Ahmedabad, Aug. 2 : The death toll due to heavy rainfall in Gujarat has risen to 53.According to reports, 28 deaths have occurred in the worst-affected Banaskantha district.On Saturday, four MI17V5 choppers from Ahmedabad, and one each from Jodhpur and Phalodi had been called in for relief work in Banaskantha, in the wake of heavy […]
London : The International Olympic Committee president has admitted that organizers of the next year’s Rio Games face serious challenges over cleaning up the polluted bay where the sailing events are scheduled to be held.Sailors in Guanabara Bay have been reported to have witnessed pollution including discarded furniture and floating animal carcasses.According to the BBC, […]
Johannesburg, July 30 : Fast bowler Dale Steyn has become the second South African bowler after Shaun Pollock to get 400 Test wickets after dismissing Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal on the opening day of the second Test in Dhaka on Wednesday.Steyn, who is playing his 80th Test, reached his landmark when skipper Hashim Amla took […]
New Delhi, Jul 30 : Nationalist Congress Party leader Majeed Memon on Thursday said that the execution of the 1993 Mumbai terror attacks convict Yakub Memon appeared to be a “hasty” decision. “Well, Yakub has finally been executed and it is said that all the remedial measures as the law recognizes have duly been exhausted. […]
New Delhi, July 30 : Congress President Sonia Gandhi will be chairing a party strategy meeting for the Parliament at 10:30 a.m. today. Further details are awaited.