India faced its second consecutive defeat in the ongoing FIFA U-17 World Cup after going down 1-2 to Colombia in an entertaining Group A encounter at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi yesterday. A pulsating first half saw India come ever so close to breaking the deadlock. However, Abhijit Sarkar’s close-range shot was well…
New Delhi: A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a peon inside the premises of a private school in Shahdara here, the Police said. The accused, identified as Vikas (40), has been arrested, said Nupur Prasad, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Shahdara. The incident came a day after a seven-year-old boy had his throat slit for…
Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, who called on Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu at Rail Bhavan in New Delhi this morning, urged for the upgradation of Mysuru Railway Station and speedy action pertaining to Hubballi- Ankola Railway Line.
New Delhi: Despite staging protests for over nine months opposing the Government’s move to privatise public sector giant BEML (Bharath Earth Movers Ltd.), over 200 elected representatives of BEML Employees Unions from Mysuru, Bengaluru and KGF in Karnataka and Palakkad in Kerala began their two-day protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi this morning. N.K….
The last date for filing of Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for the financial year 2016-17 has been extended till Aug. 5. The original deadline was July 31. The Income Tax Department has already received over two crore returns filed electronically. The Department had earlier issued advertisements in leading national dailies in the last few days…
Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel felicitated the Indian women’s cricket team for their tremendous performance in the recent ICC Women’s World Cup, here this morning. Congratulating the team for putting up great show, Goel said the Mithali Raj-led side might have lost the finals, but they have won the hearts of…
India’s newly-appointed head coach Ravi Shastri is likely to be paid between Rs. 7 crore to Rs 7.5 crore per year, according to sources. “BCCI is going to make an offer of more than Rs. 7 crore to Shastri. This is the same amount which (predecessor) Anil Kumble had asked from the board during his…
Historian Ramachandra Guha, one of the administrators of the BCCI, has resigned from the post. Sources said that he had tendered his resignation citing personal reasons on Sunday last. Guha informed Supreme Court, this morning that he had tendered his resignation to Vinod Rai, the Chairman of the Committee of Administrators appointed by the Apex…
The 22-year-old raider was bought for a whopping Rs. 93 lakh by Team Uttar Pradesh during the Day 1 auction of Pro Kabaddi League Season 5. While, majority expected Manjeet Chillar to be the highest paid player, after he was brought for Rs. 75.5 lakh by the Jaipur Pink Panthers, Tomar emerged as a surprise…
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Towards the end of December 2014, a lot of people asked me if I would be joining Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Having been a key person in Karnataka in the crusade against corruption that Anna Hazare had led, many had presumed that I would also automatically gravitate…
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