Day: June 16, 2019

World Cup 2019: Rain Stops match, India 305/4

6:45 pm June 16, 2019

Manchester: Rohit Sharma hit his second hundred in this World Cup to put India in a dominant position against arch rivals Pakistan on Sunday. Rohit Sharma is now the 2nd Indian after Virat Kohli to score a hundred against Pakistan in a World Cup match. Overall, this is Rohit Sharma’s 24th hundred in ODIs and […]

Heatwave claims 44 lives in Bihar

6:32 pm June 16, 2019

Patna: At least 44 people have died in a blistering heatwave that hit three Bihar districts on Saturday, officials said on Sunday. The officials at the Disaster Management Control Room said 22 people died in Aurangabad, 20 in Gaya and two in Nawada districts due to the heatwave. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has expressed grief […]

New rural development ministry office to come up

6:29 pm June 16, 2019

New Delhi: The Union government has decided to make a new headquarters for the Ministry of Rural Development here, which will also house offices of other related departments and organisations. The move aims to have a single operations centre for planning and implementation of rural development schemes. The Central Public Works Department (CPWD) was assigned […]

Cyclone Vayu weakens, to cross Guj coast by night

Vayu to weaken before recurving towards Guj coast

6:26 pm June 16, 2019

Ahmedabad: Cyclone Vayu is likely to gradually weaken into a cyclonic storm during the next 24 hours before it recurves and crosses the Gujarat coast by Monday midnight as a depression, the meteorological department said. On Sunday morning, the cyclone remained centred about 470 km west-southwest of Porbandar, 440 km southwest of Dwarka and 545 […]

Rajasthan’s Suman Rao crowned Miss India World 2019

6:22 pm June 16, 2019

Mumbai: Suman Rao, a CA student from Rajasthan, emerged the winner of Miss India World 2019. The ceremony was held at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium on Saturday here. Chhattisgarh’s Shivani Jadhav, an engineer by qualification, was crowned Miss Grand India 2019, while management student Shreya Shanker from Bihar won Miss India United Continents […]