Real Madrid begin title defence in style
Spanish football club Real Madrid started its Champions League title defence with a comfortable 5-1 win over Swiss club Basel while Atletico Madrid slipped to a surprise 2-3 defeat to Olympiakos. Real Madrid’s big victory Tuesday night lifted the confidence of coach Carlo Ancelotti and the... read more »
Keep your feet on the ground, Sena tells BJP after bypoll results
MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena on Wednesday took potshots at the BJP for the reverses suffered by it in the bypolls, saying it should learn a lesson and keep its “feet on the ground”. “In Lok Sabha polls, BJP made great strides in UP but now the bypoll results have been the opposite. This... read more »
Men’s helpline gets 25,000 calls over four months
SIF, the mobile app launched five months ago for the protection of men’s rights, has received a mega response in the last four months. The app, launched by Save India Family Foundation NGO, has received 25,000 calls in the last four-five months. It was launched to help men at the receiving... read more »
Bhushan in bind due to Supreme Court rule
New Delhi : Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan is in a bind in protecting his source of information he used to expose CBI director Ranjit Sinha hobnobbing with the 2G scam accused in secret nocturnal meetings at his home and moved the Supreme Court for his recuse from the scam probe. His affidavit... read more »
India slips to 71st rank in global competitiveness list
Weighed down by challenging economic conditions for most part of the past year, India has slipped to 71st position – the lowest among BRICS countries – in an annual global... read more »
Diesel under-recovery drops to 8 paise a litre
The under-recovery on diesel for national oil marketing companies (OMCs) is down to a wafer thin 8 paise a litre, a pattern that could soon bring relief to consumers from the... read more »
Russian photojournalist killed in eastern Ukraine
Russia’s state-owned RIA Novosti news agency said one of its photojournalists has died in eastern Ukraine. Andrei Stenin went missing in early August, his whereabouts unknown. The... read more »
Lottery to decide participants at Modi’s public reception
A lottery system would decide the participants who would get to attend the public reception of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 28 at the prestigious Madison Square Garden in New... read more »
11 killed in Pakistan building collapse
At least 11 people, including two women and two children, were killed and 18 others injured when a three-storey building collapsed in Pakistan’s Sindh province. The building located in Choori... read more »
