Category: India News

Abhishek Nayar retires from all forms of cricket

Mumbai, Oct 23 : Veteran Mumbai all-rounder Abhishek Nayar has retired from all forms of cricket. “I’m absolutely satisfied… there are so many cricketers out there who would want to be in the position I am today. I can only be grateful and thankful to have had the opportunity […]

Priyanka to visit Amethi tomorrow

Amethi (UP), Oct 23 : Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will visit Amethi on Thursday to attend a party programme, a spokesperson said. Priyanka will arrive at the Amethi office in the afternoon and take part in the swearing-in function of newly-appointed district unit president Pradeep Singhal, party spokesperson […]

Funeral procession violence: 200 booked, 33 arrested

Mumbai, Oct 23 : Mumbai Police have booked nearly 200 people and arrested 33 of them for allegedly attacking policemen and damaging vehicles during the funeral procession of a man who committed suicide after being unable to trace his teen daughter, an official said on Wednesday. Arround three police […]

Great scripts make great movies: Kalki Koechlin

Mumbai, Oct 23 : Kalki Koechlin says she believes in doing extensive research for every role before she dives right into it. In a chat with Franklin Leonard, founder of ‘The Black List’ fame at the 21st Jio MAMI Mumbai film festival on Tuesday, the actor revealed how she […]

Army defuses two missile shells in Poonch

Jammu, Oct 23 : The Army on Wednesday defused two anti-tank guided missile shells fired by Pakistani troops along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. The shells have been defused by Army engineers in a forward area along the LoC in Poonch district, they said. […]

Trump claim brings new pain to relatives of lynching victims

MONTGOMERY, Ala. : — Willie Edwards Jr., a black truck driver, was killed by Ku Klux Klansmen who forced him to jump off a bridge in Alabama in 1957. Two years earlier, white men had bludgeoned black teenager Emmett Till to death in Mississippi. No one went to […]

UP woman burnt to death by husband

Muzaffarnagar, Oct 23 : A woman was allegedly burnt to death by her husband over a family dispute, following which the man was arrested, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on October 13 in Khatoli district, SHO Santosh Kumar Tyagi said. Anuradha was rushed to a hospital […]

‘Narcos’ star Wagner Moura to attend IFFI

New Delhi, Oct 23 : Wagner Moura, best known for playing Colombian drug lord in hit Netflix series “Narcos”, is set to attend the International Film Festival of India (IFFI). The Brazilian actor, who is visiting the country in November for the film gala in Goa, will present his […]

Market starts on a tepid note amid weak global cues

Mumbai, Oct 23 : Equity benchmarks BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty stared on a tepid note on Wednesday amid weak cues from global markets and foreign fund outflow. The 30-share index was trading flat at 38,963.28 in morning trade, and the broader NSE Nifty slipped 3.40 points, or 0.02 […]

Rupee slips 9 paise to 71.03 against USD in early trade

Mumbai, Oct 23 : The Indian rupee opened on a cautious note and fell 9 paise to 71.03 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday amid rising demand for the US dollar vis-a-vis other currencies overseas and unabated foreign fund outflows. Forex traders said trading in emerging […]

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