At least 468 people marooned in the villages of Siddharthnagar district in Uttar Pradesh, along the Indo-Nepal border, have been rescued by National Disaster Respnse Force teams which were rushed overnight to rescue the people affected by floods. Officials said the villages of the border town were hit by unprecedented flash floods and it submerged several villages on the intervening Read More

England all-rounder Ben Stokes has said he is “devastated” after his calf injury ruled him out of the third test against Pakistan. The 25-year-old tore his right calf muscle during England’s series-levelling 330-run win against Pakistan at Old Trafford on Monday, in his first appearance since undergoing a knee surgery in May. “Devastated about the injury especially with all the Read More

Joining Juventus in the most expensive transfer in Italian football history, Gonzalo Higuain is already setting his sights on a Champions League title. At his presentation Thursday, Higuain declared that Juventus’ goal this season is a treble _ winning Serie A, the Italian Cup and the Champions League. The Argentina striker says, “Clearly it’s a dream but that’s what we’ve Read More

Pakistan on Thursday said it is unaware if there will be any talks on the table between Islamabad and New Delhi on the sidelines of seventh SAARC meeting on August 4, in wake of Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh visit to the country. Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, pointed that on such occasions, there are expectation of Read More

An employee of Qatar Airways working at the Indira Gandhi International airport in Delhi, has been booked on charges of extortion after he was allegedly caught taking Rs 35,000 cash from a Doha-bound flyer. Officials said the incident took place late night on July 26 after CISF personnel detected the foreign airline employee taking some cash from the passenger on Read More

Using glamour to deglamourise drug addiction among people, especially schoolchildren, two NGOs have roped in noted celebrities like Amitabh Bachchanand Sunil Gavaskar as part of a campaign to spread the message of “getting high on life and not drugs”. The campaign launched on July 26 in Mumbai on Thursday, travelled to Delhi and apart from Bachchan and Gavaskar, enjoys support Read More

Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar today said though ruling BJP is “ideologically” opposed to casinos, his government has to follow the law in granting permission to these entities. Conceding that he has legal constraints as head of government, Parsekar told the Legislative Assembly that law can be amended to restrict these “onshore gambling dens” within two km from coast. “The Read More

BJP Jammu and Kashmir unit asked its spokespersons to speak forcefully and without any dithering against misinformation campaign launched by Opposition. “The need on part of the Spokespersons is to speak forcefully and without any dithering against misinformation campaign launched by some political parties for their partisan purposes,” a BJP Spokesman said. To review the media management of the party Read More

Taking note of the molestation complaints filed by at least three students, the Jadavpur University has initiated an inquiry into the incident and suspended the accused, whose parent was slated to take over as head of the English department from August 1. The accused, also a student of the English department, is said to have molested more than 13 students, Read More

The leader of the Syrian Islamist rebel group Nusra Front said on Thursday it was cutting its ties with al Qaeda to deny foreign powers including the United States and Russia a pretext to attack Syrians. Listed as a terrorist organisation by the United States, the Nusra Front was excluded from a truce negotiated in February. Russia and the United Read More