Aditi Tandon New Delhi, July 21 Counting of votes for the 16th presidential election began at the Parliament House Room number 63 here on Thursday with the ruling NDA combine candidate Droupadi Murmu pitched to win big against her Opposition challenger Yashwant Sinha. After the first round of counting, Murmu…
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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann admitted to hospital in Delhi
New Delhi, July 21 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was admitted to a hospital in Delhi on Wednesday early morning, said sources on Thursday. Mann was admitted for treatment in Delhi’s Apollo Hospital after he felt unwell. The Chief Minister was checked for a stomach ache following which the doctors…
View More Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann admitted to hospital in Delhi2 Sidhu Moosewala killers shot in Amritsar encounter
PK JaiswarHoshiarnagar (Amritsar), July 20 In a five-hour-long operation at a village near Attari, the anti-gangster task force of the Punjab Police today gunned down two gangsters, wanted in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case. Jagroop Singh amp;Manpreet Singh They have been identified as Jagroop Singh Rupa and Manpreet…
View More 2 Sidhu Moosewala killers shot in Amritsar encounterRanil elected SL Prez, no let-up in protests
New Delhi, July 20Sri Lankan Parliament today elected Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the President in place of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a development likely to anger anti-government protesters who have been demanding his resignation.In a three-way contest, the six-time PM received 134 votes in the 225-member House while his main rival…
View More Ranil elected SL Prez, no let-up in protestsRanil Wickremesinghe elected Sri Lanka President, no let-up in protests
New Delhi, July 20Sri Lankan Parliament today elected Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the President in place of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a development likely to anger anti-government protesters who have been demanding his resignation.In a three-way contest, the six-time PM received 134 votes in the 225-member House while his main rival…
View More Ranil Wickremesinghe elected Sri Lanka President, no let-up in protestsRe closes below 80/USD for 1st time amid deficit worries
New Delhi, July 20The Indian rupee fell 13 paise on Wednesday to close below the 80 mark for the first time against the US dollar due to a strong demand for the greenback amid high crude oil prices. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 79.91 and…
View More Re closes below 80/USD for 1st time amid deficit worries‘Humanity over rivalry’, says 90-year-old Indian woman as she re-visits Pakistan home after seven decades
Rawalpindi, Pakistan, July 20 As 90-year-old Indian woman Reena Varma stands on the balcony of the house in Pakistan where she was born, visiting on Wednesday for the first in 75 years, she recalls her playful childhood. “I would stand here and sing,” said Varma, as her eyes filled with…
View More ‘Humanity over rivalry’, says 90-year-old Indian woman as she re-visits Pakistan home after seven decades‘Ya Ali’ singer Zubeen Garg airlifted to Guwahati after head injury
ANI Guwahati, July 20 Singer and music composer Zubeen Garg, who was admitted to a private hospital in Assam’s Dibrugarh after sustaining a minor head injury, has been airlifted to Guwahati on Wednesday. According to doctors, the singer is now in stable condition and out of danger. Assam Chief Minister…
View More ‘Ya Ali’ singer Zubeen Garg airlifted to Guwahati after head injuryHorrible road crash captured on camera; 4 dead as speeding ambulance crashes against toll plaza in Karnataka
Udupi (Karnataka), July 20In a grisly road accident, a speeding ambulance skidded and crashed against a toll plaza killing four people on the spot and critically injuring an equal number of persons standing near the place in Byndoor here on Wednesday, police said.All four people in the ambulance, including the…
View More Horrible road crash captured on camera; 4 dead as speeding ambulance crashes against toll plaza in KarnatakaFor first time, rupee breaches 80-mark against dollar
New Delhi, July 20The rupee fell on Wednesday to 13 paise to close below the 80 mark for the first time against the US currency due to a strong demand for the greenback amid high crude oil prices. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 79.91 and…
View More For first time, rupee breaches 80-mark against dollarRace to become UK PM down to final two: Rishi Sunak to face Liz Truss in final leg
London, July 20 Rishi Sunak on Wednesday clinched his place for the final leg of the race to succeed Boris Johnson and will go head-to-head with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss as one of two finalists to take charge as Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister. Sunak won the fifth…
View More Race to become UK PM down to final two: Rishi Sunak to face Liz Truss in final legHaryana Police nab truck driver who mowed down DSP Surender Singh in Nuh
Sanjay Yadav Gurugram, July 20 Nuh police have nabbed the truck driver who had mowed down deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Surender Singh when he had signalled him to stop on Tuesday. Sabbir alias Mittar, the key accused in the case, was arrested from Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district. He was caught…
View More Haryana Police nab truck driver who mowed down DSP Surender Singh in NuhTruck driver who mowed down Haryana DSP Surender Singh arrested
Sanjay Yadav Gurugram, July 20 Nuh police have nabbed the truck driver who had mowed down deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Surender Singh when he had signalled him to stop on Tuesday. Sabbir alias Mittar, the key accused in the case, was arrested from Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district. He was caught…
View More Truck driver who mowed down Haryana DSP Surender Singh arrestedMurmu set to be elected 15th President, counting on Thursday
Aditi TandonNew Delhi, July 20Counting for the 16th presidential election is due on Thursday at Parliament House with the ruling NDA combine candidate Droupadi Murmu all set to win against opposition challenger Yashwant Sinha.Voting trends on election day, including cross voting in Murmu’s favour, indicated a clear, comfortable edge for…
View More Murmu set to be elected 15th President, counting on ThursdayRipudaman Malik’s killing has hallmarks of professional ‘hit’: Canada’s former top cop
Toronto, July 20 The targeted killing of Ripudaman Singh Malik, the Sikh man acquitted in the tragic 1985 Air India Kanishka terrorist bombing case, has all the hallmarks of a professional murder-for-hire person and it could be a ‘difficult investigation’,” according to British Columbia’s former solicitor general. On July 15,…
View More Ripudaman Malik’s killing has hallmarks of professional ‘hit’: Canada’s former top cop