Fullerton Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram is through to the semi-finals of the US Open Super 300 tournament after recording a straight-game victory over South Korea’s Heo Kwang Hee in the quarter-finals on Friday. Ajay, who was ranked as high as 13th in the world in September last year before plummeting to his current placement of […]
New Delhi The age-old customary practice of exchanging sweets at Eid-ul-Fitr amongst army personnel from India and Pakistan at Attari-Wagah border turned sour this year. After continuous instances of ceasefire violations, Border Security Forces (BSF) and the Pakistan Rangers decided not to carry out the celebratory exchange. In the latest instance of ceasefire, 21-year-old rifleman […]
New Delhi India will raise duties on 30 products originating in the US, including motorcycles with engine capacity over 800 cc, fresh apples and almonds, as it strikes back against Washington’s move to impose higher duties on Indian steel and aluminium exports, an official said. Motor cycles with engine capacity over 800 cc is going […]
Bengaluru Parashuram Waghmare, the last of the six suspects arrested in connection with the killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, was her assassin, the SIT probing the sensational case said today. A senior official in the Special Investigation Team also said the same weapon was used to shoot Gauri Lankesh, rationalists Govind Pansare and M M […]
New Delhi More parties and leaders have come out in support of the ongoing sit-in protest by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at the Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal’s office. According to reports, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, actors-turned-politicians Kamal Hassan and Shatrughan Sinha, the CPI-M, the CPI and West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool […]
New Delhi India is facing its worst water crisis in history, a NITI Aayog report said today. The report said that currently 600 million Indians face high to extreme water shortage and about two lakh people die every year due to inadequate access to potable water. The water crisis will get worse, as the country’s […]
Fullerton Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram advanced to the quarterfinals of the US Open after defeating Brazil’s Ygor Coelho in a thrilling three-game match in the World Tour Super 300 tournament here. Jayaram, who is on a comeback trail following a long injury lay-off, recovered from an opening game loss to see off Brazil’s Ygor Coelho 19-21 21-12 21-16 […]
Suzuki might be the late entrant in the electric vehicle segment, but the Japanese auto giant wants to maintain sustainable growth with significantly large volume. In an attempt to do so, Suzuki is aiming to produce around 35,000 units of the EVs annually in India from the financial year 2020-2021. The first pure electric car from Maruti Suzuki in India will […]
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir’s leading English newspaper ‘Rising Kashmir’ on Friday paid tribute to its editor-in-chief Shujaat Bukhari who was shot dead by some bike-borne terrorists outside his office at the Press Colony on Thursday evening. Rising Kashmir’s latest edition hit the stands on Friday morning with its front page carrying the full-length photograph of […]
OnePlus 6 has crossed the mark of one million sales globally within 22 days of its launch that took place last month. With the fresh record, the latest model has become fastest selling OnePlus smartphone since the inception of the company in December 2013. The Shenzhen-based company previously sold a million units of the OnePlus […]