Day: October 13, 2019

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Man killed in accident in northeast Delhi

11:59 pm October 13, 2019

New Delhi: A 45-year-old man was killed and another injured after their cycles was hit by a speeding truck in northeast Delhi’s Khajuri Khas area on Sunday, police said. The incident occurred when Vasudev Dikshit and Sandeep Sharma, 35, who are newspaper vendors, were on their cycles when the truck hit them near an intersection […]

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Sourav Ganguly hospitalised after chest pain

Ganguly set to be new BCCI President

11:58 pm October 13, 2019

Mumbai: In a dramatic turn of events, former captain Sourav Ganguly emerged as consensus candidate to be BCCI’s new President after Brijesh Patel appeared to have grabbed the coveted post. Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah will be the new secretary while Arun Dhumal will be the new treasurer. Dhumal is younger brother […]

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Gusty winds bring mercury down in Delhi

Days before strict anti-pollution measures kick in, air quality dips to ‘very poor’ in Delhi-NCR

11:56 pm October 13, 2019

New Delhi: A layer of haze lingered over the national capital on Sunday as the city’s air quality plunged to the “very poor” category, days before strict measures to fight air pollution come into force under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi touched the 301 mark by […]

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Muraleedharan calls on Pope Francis

Muraleedharan calls on Pope Francis

11:54 pm October 13, 2019

Vatican City: Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Sunday called on Pope Francis and presented him Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi’ and caparisoned elephant of Kerala temple festivals, reflecting India’s age-old traditions. Muraleedharan, who led the Indian delegation at a ceremony in the Vatican City in which the Pope declared Indian nun […]

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Pentagon orders shutdown of Stars and Stripes newspaper

Pentagon chief vows to cooperate with impeachment probe

11:50 pm October 13, 2019

Washington: US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday the Pentagon would cooperate with the congressional impeachment inquiry — in an apparent break with President Donald Trump’s policy to thwart the probe. Esper said his department would try to comply with a subpoena from House Democrats seeking records relating to the withholding of US military aid […]

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