Day: July 6, 2019

Southern California jolted by biggest quake in 20 years

LOS ANGELES — The largest Southern California quake in nearly 20 years jolted an area stretching from Sacramento to Las Vegas to Mexico as it cracked buildings, set fires, wrecked roads but only caused minor injuries. Seismologists warned that large aftershocks were expected to continue for days, if […]

SL score 264/7 against India

Leeds, Jul 6: Electing to bat, Sri Lanka scored 264 for 7 against India in their last league match of the World Cup here on Saturday. Brief Scores:  Sri Lanka: 264 for 7 in 50 overs (Angelo Mathews 113, Lahiru Thirimanne 53; Jasprit Bumrah 3/37). PTI

Rahul gets bail in another defamation case; accuses Modi govt of hounding dissenters

Patna, Jul 6: Rahul Gandhi was granted bail on Saturday after he appeared before a court here in a defamation case filed by BJP leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, days after a Mumbai court held that the Congress leader would face trial for alleged slander […]

Petrol price hiked by Rs 2.45, diesel by Rs 2.36 following tax hike in Budget

New Delhi, Jul 6: Petrol price was Saturday hiked by a minimum Rs 2.40 per litre and diesel by Rs 2.36 after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman raised taxes on the fuels to part-fund her Budget for 2019-20. Petrol price in Delhi was increased by Rs 2.45 per litre to […]

Critics of USD 5-trillion economy goal professional pessimists, India poised to race ahead: PM

Varanasi, Jul 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday dismissed as “professional pessimists” the critics of the Centre’s target to achieve a USD 5-trillion economy within the next five years and asserted that the “new India” is on the threshold of sprinting forward. A day after the Union budget was […]

‘Lovesick and tipsy’ man held for bomb threat to planes

Hyderabad,July 6: A 24-year-old man, allegedly drunk and lovelorn, was Saturday taken into custody from the airport here after he issued a bomb threat to two Chennai-bound flights, but it turned out to be a hoax, police said. The incident created tension for a while as it happened […]

Moderate to heavy rains lash parts of Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow, Jul 6: Moderate to heavy rains lashed many parts of Uttar Pradesh, a Meteorological (MeT) department official said Saturday. Bhinga in Shravasti district recorded 23 cm rainfall followed by Fatehpur (14 cm), Allahabad (13 cm), Kakardarighat (12 cm), Bhatpurwaghat (11 cm), Kanpur (11 cm), Banda and Etawah 10 […]

Owaisi urges Centre to frame law against lynching

Hyderabad, Jul 6: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has said the Centre should come out with a law against lynching and wondered why such legislation was not brought out despite a Supreme Court suggestion to frame one. Addressing a meeting here on Friday against lynchings, Owaisi accused the Sangh Parivar […]

Cong puts up brave front, says govt will continue

Bengaluru, Jul 6: Amid a flurry of resignations by the ruling combine MLAs, senior congress leader and coalition coordination committee chief Siddaramaiah Saturday asserted that the government in Karnataka would continue, even as the BJP said it had nothing to do with the resignations. Putting a question mark over […]

Peddler held with heroin in J-K’s Samba

Jammu, Jul 6: An alleged drug peddler was arrested Saturday with six gram heroin in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. During checking, a motorcycle rider Teg Ali, a resident of Malani village of Ghagwal, was intercepted at Y-Junction on the Rajpura-Malani road, an official said. The […]

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