Day: October 19, 2019

Karnataka government hikes DA for employees

Bengaluru, Oct 19 : Karnataka government on Saturday announced a 4.75 per cent hike in dearness allowance (DA) for its employees, ahead of Diwali. Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has also announced an additional Rs 1,000 as hardship allowance for police personnel, along with a revision in their salaries. […]

Italy’s Salvini flexes muscles with Rome rally

Italy’s strongman Matteo Salvini is to hold a key rally in Rome Saturday aimed at re-launching the Italian right and making a power-grab for the capital. Some eight special trains and 400 coaches are ferrying in supporters from across the country for the “Italian Pride” demonstration, with the […]

Alone in Greece, refugee and migrant minors fight against despair

At the notoriously overcrowded Greek island camp of Moria, Ezzatolah Soleimani admits he cries often amid despair, scenes of violence and interminable waits for food and basic sanitation. The young Afghan is just 16, one of over 4,000 unaccompanied minors trapped in Greece by closed European borders and […]

Dutch port aims to keep on trucking despite Brexit ‘chaos’

While Boris Johnson scrambled Friday to sell his EU divorce deal to parliament, the Dutch port of Rotterdam handed out “Brexit Muppet” leaflets to truckers to prepare them for whatever happens. Staff at Europe’s busiest seaport have stepped up a campaign to ensure lorry drivers, companies and exporters […]

Tea Scoreboard, India versus South Africa, DAY 1

Ranchi, Oct 19 : Scoreboard at tea on the opening day of the third and final Test between and South Africa, here on Saturday. India 1st innings: Mayank Agarwal c Elgar b Rabada 10 Rohit Sharma batting 108 Cheteshwar Pujara lbw b Rabada 0 Virat Kohli lbw b Nortje […]

I’m not scared to fight Zareen in trials: Mary Kom

New Delhi, Oct 19  : “I am not scared to face Nikhat Zareen,” avowed celebrated boxer MC Mary Kom, saying it would just be a “formality” to beat her in the trials for the Olympic qualifiers. Mary Kom (51kg) found herself embroiled in a controversy with Zareen demanding […]

Committee formed to regulate gyms in Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad, Oct 19 : A committee headed by a city magistrate has been constituted to regulate gymnasiums across the district, an official said on Saturday. At a meeting held with gym owners in the collectorate, District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey said the committee will ensure that norms and standards […]

Leopard mauls 60-year-old man to death in Gir

Ahmedabad, Oct 19 : A man was mauled to death by a leopard at Pindakhai Nani village Gir forest’s Visavdar range, a forest official said on Saturday. Valabhai Maru (60) was killed by a leopard while he was sleeping in an open passage of his house on Friday night, […]

Three held from Surat for murder of UP Hindutva leader

Surat, Oct 19 : Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has nabbed three persons from Surat in connection with the killing of a former Hindu Mahasabha leader in Lucknow, officials said on Saturday. Kamlesh Tiwari (45), leader of the lesser-known Hindu Samaj Party (HSP) who was earlier associated with a faction […]

Boxing is not Bindra’s business to interfere: Mary Kom

New Delhi, Oct 19 : The celebrated M C Mary Kom on Saturday said boxing is not Abhinav Bindra’s “business to interfere”, expressing her displeasure at the Olympic champion’s backing of Nikhat Zareen’s demand for a trial bout against her. On Thursday, Bindra backed Zareen’s demand for a trial […]

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