Mathura, Nov 21 (IANS) Six unidentified armed bandits looted Rs. 30 lakh in broad daylight from a branch of the Syndicate Bank on at Chaumuhan town on the Delhi-Mathura national highway, police said. Police said a customer and a bank official were injured in the scuffle with the robbers. Senior police officers, including the inspector […]
Bengaluru, Nov 21 (IANS) As the temperature dropped in the Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium after overnight repairs to the air-conditioning unit, there was a quantum jump in the quality of play as jostling began for knockout berths in the IBSF World Snooker Championship here Friday. Thailand’s Boonyarit Keattikun crafted two century breaks of 100 and […]
Islamabad, Nov 21 (IANS/EFE) Three more babies died Friday due to lack of oxygen in incubators in a hospital in eastern Pakistan, bringing the number of infant deaths to 15, an official source told Efe news agency. The deaths of the premature babies occurred over the last two days at the university hospital of Sargodha […]
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) A day after CBI director Ranjit Sinha recused himself from the investigation and prosecution of the 2G spectrum allocation case following a Supreme Court order, Additional Director R.K. Dutta Friday took charge of the probe. Rupak Kumar Dutta, a 1981-batch IPS officer from the Karnataka cadre, is the senior-most officer […]
Washington, Nov 21 (IANS) US President Barack Obama awarded the National Medal of Science to Indian American scientist Thomas Kailath for his transformative contribution to science and technology. Kerala-born Stanford University Professor Kailath, 79, received the medal along with 18 of America’s top thinkers, discoverers, and innovators at a ceremony in the East Room of […]
Shimla, Nov 21 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo moto cognisance of the illicit felling of over 450 trees on the outskirts of Shimla, an official said Friday. A bench of the NGT Thursday issued notice to the state chief secretary and the principal secretary (forests) to file their reply before Jan […]
Gurgaon, Nov 21 (IANS) The Haryana government has asked for the status of the land holdings of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra from four deputy commissioners (DCs) of the state including Gurgaon, Faridabad, Palwal and Mewat, an official said. Taking action on the complaint of senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka who cancelled one […]
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) An 11-year-old boy, kidnapped from Delhi, was rescued from a railway station in Jharkhand and two people were arrested with the help of the Railway Protection Force (RPF), police said Friday. Sanjay Kumar Singh and Mantu Parsad, both residents of West Bengal, were arrested from Gomoh railway station in Jharkhand […]
Glasgow, Nov 21 (IANS) Indian shuttlers Anand Pawar and Saili Rane reached the quarterfinals of their respective categories at the $50,000 Scottish Open Grand Prix here Friday. Men’s singles seventh seed Pawar defeated Dutch Erik Meijs 21-17, 21-17 in 43 minutes at the Emirates Arena. With the win the Mumbaikar extended his career record to […]
Minister for Sport and Recreation Stuart Ayres has congratulated the State’s best athletes at the annual 2014 NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) Awards in Sydney tonight. Minister Ayres said he is proud of the success that NSWIS athletes had enjoyed on the world stage during the year. “This year was another bumper year for sport […]