Johannesburg, November 24 : A South African appeals court increased paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius’ sentence for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp to 13 years and five months on Friday. The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein more than doubled his original sentence of six years after the state appealed that it was unduly lenient. Prosecutors […]
Nagpur, November 24 : Sri Lanka crawled back despite losing two more wickets to reach 151/4 at tea on the opening day of the second cricket Test against India at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium here on Friday.Skipper Dinesh Chandimal (47 not out) led the fightback for the tourists after pacer Ishant Sharma removed […]
New Delhi, November 24 : Delhi Metro lost over three lakh commuters a day after a steep fare hike came into effect in October, an RTI query has revealed. The Metro’s daily average ridership came down to 24.2 lakh in October from 27.4 lakh in September, translating to a fall of around 11 per cent. […]
New Delhi, November 24 : India has made “impressive” progress on the metrics of child development in the last decade, but there is a section of children who have been “left out” due to inequality or lack of access to resources, says a top UNICEF official. According to Justin Forsyth, deputy executive director of the […]
Porbandar, November 24 : Reaching out to the fishermen community in Gujarat ahead of the next month’s Assembly polls, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday promised to create a separate ministry for fisheries if the party comes to power at the Centre. He criticised the BJP government in Gujarat for stopping the subsidy given to […]