Day: October 21, 2019

Stray cattle in Goa eating non-veg food, says minister

2:37 pm October 21, 2019

Panaji: Stray cattle brought to a cow shelter in Goa are found to have turned non-vegetarian, state minister Michael Lobo has claimed. The animals developed this habit by feasting on leftover chicken and fried fish dumped in garbage, he said. “We brought 76 cattle from Calangute area to the gaushala where they are being looked […]

Centre approves renovation of heritage building of IIAS

2:21 pm October 21, 2019

Shimla: The heritage building of Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), which used to be the residence of viceroy from 1888 till Independence, will soon be renovated. Union ministry of human resource development (MHRD) has recently given its in-principle approval for the renovation of the heritage building which was renamed as Rashtrapati Nivas after Independence, […]

Heavy rainfall in several parts of Kerala

Heavy rain affects normal life in Ernakulam

2:18 pm October 21, 2019

Kochi: Heavy rains lashed many parts of Ernakulam district in Kerala on Monday affecting movement of trains and vehicles through inundated low-lying areas, officials said here. The MeT department has forecast heavy rains for many parts of the state, forcing the authorities to sound orange alerts in many districts. The state government said NDRF teams […]

Maharashtra polls: Several Bollywood celebrities, cast vote

2:14 pm October 21, 2019

Mumbai: Several Bollywood celebrities, including Aamir Khan, Madhuri Dixit Nene and Lara Dutta, stepped out on Monday morning to vote for the Maharashtra Assembly elections. Aamir Khan along with filmmaker-wife Kiran Rao came out to cast their votes in St Anne’s High School at Pali Hill area in suburban Bandra. “What I thought are important […]

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Pound shrugs off Johnson’s latest Brexit setback

2:01 pm October 21, 2019

Tokyo: Sterling fell modestly as trading resumed Monday following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s latest failure to break the Brexit deadlock, with forex markets shrugging off a weekend of drama in the British parliament. The currency was down 0.55 percent to US 1.2913 at around 0000GMT, holding relatively steady for a currency that has been […]