Windies opt to bat in second Test vs India
Kingston, July 30 (IANS) West Indies skipper Jason Holder won the toss and elected to bat in the second Test against India at the Sabina Park here on Saturday. After losing the first Test in…
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Senior minister attacked as Lashkar supports Kashmir unrest
By Sarwar Kashani Srinagar, July 30 (IANS) A senior Jammu and Kashmir cabinet minister narrowly escaped on Saturday when his cavalcade was attacked with stones as more violence erupted in the valley, coinciding with the…
NBW against top cop over Kashmir killing
Srinagar, July 30 (IANS) A city court on Saturday directed police to issue a non-bailable warrant against the Srinagar police chief after he defied its orders to register a case against a senior police officer…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah’s son Rakesh dies in Belgium, leaders condole death
Bengaluru/New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s son, Rakesh Siddaramaiah, died of multi-organ failure at a hospital in Belgium on Saturday, official sources said. Rakesh, 39, had been suffering from a pancreatic ailment…
Latur ‘water train’ completes 100 trips, still going strong
Latur (Maharashtra), July 30 (IANS) Heavy rains in most parts of Maharashtra notwithstanding, the parched Latur city and surroundings continue to be supplied drinking water through the ‘Jaldoot’ special train operated by Indian Railways, an…
Hundreds of Indians rendered jobless in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, starving
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Hundreds of Indians in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have been rendered jobless and their salaries not paid after factories were shut down. India is arranging for food packets for over…
Trump accuses Clinton of rigging debate schedule
Washington, July 30 (IANS) Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump accused rival Hillary Clinton of intentionally stacking debates against primetime programming to “rig” the election process, despite the fact that the schedule has been set since…
Kerala Police officer drags media personnel to police station, suspended
Kozhikode/Thiruvananthapuram, July 30 (IANS) A Kerala Police officer who forcibly took away four media persons attached to Asianet TV channel from a magistrate’s court to a police station in Kozhikode has been suspended for misconduct….
Valley stays calm as Lashkar supports Kashmir unrest
Srinagar, July 30 (IANS) The restive Kashmir Valley stayed calm but tense on Saturday — the 22nd day of curfew and separatist-called shutdown — as the globally banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit threw its weight…
Rajnath reviews Assam flood situation, no special package announced
Guwahati, July 30 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday made an aerial survey of the flood-hit Nagaon and Morigaon districts and Kaziranga national park area and assured the state government all possible help…
YSR Congress calls for Andhra shutdown on August 2 over special status issue
Hyderabad, July 30 (IANS) The opposition YSR Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh has called for a statewide shutdown on August 2 to protest against the Centre’s refusal to grant special status to the state. Not…
Hundreds of jobless Indians starving in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Saturday that a large number of Indians have been rendered jobless in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and Minister of State for External Affairs…
Frequent disruptions in Rajya Sabha create bad impression: Ansari
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Vice-President and Rajya Sabha chairman M. Hamid Ansari on Saturday said frequent disruptions in the upper house create a bad impression in the public mind and asked the members to…
Expectations of reforms, rains to support rupee
By Rohit Vaid Mumbai, July 30 (IANS) Expectations of political consensus on a major economic legislation, combined with above average monsoon rains and continued influx of foreign funds are expected to support the Indian rupee…
Rajnath assures adequate central assistance to flood-hit Assam
Guwahati, July 30 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday assured adequate assistance to Assam, where at least 26 people have been killed in floods and thousands displaced, and said the central government will…
‘Peepli Live’ co-director Farooqui found guilty of raping US woman
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) A court here on Saturday held Mahmood Farooqui, the co-director of the 2010 Hindi film “Peepli Live”, guilty of raping an American woman. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain convicted Farooqui…
Two foreign prisoners killed in Imphal jail brawl
Imphal, July 30 (IANS) Two foreign nationals, possibly from the Middle East, were among three undertrial prisoners killed early on Saturday in violence inside the Sajiwa Central Jail in Imphal East district of Manipur, highly…
Karnataka shutdown over water verdict disrupts normal life
Bengaluru: Karnataka Rakshana Vedike members stage a demonstration against verdict on Mahadayii Kalasa Bandoori water projects, in Bengaluru on July 28, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Bengaluru, July 30 (IANS) Normal life was disrupted on Saturday across…
Timeline of rape case against ‘Peepli Live’ co-director Mahmood Farooqui
Timeline of the rape case against Mahmood Farooqui. June 19, 2015: American woman lodges FIR against ‘Peepli Live’ co-director Mahmood Farooqui at New Friends Colony police station. June 21, 2015: Delhi Police arrest Farooqui. July…
Markets surge on GST hopes, foreign funds
By Porisma P. Gogoi and Rohit Vaid Mumbai, July 30 (IANS) Indian equity markets were buoyed by positive anticipation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill clearing parliament, supported by a perceptible inflow of…