June 14, 2021

Agartala, Jun 14 (UNI) West Tripura police arrested seven youths age between 19 and 21 years last night on the charge of gang-rape of four minor girls on June 12 last in a rubber estate at Bahamanipara of Gabardi area under Srinagar police…

New Delhi, Jun 14 (UNI) Former Indian volleyball captain and wife of sprinter Milkha Singh---Nirmal Kaur breathed her last after fighting a long battle with COVID-19 in a hospital in Mohali, Punjab. She was 85. Milkha Singh…

MOSCOW, June 14 (Sputnik) - SpaceX/Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk says Tesla Inc. will resume bitcoin cryptocurrency transactions when mining is done with more clean energy. "When there’s confirmation of reasonable (~50%) clean energy…

Washington, Jun 14 (Sputnik) US President Joe Biden is expected to discuss Afghanistan, as well as Syria, Libya, Russia and China during his upcoming meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, National Security Advisor Jake…

NEW DELHI: Domestic equity markets would track inflation data, the pace of COVID-19 vaccination and reopening of the economy this week, say analysts. Market participants are also awaiting the US central bank's monetary policy meeting for…

NEW DELHI: Total outstanding dues owed by electricity distribution utilities or discoms to power producers fell 11.2 per cent to Rs 81,628 crore in April 2021 from a year ago. Distribution companies (discoms) owed a total Rs 91,915 crore…

NEW DELHI: Czech car maker Skoda Auto is confident of crossing its historic peak sales volumes in India achieved nearly a decade ago by the middle of next year as it continues ramping up and launching new products despite businesses being…

CHANDIGARH: Last year, the exodus of migrant labourers to their home towns across India after the announcement of the lockdown in March had affected paddy sowing in Punjab. But this year, paddy farmers in the state have reasons to cheer.…

RAIPUR: The one-month-long protests by tribals against the setting up of a CRPF camp in Silger ended on Saturday with the authorities allaying some of their concerns. It comes a day after Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel agreed to meet the…

NEW DELHI: The Lok Janshakti Party appears set for a split as five of its six Lok Sabha MPs are learnt to have joined hands to oust Chirag Paswan as their leader in the House by electing his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras in his place.…

KOLKATA: Mukul Roy's ghar wapsi has sparked concerns not only in the BJP but also in West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress. The worry in the BJP camp is over the possibility of more Trinamool Congress turncoats in the party following…

Southampton , June 13 New Zealand on Sunday toppled India to become the number one ranked Test team in the world. The Kiwis achieved the feat after defeating England 1-0 in the two-match Test series on Sunday. New Zealand now has 123…

Abu Dhabi , June 13  South Africa batsman Faf du Plessis on Sunday provided an update on his health after he injured himself while playing for Quetta Gladiators in the 2021 Pakistan Super League (PSL). The veteran South African batsman…

Birmingham , June 13 England Test captain Joe Root on Sunday said that his side needs to front up and learn some hard lessons after losing the two-match series against New Zealand. Neil Wagner and Matt Henry took three wickets each as…

Moscow, Jun 14 (Sputnik) - EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell has held talks with Israel’s newly-appointed Foreign Minister Yair Lapid. "Spoke to @yairlapid to warmly congratulate him for his…

New Delhi, June 13 Elite Indian boxers preparing for next month's Tokyo Olympic Games are likely to train in Italy from next week. "There is a proposal to train in the Italian city of Assisi for more than a fortnight from next week.…

Paris, June 13 (IANS) World No.1 Novak Djokovic on Sunday made an astonishing comeback from being two sets down to beat fifth seed Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7(6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in four hours and 11 minutes and win the French Open…

Jerusalem, June 14  Naftali Bennett, leader of the right-wing Yamina (United Right) party, was sworn in as new Israeli prime minister on Sunday night, sending Benjamin Netanyahu to the opposition after a record 12-year rule. This came…

Geneva, June 14  Leaders of G7 countries have agreed in an agreement at their summit to share at least 870 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines directly, at least half of which are to be delivered by the end of 2021, the World Health…

Bogota , June 14   Colombian President Ivan Duque confirmed on Sunday that he had received his first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 and said that the National Vaccination Plan is continuing its fight to immunize 35 million people…