Month: May 2019

Hitting sixes is in my muscle memory, says Rishabh Pant

Visakhapatnam : Dispatching the ball deep into the stands is in Rishabh Pant’s “muscle memory” and that’s why he doesn’t need to look at who is bowling to him once he is in a mood to go hammer and tongs. Pant hit five sixes during his 21-ball 49 as […]

Rupee skids 18 paise to 69.89 vs USD in early trade

Mumbai :  The rupee depreciated by 18 paise to 69.89 against the US dollar in early trade Thursday amid heavy sell-off in domestic equity market and foreign fund outflows. Forex traders said, the US-China trade concerns also weighed on the domestic currency. The rupee opened weak at 69.70 at […]

Rabid dog bites four in Muzaffarnagar

Muzaffarnagar :  Four persons were bitten by a rabid dog at Chitoda village in the district on Wednesday evening, police said. Later, the dog was beaten to death by the villagers, they said. The injured, identified as Deepak, Sunil Kumar, Mushahid and Dilshad, were given anti-rabies vaccine, police added. […]

Modi seeking votes in name of fake nationalism: Kejriwal

New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of seeking votes in name of “fake nationalism” and said he has done nothing in the last five years except jumlebaazi , foreign tours and lectures. In response to Modi’s comments that Delhi government brought […]

Woman alleges man raped her and chopped off hair

Thane :  A 23-year-old woman working in the film industry has alleged that a man raped her on the pretext of marriage and forcibly chopped off her hair after they had a fight during a visit to Goa, a police official said. Based on the woman’s complaint, the Thane […]

AAP brought ‘nakampanthi’ of governance to Delhi: PM

New Delhi : In an apparent attack on the AAP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said they supported the ‘tukde-tukde’ gang and brought the “nakampanthi” model of governance to the national capital. He was addressing his first 2019 poll rally in Delhi at the Ramlila Maidan and was accompanied […]

Hello, Archie! Meghan and Harry name son Archie Harrison

LONDON — Tired but beaming, Meghan and Prince Harry showed the public their baby son’s face for the first time on Wednesday, and also revealed his name: Archie. The royal couple said their son, seventh in line to the British throne, is named Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. Mountbatten-Windsor is […]

South Africa votes with corruption, jobs as big issues

JOHANNESBURG — South Africans voted Wednesday in presidential and parliamentary elections, with signs of a relatively low turnout and voters saying they were disillusioned by widespread corruption and unemployment. Despite the demise of apartheid 25 years ago, South Africa remains divided by economic inequality . The African National Congress, the […]

Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi flees country after blasphemy saga

Asia Bibi, a Christian Pakistani woman at the centre of a decade-long blasphemy row that sparked violent unrest and spotlighted religious extremism, left her home country on Wednesday and is believed to be in Canada. Islamabad made no formal statement and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refused to […]

Prince Harry and Meghan name ‘dream’ son Archie

Britain’s Prince Harry and wife Meghan on Wednesday announced their new “dream” son’s name is Archie, hours after showing him off to the world for the first time. “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are pleased to announce they have named their first born child: Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor,” […]

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