Washington Syria ally Russia warned Friday of “consequences” following the launch of US-led strikes against Bashar al-Assad’s regime in retaliation for a suspected chemical attack. “Again, we are being threatened,” Russia’s ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, said in a statement. “We warned that such actions will not be left without consequences. All responsibility for them […]
Gold Coast India’s badminton giants PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal set up the much-anticipated women’s singles summit clash at the Commonwealth Games after winning their respective semifinals in contrasting fashion. The 22-year-old Olympic silver medallist, who had missed the mixed team competition due to an ankle sprain, knocked out defending champion Michelle Li 21-18 21-8 in just 26 […]
Gold Coast There was no stopping the gold rush in wrestling as two more were added to the Indian tally by Vinesh Phogat (50kg) and Sumit (125kg) but Olympic bronze-medallist Sakshi Malik (62kg) had to be content with a third-place finish in the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Saturday. Adding another bronze to the count was Somveer, in […]
Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was honored with the title of ‘Dalit Mitra’ by the Ambedkar Mahasabha in Lucknow on Saturday on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti. Addressing the event, Adityanath said that the BJP government has worked tirelessly for the upliftment of Dalits. “The BJP government, under the leadership of Prime Minister […]
Mumbai The Shiv Sena on Saturday slammed both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress for the recent one-day hunger strike observed by both the parties calling it a ‘drama’. BJP’s estranged ally Shiv Sena in its editorial mouthpiece Saamna hit out at both the parties over the photographs that went viral in which […]
Gold Coast: India on Friday witnessed the best performance so far at the Commonwealth Games 2018, adding a rich haul of 11 medals including three gold, four silver and four bronze medals. The overall medal tally rose to 42, which includes 17 gold, 11 silver and 14 bronze. India also qualified for 12 gold-medal matches, […]
The US Treasury added India to its watch list of countries with potentially questionable foreign exchange policies, joining China and four others, according to a report issued on Friday. Treasury said the “monitoring list” includes those “major trading partners that merit close attention to their currency practices.” In addition to India, the semi-annual report to […]
The PSEB Class 10th Matriculation Exam result 2018 and PSEB Class 12 Senior Secondary Exam result 2018 will be declared by the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) soon. The PSEB will declare the Class 12 Senior Secondary Exam result 2018 and Class 10th Matriculation Exam result 2018 on its official website www.pseb.ac.in. The PSEB Class […]
New Delhi Disturbed over the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua in the Jammu region, Union minister Maneka Gandhi has asked her department to work on a proposal to amend the POCSO law to bring in the provision of death penalty for the rape of a minor below the age of 12 years. In […]
Gold Coast Anish Bhanwala broke Games record on Friday as he earned a gold medal in the Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol to take India’s medal tally to 34 on Day 9 of Commonwealth Games 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia. With the feat, the 15-year old became the youngest medalist for India in the history of CWG. […]