Nearly 41 per cent of the samples collected from 386 mines of Coal India Ltd have been downgraded after an analysis of 871 samples done by the Coal Controllers Office. The samples were from `size fractions and sidings’ of 386 (of the 406) mines of the public sector behemoth. CIL said that while 51.5 % of the samples retained their […]
» Read moreA man, wanted in the slaying of a security guard, set out to kill as many white people as he could on Tuesday, gunning down three men on the streets of downtown Fresno before he was captured and admitted to the shootings, authorities said. Kori Ali Muhammad, 39, was arrested shortly after the morning rampage that left three white men […]
» Read moreChris Gayle has become the first batsman in the world to reach the landmark of 10,000 runs in Twenty20 cricket. The big-hitting West Indian achieved the feat during his ongoing innings for Royal Challengers Bangalore in game 20 of IPL 2017 versus Gujarat Lions on Tuesday when he steered a single to third man during the fourth over.
» Read moreCongress leader Arvinder Singh Lovely joined the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the MCD election in the Capital. Lovely, a popular face in Delhi’s political circles, was a minister in the Sheila Dikshit government. His joining the BJP is being read by many as a big setback to the Congress. Sheila Dikshit called Arvind Singh Lovely’s decision to join […]
» Read moreAustralia today abolished a visa programme used by over 95,000 temporary foreign workers, majority of them Indians, to tackle the growing unemployment in the country . The programme known as 457 visa allows business to employ foreign workers for a period up to four years in skilled jobs where there is a shortage of Australian workers. “We are an immigration […]
» Read moreEmbattled businessman and loan defaulter Vijay Mallya was arrested on Tuesday by Scotland Yard on an extradition warrant by India. He will be produced before the Westminster Magistrates’ Court later in the day. British authorities have informed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) about the arrest. Mallya was later granted bail, according to news agency Reuters which cited media reports.
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