Day: November 13, 2019

COVID-19 negative certificates mandatory for Sabarimala pilgrims

Sabarimala verdict: Anxiety grips Kerala

8:52 pm November 13, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: Political parties, right wing outfits and devotees in Kerala are keeping their fingers crossed as the Supreme Court is set to pronounce on Thursday its verdict on pleas seeking review of its decision to allow entry of women of all age groups in the Sabarimala Temple. The southern state had witnessed high drama and […]

Man killed in celebratory firing in Madhya Pradesh

8:48 pm November 13, 2019

Ujjain (MP): A man was killed in a celebratory firing during his son’s pre-wedding procession at Jagoti village in the district, police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred at a pre-wedding procession that was heading towards a temple in Jagoti, around 30 km from the district headquarters in Madhya Pradesh, Raghvi police station in-charge Shankar […]

Heavy deployment of police outside JNU ahead of protest march to Parliament

JNU partially rolls back hike in hostel fees

8:33 pm November 13, 2019

New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University on Wednesday decided to partially rollback the hike in hostel fees following protests by students for 16 days. The decision was taken in varsity’s Executive Council (EC) meeting which had to be shifted outside the campus at the last moment fearing agitation by students. “JNU Executive Committee announces major […]

Too much noise about spin-friendly tracks: Kohli

Interesting to see how old pink ball behaves with dew around: Kohli

8:30 pm November 13, 2019

Indore: The pink ball swings more than the red one but how it would behave after getting old, especially when dew will be a factor, is keeping India skipper Virat Kohli intrigued ahead of team’s historic day-night Test against Bangladesh. The pink ball Test is still a few days away but Kohli, on the eve […]

Rupee crashes to over 2-mth low, tumbles 62 paise

8:22 pm November 13, 2019

Mumbai: The rupee nosedived 62 paise to hit an over two-month low of 72.09 to the US dollar on Wednesday as poor macro data and lingering worries over US-China trade war weighed on sentiment. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened on a weak note at 71.75 against the US dollar. As the day […]