CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Congress President Mr Partap Singh Bajwa today condoled the death of Gurdaspur resident Gurpreet Kaur in the general hospital here who had committed self-immolation in December last in front of the residence of the Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal. She was unemployed and had knocked at every door to get job. […]
The BCCI’s first working committee meeting under new chief Jagmohan Dalmiya will look at the low valuation of the Chennai Super Kings and discuss the future of the Champions League Twenty20. Any decision to appoint Team India’s new coach is highly unlikely to be taken.Reports had suggested former India captain Sourav Ganguly might take over […]
Kathmandu, Apr 26: Death toll in Nepal due to the devastating earthquake that hit the country, today rose to 1,807 with over 1,000 casualties in Kathmandu Valley alone. A 7.9-magnitude earthquake jolted the Himalayan nation yesterday followed by several aftershocks and left a trail of death and destruction, flattening houses and buildings, including the iconic […]
MOUNT EVEREST, NEPAL: Helicopters airlifted injured climbers off Mount Everest today after an avalanche killed at least 17 people, an AFP team at the scene reported, as images of the disaster showed a terrifying cloud of snow roaring towards base camp.Six helicopters landed at base camp in Nepal, the agency’s Kathmandu bureau chief Ammu Kannampilly […]
NEW DELHI: Eighteen members of India’s Under-14 girls football team find themselves stuck in Nepal following a massive earthquake, amid anxious wait that the rescue team sent from their home country will fly them out of the devastated Himalayan nation. The scared Indian girls and two support staff have decided to sleep outside their rooms […]