October 2021

With Brazil’s presidential election one year away, tens of thousands of demonstrators marched Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and dozens of other cities around the country to protest President Jair Bolsonaro and call for his…

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday hit out at the government over alleged Chinese incursions in Ladakh and Uttarakhand. He also took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi using his 56-inch chest remark that he made at rallies in…

Barely a month after Haryana IAS officer Ayush Sinha’s “break heads” remark against farmers resulted in a major controversy, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has made comments that are snowballing into a political row. In a video, the CM…

The Rashtriya Janata Dal on Sunday announced its candidates for by-elections to Tarapur and Kusheshwar Asthan assembly segments of Bihar, in what is being seen as a snub to the Congress, its junior ally, which wants to contest one of the…

Bhupender Yadav talks about meeting climate goals, differentiates BJP changes from those ‘enforced’ by Cong in Punjab, expresses trust in Yogi’s leadership, and says govt will answer on Pegasus in court. The session was moderated by Deputy…

With every game, KKR is hurtling from strength to strength. After unearthing a new batting hero in Venkatesh Iyer, they stumbled on a missing block in their playoff pursuit, Shakib Al Hasan, who with Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarty…

Bayern Munich suffered their first defeat of the season and their first Bundesliga home loss to Eintracht Frankfurt in 21 years when Filip Kostic drilled home an 83rd minute goal to earn the visitors a shock 2-1 victory on Sunday. Kostic…

Real Madrid stumbled again on Sunday, losing 2-1 at Espanyol to see its 25-game unbeaten streak in the Spanish league come to an end. It was the third straight match without a win for Madrid, which was coming off a shock home loss to…

NEW DELHI: Petrol and diesel prices soared to new record highs across the country on Saturday after rates were hiked again by 25 paise and 30 paise a litre, respectively. The price of petrol in Delhi rose to its highest ever level of Rs…

BOSTON: Restricting air traffic between India and Germany is hurting both the economies and the Lufthansa group is eagerly waiting for the Indian government to allow more flights between the two countries, said its CEO Carsten Spohr here on…

Mumbai, Oct 3 (UNI) Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aaryan and two others were arrested by Narcotics Control Bureau in connection of alleged rave party onboard a cruise ship off Mumbai coast on Saturday night. Besides Aaryan Khan,…

Shillong, Oct 3 (UNI) Air Marshal Dilip Kumar Patnaik on Sunday took over as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Air Command headquarters here in Meghalaya, an Indian Air Force (IAF) official said. Air Marshal Patnaik…

Kolkata, Oct 03 (UNI) Describing today's thumping victory as people's reaction to the 'conspiracy' in Nandigram, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who steamrolled BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal by a whopping 58,832 votes, said the people of…

Shimla, Oct 3 (UNI) A year ago Rohtang Tunnel named after Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee was commissioned the state police claimed that record 6,59,087 vehicle crossed during the period, press release issued by the state police…

Stockholm, Oct 4 (UNI/Sputnik) Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, notorious for his sketch of the Prophet Muhammad, has died in a traffic accident, The Washington Times reports citing Swedish media. Vilks, 75, was traveling in a car with his…

By K Aditya Dubai, Oct 3 (UNI) Kolkata Knight Riders had to dig deep as they defeated bottom-placed Sunrisers Hyderabad with two balls to spare while chasing 116 on a tricky surface in match 49 of IPL 2021 here on Sunday. After…

Moscow, Oct 4 (UNI/Sputnik) North Korea says all the communication channels with South Korea will be restored starting midnight, the Yonhap news agency reports. All inter-Korean hotlines will be restored starting 9 a.m. local time on…

Jammu, Oct 3 (UNI) Ahead of nine-day long Navratras starting from October 7, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has geared up to make elaborate arrangements for the facilitation of pilgrims who are expected to visit the holy cave shrine of…

Varanasi, Oct 3 (UNI) Varanasi, the Prime Minister's parliamentary constituency, will soon become the first Indian city to use ropeway services in public transportation. The world's third and India's first public transport ropeway is…

Kolkata, Oct 3 (UNI) After defeating UAE on their home ground, an upbeat Indian Women’s Football Team, as they are all set to take on Tunisia in Dubai on Monday, October 4. The Indian Women’s Team, ranking 53rd on FIFA, had earlier…