India said on Sunday that it would airlift its nationals from unrest-hit Yemen and is also sending a large ship to the Yemeni capital as Saudi Arabia-led Arab coalition warplanes continued airstrikes against the Shia Houthi rebels for the fourth consecutive day. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted: “Today we got permission to fly from […]
World No.4 shuttler Kidambi Srikanth won the men’s singles title at the $275,000 India Open Superseries defeating Danish Viktor Axelsen in the final here on Sunday. The second seeded Indian won 18-21, 21-13, 21-12 at the Siri Fort Sports Complex.
The BSF has killed two Pakistani smugglers along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab and recovered 12 kg heroin, valued at Rs.50 crore in the international market, from them, an official said on Sunday. The Border Security Force (BSF) troopers also recovered one AK-47 assault rifle, magazines and 31 rounds of ammunition from the spot in […]
Asserting that India-US strategic partnership has moved into a new “strategic plus” phase, US Ambassador to India, Richard Verma, says the two countries are focused on finding creative, realistic ways to move forward. “I believe we are witnessing a transformative time in US-India relations,” he told a Washington think tank on Friday outlining how President […]
IIT-Roorkee Director Pradipta Banerji said on Saturday that Indian industry should emulate the Western model and donate to academia in India while addressing the media on the sidelines of the Cognizance festival. He cited the examples of Cornell University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) which receive generous funds from industry and achieve great results. […]
Three women taxi drivers formerly employed with Goa’s first all women radio taxi service have alleged violation of labour laws by the Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC), a state government-run corporation, which has outsourced taxi operations to a private firm. The women taxi drivers have alleged that at the time of recruitment last year they […]
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly gang raped on Saturday in West Bengal’s Hooghly district, police said. The incident was reported from Uttarpara area in the district. Police said the accused took the girl, studying in class 9, to a deserted building and raped her. “Two arrests have been made and they have been produced in […]
To ensure equitable access to health services to all Delhiites, a new initiative that promises to provide free cab rides to hospitals and medical centres of the patient’s choice was launched here on Saturday. Introduced by OXXY, claiming to be India’s largest healthcare network and radio cab company, Uber, the service includes free rides to […]
A court in New Zealand has found two Indian-origin men guilty of murder and they are expected to be jailed for life with a minimum non-parole period of at least 10 years, media reported. Shivneel Kumar, 20, and Bryne Permal, 22, were on trial for nearly a month in the High Court at Auckland for […]
For the first time since its inception in 1950, the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) got a woman as its president when Poonam Mahajan was unanimously elected the head of the federation here on Saturday. Maharashtra State Basketball Association (MSBA) president Poonam, who is also a Member of Parliament from Mumbai North-Central Lok Sabha constituency, […]