Day: July 8, 2019

Dravid to be head coach for India's tour of Sri Lanka

BCCI appoints Dravid as Head of Cricket at NCA

10:39 pm July 8, 2019

New Delhi: Former India captain Rahul Dravid was on Monday appointed as Head of Cricket at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), the BCCI has announced. Dravid was supposed to take over as NCA head from July 1 but his job at the India Cements caused the delay. The Committee of Administrators (CoA) asked Dravid to […]

EDMC kicks off month-long anti-dengue campaign

Assam encephalitis toll rises to 57

10:35 pm July 8, 2019

Guwahati: A total of 57 deaths and 234 cases of Japanese encephalitis (JE) have been reported till Monday in Assam, a National Health Mission (NHM) bulletin here on Monday. Eight more deaths and 44 fresh JE cases have been reported since Friday in the state where the transmission season is at its peak. Though the […]

2 boys die after falling into water-filled pit in Thane

10:32 pm July 8, 2019

Thane: Two 12-year-old boys Monday died after falling into a rainwater-filled pit in Titwala area of Thane district, an official said. The incident happened around 4:30pm in Manda area and the bodies of Piyush Pathak and Mayank Sharma were brought out by local fishermen, he said. “The two were playing near Shelar chawl,” he said. […]

Amarnath Yatra: 'Pratham Pooja' held in Jammu

Over 15,000 pilgrims pay obeisance at Amarnath shrine

10:25 pm July 8, 2019

Srinagar: More than 15,000 pilgrims paid obeisance at the naturally formed ice lingam in the cave shrine of Amarnath on Monday, an official said. With this, till date over 1 lakh devotees have visited the shrine located at a height of 3,880 meters in the south Kashmir Himalayas, he said. “On the eighth day of […]

UIDAI allows Aadhaar updation facility through CSCs

Parliament passes Aadhaar amendment bill

10:23 pm July 8, 2019

New Delhi: Parliament on Monday passed an amendment bill which allows voluntary use of Aadhaar as proof of identity for users to open bank accounts and get mobile phone connections. The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed in Rajya Sabha by a voice vote, although many parties including the Trinamool Congress and […]