May 3, 2016
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari on Tuesday rejected Independent MP Vijay Mallya's resignation on procedural grounds.
File photo of Rajya Sabha Independent MP Vijay Mallya. (Reuters)
May 3, 2016
Islamabad: Chief of Pakistan's banned JuD, Hafiz Saeed, has said his organisation will not allow destruction of Hindu temples and other holy places of non- Muslims in the country.
It was Muslims' responsibility to safeguard holy places of their Hindus brethren, he said while addressing a meeting in Matli town of Sindh province on Monday.
May 2, 2016
Brief Scorecard: Kolkata Knight Riders 189 for 5 (Yusuf 60*, Russell 39, Chahal 2-27) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 185 for 7 (Rahul 52, Kohli 52, Morkel 2-28, Chawla 2-32) by five wickets
May 2, 2016
Researchers have found a trio of Earth-sized planets that orbit around a small, super-cool star nearly 40 light years away. These planets orbit close enough to their host star that they're similar in temperature to Earth. That opens up the possibility that water could pool on their surfaces.
Maybe the best chance yet of finding extraterrestrial life
May 2, 2016
Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton by 2 points in a head-to-head matchup, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey.
Five ways Trump will attack Clinton
Trump gets 41 percent to Clinton's 39 percent in the new poll.
May 1, 2016
Brief Scorecard: Kings XI Punjab 154 (Vijay 55, Saha 33, Kaushik 3-20) beat Gujarat Lions 131 for 9 (Faulkner 32, Kishan 27, Axar 4-21, Mohit 3-32) by 23 runs
Axar Patel ripped through Gujarat Lions' middle order, Gujarat Lions v Kings XI Punjab, IPL 2016, Rajkot, May 1, 2016 – AFP
May 1, 2016
New Delhi: The heatwave continued to sweep several parts of the country on Sunday with Rajasthan’s Phalodi recording the maximum temperature at 46.5 degree Celsius.
Heatwave: Phalodi in Rajasthan hottest place at 46.5 degree Celsius
May 1, 2016
New Delhi: Taxpayers account for just about 1% of India’s population, but tax outgo was over `1 crore for as many as 5,430 individuals, as per the latest data disclosed by the government for assessment year 2012-13.
April 30, 2016
Brief Scorecard: Delhi Daredevils 186 for 8 (Nair 68, Billings 54, Brathwaite 34, Russell 3-26, Umesh 3-33) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 159 (Uthappa 72, Zaheer 3-21, Brathwaite 3-47) by 27 runs
April 30, 2016
Supreme Court allowed federal judges to issue hacking warrants to federal law enforcement if suspects try to hide their locations. The US Congress has seven months to block a potentially massive expansion of the government’s ability to hack into suspects’ computers.
