Day: July 11, 2019

England hammer Australia to reach first World Cup final since 1992

10:44 pm July 11, 2019

Birmingham: England entered their first World Cup final since 1992 decimating five-time champions Australia by eight wickets after a fearless knock from Jason Roy here on Thursday. Chasing 224 in a World Cup semifinal was not expected to be a walk in the park but England made it just that with an aggressive approach that […]

Seven women among eight killed in accident

8:42 pm July 11, 2019

Saharanpur: Eight people, including seven women, were killed and over 12 injured in an accident in UP’s Saharanpur district Thursday, police said. The victims belonged to Meghrajpur village in the district, they said. They were travelling in a mini truck, when a Maruti Swift car rammed into it on the National Highway-59 in the area […]

Fugitive confidence trickster held in Bhubaneswar

8:40 pm July 11, 2019

Hyderabad: A 43-year-old man, on the run since January 2017 after allegedly cheating people here of crores of rupees, has been arrested in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, police said Thursday. Soumen Banerjee, hailing from West Bengal, posed as a Customs officer and cheated the people under the pretext of offering them gold coins at 50 per cent […]

Noisy scenes rock AP assembly over water sharing issues

8:38 pm July 11, 2019

Amaravati (AP): Acrimonious scenes were witnessed in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly Thursday over water sharing issues with Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy asking Leader of Opposition N Chandrababu Naidu whether he was “rearing donkeys” when Telangana was building Kaleshwaram irrigation project. As the Telugu Desam Party raised objection to his remark against their […]

Karnataka rebel MLAs arrive in Bengaluru

8:33 pm July 11, 2019

Bengaluru: As many as 10 Karnataka rebel MLAs, who were camping in Mumbai, arrived here by two special flights, hours after the Supreme Court allowed them to meet the Assembly Speaker to convey their decision to resign. The MLAs boarded a luxury bus from the HAL airport and proceeded towards the Vidhana Soudha, the state […]