Day: July 19, 2019

I accidentally became a cricketer, says Ashwin

Ashwin says Zimbabwe Cricket suspension ‘heartbreaking’

8:14 pm July 19, 2019

New Delhi: The suspension of Zimbabwe Cricket has affected players not only in their country but it has also found an echo in cricket powerhouse India, with off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin Friday labelling the development “heartbreaking”. The ICC Thursday suspended Zimbabwe Cricket with immediate effect in violation of the global body’s constitution which doesn’t allow any […]

2020 debates: Biden-Harris rematch and progressive faceoff

8:05 pm July 19, 2019

Atlanta: The second set of summer Democratic presidential debates will feature a rematch with a twist, plus the first showdown of leading progressives as the party wrestles with its philosophical identity and looks ahead to a 2020 fight against President Donald Trump. Former Vice President Joe Biden and California Sen. Kamala Harris will take center […]

Indian Army inducted 364 women officers in 2019

Protestors block highway in Banihal over ‘missing’ man

5:58 pm July 19, 2019

Banihal/Jammu: Protestors demanding to know the whereabouts of a man who went missing from Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district earlier this month blocked the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Ramban’s Banihal belt on Friday, officials said. Gulam Rasool Wani, a resident of Tethar in Banihal, went missing from Jungle Gali area of Katra in Reasi on July […]

Sensex plummets 560 pts; bank, auto stocks bleed

5:56 pm July 19, 2019

Mumbai: Extending losses for the second consecutive session, market benchmark BSE Sensex plunged 560 points Friday after the government thwarted hopes of a tax relief for FPIs. Led by a sell-off in auto and banking stocks, the 30-share index cracked 560.45 points or 1.44 per cent to settle at 38,337.01. It hit an intra-day low […]

Gold nears Rs 36,000 mark, silver jumps Rs 935

5:54 pm July 19, 2019

New Delhi: Gold and silver prices continued their rally on Friday with the precious metal rising by Rs 280 to Rs 35,950 per 10 gram and the white metal crossing Rs 42,000 mark on persistent buying from jewellers, according to the All India Sarafa Association. Silver prices rose for the fourth consecutive day, surging Rs […]