Kings XI Punjab captain KL Rahul on Thursday became the fastest Indian batsman to reach 2000 IPL runs. Rahul achieved the feat in IPL 2020 match No.6 against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Dubai. Rahul, in the process, overtook Sachin Tendulkar, who till today held the record for being the fastest […]
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India underlines stability on ground ahead of fresh round of talks with China
India and China are set to hold another round of diplomatic and military talks to try and take forward the disengagement process along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), with New Delhi on Thursday pressing for stability at the friction points in Ladakh sector. A meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination […]
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Kashmiri lawyer Babar Qadri shot dead in Srinagar by unidentified gunmen
Unidentified gunmen shot dead Kashmiri lawyer Babar Qadri in Hawal area of Srinagar on Thursday. Qadri was rushed to the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) hospital in Srinagar where doctors declared him ‘dead on arrival’, news agency PTI reported. Qadri was recently suspended from the bar association. He sought his […]
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Amy Jackson-Andreas’ dapper camaraderie makes heads turn
Hosting a close-knit affair in the United Kingdom as her little munchkin turned one, Robot 2.0 star Amy Jackson held nothing short of an “enchanted garden party” for her son Andreas Jax Panayiotou. Decked up nicely in a white theme decor, the garden looked dreamy with the decorations, a magnificent forest-themed birthday cake […]
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Deepika, Sara spotted leaving for Mumbai, will appear before NCB
Actors Deepika Padukone and Sara Ali Khan, who were both in Goa, have taken off for Mumbai after they were summoned by the Narcotics Control Bureau in connection to the ongoing probe into the alleged drugs nexus in Bollywood, which stemmed from Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. While Deepika is expected to appear […]
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Former Australia cricketer Dean Jones passes away at 59
Former Australia cricketer and renowned commentator Dean Jones passed away on Thursday following a massive cardiac arrest in Mumbai. He was 59. A batsman during his playing days, Jones played 52 Tests and 164 ODIs for Australia between 1984 and 1994 before venturing into commentary. Jones was part of the […]
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B Narayan Rao, Congress MLA from Bidar in Karnataka, dies due to Covid-19
Basvakalyan Narayan Rao, the sitting Congress legislator from Bidar in Karnataka, died due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). He was 66. Rao was admitted to Manipal hospital in Bengaluru on September 1. His condition deteriorated in the last few days. The hospital said that the MLA breathed his last at […]
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Cross-border terror among key challenges for Saarc: Jaishankar
Cross-border terror, blocking connectivity and obstructing trade are the key challenges that the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) must overcome to ensure lasting peace and security in the region, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday. Jaishankar made the remarks while addressing an informal virtual meeting of foreign ministers […]
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Sushant Singh Rajput death: NCB to record additional statements of Showik, Sawant
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Thursday started recording another set of statements of Rhea Chakraborty’s brother Showik and Sushant Singh Rajput’s cook Dipesh Sawant at Taloja Prison. NCB’s Mumbai Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede confirmed the development. NCB reached Taloja Prison after obtaining permission from a special court constituted to […]
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Experts say second wave of Covid-19 at peak in Delhi, says CM Kejriwal
The second wave of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is at its peak in Delhi right now, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday. He also said that “experts feel that number of cases will decline in the coming days”. “From July 1 to August 17, cases were in control. We noticed that […]
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Jaishankar, NSA, Naqvi attend Saudi Arabia’s national day
At a time when diplomatic receptions are a rarity, both External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval attended Saudi Arabia’s national day, reflecting the importance attached by India to its ties with the kingdom. Besides Jaishankar and Doval, the event held at the Saudi embassy on […]
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Only 21% parents ready to send their kids to schools in UP
Parents of only 21% secondary school students enrolled in 1,079 institutions of Prayagraj district that are affiliated to UP Board, are ready to send their children back to school to get guidance from their teachers, Board officials said. In response to an initiative of the UP Board secretary Divyakant Shukla […]
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Telangana cop had Rs 70 crore in illegal wealth, unearth raids
The Anti-Corruption Bureau authorities in Hyderabad on Thursday arrested an Assistant Commissioner of Police, a day after conducting searches in his house that unearthed assets worth Rs 70 crore, which were disproportionate to his known sources of income. The ACB authorities produced Yelamakuri Narasimha Reddy, presently working as ACP in […]
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CBSE 12th compartment results will be declared by Oct 10, board informs SC
CBSE on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that results of Class 12 compartment exams will be declared by October 10. UGC informed the Supreme Court that the Academic Calendar has been finalised according to which admissions will close by October 31 and time for provisional admissions will continue even after […]
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Airlines can decide baggage limitations for domestic flights, says civil aviation ministry
The Ministry of civil aviation on Thursday issued revised guidelines for domestic air travel, giving airlines permission to decide baggage limitation as per their respective policies. “The matter with regard to check-in baggage has been reviewed based on the feedback/inputs received from concerned stakeholders. Considering the convenience of the passengers, […]