We need to bat well at the top: Dhoni
Bengaluru, Apr 22: Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni urged his top-order to get their acts together and finish more matches going into the business-end of the Indian Premier League. Dhoni’s superb 48-ball-84 went in vain as RCB beat CSK by one run to stay afloat in the league. CSK’s problem has been their […]
US, Canada issue travel advisories to citizens travelling to Sri Lanka
Colombo, Apr 22 : The US and Canada have issued travel advisories to their citizens seeking to visit Sri Lanka, citing threats of terrorism, a day after the calm of Easter Sunday was shattered by gruesome bombings targeting the country’s churches and hotels that killed at least 290 people. According to advisories, travellers should exercise […]
BJP to scrap Art 370 in J&K; introduce NRC in the country:Shah
Uluberia/ Krishnanagar: BJP president Amit Shah on Monday said his party will scrap Article 370 of the Constitution which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir and introduce National Register for Citizens across the country after returning to power. Shah accused TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee of questioning the air strikes to “appease” her minority vote […]
Pakistan launches country-wide anti-polio drive
Islamabad: Pakistan, one of the three countries where polio is still endemic, on Monday launched a country-wide campaign to administer anti-polio drops 39 million children under five years of age. The campaign aims to provide anti-polio medicine to children in all four provinces as well as Pakistan occupied Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, said national coordinator of […]
Curfew lifted a day after Sri Lanka rocked with multiple blasts
Colombo, Apr 22: Sri Lanka on Monday lifted the curfew which was indefinitely imposed after the island nation was rocked with eight blasts targeting churches and hotels that killed over 215 people. Sri Lankan government on Sunday imposed curfew with immediate effect after the blasts which was lifted at 6 am Monday morning, police said. […]
EC submits detailed report in SC on biopic of PM Modi
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday submitted its detailed report to the Supreme Court on the biopic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took the EC’s report on Modi’s biopic and asked the poll panel to supply a copy of the report to the producer of the […]
Terror trounces Sri Lanka on Easter
More than 200 killed, around 500 injured as blasts hit churches, luxury hotels
Colombo, Apr 21: A string of eight devastating blasts, including suicide attacks, struck churches and luxury hotels frequented by foreigners in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing 215 people and shattering a decade of peace in the island nation since the end of the brutal civil war with the LTTE. The blasts – one of […]
Pakistan flays India’s decision to suspend cross-LoC trade
Islamabad, Apr 21: Pakistan on Sunday deplored India’s “unilateral” decision to suspend cross-LoC trade and rejected the allegations regarding its “misuse” by elements from across the border “to smuggle weapons, narcotics, fake currency and foment terrorism”. Hardening its stand against Pakistan, India on Thursday indefinitely suspended cross-border trade at two points along the Line of […]
India must also change to bring change in Pak behaviour: Chidambaram
New Delhi, Apr 21: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Sunday said that in order to bring a change in Pakistan’s behaviour, India must also change its behaviour towards the neighbouring country. The former Home minister also said that a way must be found to normalise the India-Pakistan relations so as to answer the country’s “biggest […]
Had warned Pak of consequences if pilot not returned: PM
Patan, Apr 21: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he had warned Pakistan of consequences if it did not return Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman. Addressing a poll rally at Patan in Gujarat, he asserted his government’s commitment towards national security and said whether the prime minister’s chair remains or not, he has […]
