Day: October 21, 2019

Banking services to be affected on Oct 22

8:17 pm October 21, 2019

Kolkata: Banking services across the country are likely to be partially disrupted on October 22 as two bank unions will go on a 24-hour strike on the day. The strike has been called by All India Bank Employees’ Association (AIBEA) and the Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) to protest against recent bank mergers, falling […]

India complete formalities, blow away South Africa for 3-0 clean sweep

India 2 wickets away from 3-0 clean sweep

8:12 pm October 21, 2019

Ranchi: India closed in on a 3-0 whitewash of South Africa by reducing the visitors to 132 for eight in their second innings at stumps on day three of the third and final Test, here on Monday. Theunis de Bruyn (30) and Anrich Nortje (5) will resume South Africa’s second innings on Tuesday. They are […]

54.53 pc polling till 5 pm in Maharashtra Assembly elections

7:12 pm October 21, 2019

Mumbai: Altogether 54.53 per cent voters exercised their franchise till 5 pm on Monday in Maharashtra, after polling for the 288 Assembly seats began at 7 am, poll officials said. Voting will end at 6 pm. The Congress-NCP combine is seeking to dislodge the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance government in the state in the polls. Prominent […]

Former TDP leader joins BJP

7:07 pm October 21, 2019

New Delhi: Former TDP leader Adinarayana Reddy, a three-time MLA who had served as a minister in the Chandrababu Naidu government, joined the BJP on Monday, giving a boost to the saffron party’s drive to emerge as a strong force in Andhra Pradesh. He had resigned from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in September. Reddy […]

12-year-old boy charred to death in J-K's Samba

Drunkard sets house on fire, killing self, 2 children

7:04 pm October 21, 2019

Bengaluru: A 45-year-old man in an inebriated state allegedly set his house on fire killing himself and his two children, including a daughter, in the city on Monday, police said. His wife is battling for life at a government hospital, where she has been admitted with critical burn injuries, police said. Neighbours noticed the fire […]