Day: July 9, 2019

Tribal girl raped inside stationary bus in Puri

8:34 pm July 9, 2019

Puri: A teenaged tribal girl, who works at a water park in Malatipur area in Puri district, has been allegedly raped inside a stationary bus in the pilgrim town, a senior police officer said on Tuesday. The incident has triggered a political storm in the state, with the opposition parties, the BJP and the Congress, […]

India restrict New Zealand to 211/5 in 46.1 overs before rain stopped play

8:32 pm July 9, 2019

Manchester: Indian bowlers maintained their stranglehold on the opposition with another splendid performance, restricting New Zealand to a sub-par 211 for five when rain stopped play in the first semi-final of the World Cup here Tuesday. Despite half-centuries from skipper Kane Williamson (67 off 95 balls) and veteran Ross Taylor (67 no off 85 balls), […]

Maharashtra Father-son use lockdown time to solve water woes

Drought is a real problem, use water efficiently to save land from degradation: Javadekar

8:24 pm July 9, 2019

New Delhi: Drought is a real problem in India as 60 per cent of its agriculture is entirely dependent on monsoon because of no irrigation facility, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said Tuesday, urging people to make efficient use of water to save land from degradation. He made the statement at a press conference here with […]

Budget has no roadmap: Raja

8:20 pm July 9, 2019

New Delhi: Lambasting the Union Budget, Former Union Minister A Raja Tuesday said that it has no roadmap. “I am not really able to respect the budget. You gave the budget…But what are all the assurances given in the budget. In order to achieve the assurances there is no roadmap at all,” Raja (DMK) said, […]

Crowded in camps, Rohingya refugees vulnerable to virus

SC to hear in August pleas on Centre’s move to deport illegal Rohingyas

8:17 pm July 9, 2019

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it would accord final hearing in August on a batch of petitions challenging the Centre’s decision to deport illegal Rohingya Muslim immigrants to Myanmar. The top court is also seized of petitions which support the government’s stand to deport over 40,000 Rohingyas, who fled to India […]