In one of the worst school shootings in American history, an 18-year-old gunman has killed 21 people, including 19 children, and two adults at an elementary school in Texas state, with an emotional President Joe Biden urging lawmakers to 'turn this pain into action' to control the powerful gun lobby.
The resolution expressed "disapproval" against the controversial Gujarat-cadre officer being "forced upon Delhi" as its police commissioner.
Australia defeated New Zealand by eight wickets to win their maiden Twenty20 World Cup title on Sunday.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Gujarat governor Sunder Singh Bhandari on Friday demanded a thorough inquiry into the 'failure' of the Modi government in dealing with the Gujarat riots. RJD demands dismissal of Modi govt.
Decline in the rupee coupled with a slide in the crude oil prices have dented the sentiments.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday came down heavily on the Centre for alleged "politically motivated" questions asked at the CAPF (central armed police force) recruitment examination and said it proved that BJP has politicised the central forces to serve its political interests.
Images from the celebration of the Australia's maiden T20 World Cup win.
India, chasing a huge Sri Lankan total (642-4), got off to a good start on day two of the second Test at the SSC Ground in Colombo on Tuesday. The visitors made 95 for no loss at close of day's play, with Virender Sehwag unbeaten on a well-made 64 and giving him company was Murali Vijay on 22.
Pinch your nerves, and trust the ghoul -- blood will be spilled; women, children, and grouchy old men will be dismembered! observes Sreehari Nair.
'This fall is nothing. We could see worse if everybody hits the panic button.'
He scored 34 from the first 32 balls he faced before turning things in style by smashing 90 runs from the next 32.
Joginder Tuteja looks at August's OTT releases.
Axis Bank was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding over 4 per cent, followed by Tata Steel, SBI, NTPC, Bharti Airtel, ITC and ICICI Bank.
Sources say that those responsible for the Hubli court blast wanted to replicate what had happened in Uttar Pradesh, but the only difference was that they wanted no casualties, but only intended to send out a strong signal to the court. The JMFC court was to hear the case pertaining to the suspected militants on Monday.
Fourteen Islamist militants were on Tuesday given death sentence by a Bangladeshi court here for attempting to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2000.
If Maxwell brought RCB back in the contest, de Villiers literally batted KKR out of the match with his cracking 76 not out from 34 balls, hitting nine fours and three sixes.
Intensifying their stir over the delay in NEET-PG 2021 counselling, a large number of resident doctors on Tuesday protested on the premises of Centre-run Safdarjung Hospital while the Centre urged them to call off the agitation.
The year gone by has also forced all airlines to turn the lens sharply on their own costs, workings and internal dynamics, opening their eyes to their vulnerabilities. Fewer, leaner, nimbler players will emerge from the carnage.
Juergen and Daphne Schmidt had planned a trip to India for over 25 years -- an exciting, hectic trip that was to end with a dinner at the Leopold cafe in Mumbai on the night of November 26, 2008.
Intelligence sources told rediff.com that the duo had both video footage and photographs of the targets that were attacked on November 26.
The markets have moved deeper in the red on account of heavy selling seen in scrips across sectors.
The Taliban has its backers, notably Pakistan and China. Their purpose is to have a monstrous entity near India's northern borders to keep democratic, secular India off-guard, observes Amulya Ganguli.
Images from the second T20 International between India and New Zealand, in Ranchi, on Friday.
CSK rode on Jadeja's blistering 62 to post 191/4 against RCB and then restricted the opposition to 122/9
'Although Narendra Modi had no direct participation in the Ayodhya agitation, he would not have been in the dominant position he is now had it not been for the Ram Janambhoomi agitation.'
Eleven convicts in the Godhra train burning case were on Tuesday handed down death sentence while 20 others were given life imprisonment by a special court in the 2002 incident that left 59 karsevaks dead and triggered riots which claimed over 1,200 lives in Gujarat.
L&T was the top gainer in the Sensex pack followed by M&M, SBI, Titan, Infosys, Bharti Airtel and Ultratech Cement.
In six trading sessions to Friday the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies saw a massive decline of Rs 11,76,985.88 lakh crore. All Sensex components were trading in the red, led by losses in Tata Steel, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, Mahindra and Mahindra, Bajaj Finance, HCL Tech and Reliance Industries.
Antony said the ongoing crime branch investigation in the case would be expedited and the high court approached for setting up a fast-track court to try the case.
The report placed the final death toll at 59, with three greviously injured and 21 with simple injuries.
The Indian economy can contract by 7.7 per cent in current financial year ending on March 31 and the growth could be 11 per cent in the next financial year, according to the Economic Survey tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The contraction in FY21 is mainly due to coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and the visible damage caused by the subsequent countrywide lockdown to contain it. The survey unveiled two days before the Union Budget is broadly in line with forecasts by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) which has said it expected the country's GDP to contract by 7.5 per cent in the year ending March 31.
'The day after the attack, people were roaming this area, dressed like they were going to a party!" says an angry man who lost his brother that day.
On the BSE, 2,243 scrips declined, while 224 advanced and 106 remained unchanged.
It was an exhibition of brutal strokeplay as the Mumbai Indians's dangerous duo of Kieron Pollard and Hardik Pandya tore the Kings XI Punjab bowling apart at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.
The US president, who has expressed disappointment over China's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, claimed that it was the "incompetence" of Beijing that led to the mass killing across the globe.
'Throughout the nearly 20-year US-led war, State sponsorship from Pakistan has been a constant.'
When the top stars refused to play Milkha Singh, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra went down another route. A riveting excerpt from the director's memoir The Stranger In The Mirror.
Axis Bank was the top loser in the Sensex pack, tanking over 28 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finance, IndusInd Bank, ICICI Bank, Maruti and L&T. NSE Nifty nosedived 1,135.20 points or 12.98 per cent to settle at 7,610.25.
Kieron Pollard singlehandedly took Mumbai Indians to an astonishing four-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in the IPL match in Delhi on Saturday.
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