lender SBI Friday said it has reported net profit of Rs 838.40 crore in fourth quarter of 2018-19 fiscal on a standalone basis as non-performing assets (NPAs) came down. The state-owned lender had witnessed a net loss of Rs 7,718.17 crore during the corresponding […]

Trump orders raising tariffs on essentially all remaining imports from China

Washington : United States President Donald Trump has ordered his top officials to begin the process to raise tariffs on almost all the imports from China, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Friday. This amounts to about USD300 billion. This is in addition to the Chinese imports worth USD200 […]

Light rain predicted for Saturday

New Delhi : Delhiites are likely to get some relief from the scorching heat on Saturday as the weatherman has forecast light rains. The minimum temperature was recorded at 24.4 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average while the maximum is likely to settle at 40 degrees Celsius, […]

Most of debris generated from India’s anti-satellite test has decayed: Reddy

New Delhi : DRDO Chairman G Satheesh Reddy has said that most of the debris generated from from the anti-satellite test conducted by India in March have decayed and rest of it will dissipate in a “short period of time”. He said this in response to a question after […]

Sidhu in fresh EC trouble for his remarks against PM Modi

  New Delhi :  The Election Commission has issued a fresh show cause notice to Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu for prima facie violating the Model Code of Conduct by allegedly making disparaging remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was given a day to reply to the notice […]

ITC Chairman Y C Deveshwar passes away

New Delhi :  Noted industry leader and ITC Chairman YC Deveshwar, who transformed the cigarette major into a diversified player with interests in FMCG, hospitality, IT and other sectors, passed away Saturday morning after a brief illness. Deveshwar (72), who stepped down from executive role as chairman and CEO […]

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