Lance Klusener roped in as coach by Kovai Kings
The Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) is set to get a foreign former South African all-rounder Lance Klusener being roped in as the chief coach of Lyca Kovai Kings, the Coimbatore franchise.
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Bangladesh hostage crisis ends, 20 civilians killed
Armed militants killed 20 civilians after taking them hostage in a Bangladesh cafe overnight and many of the victims were hacked to death, an Army spokesman said on Saturday. “We’ve recovered 20 bodies. Most them had been brutally hacked to death with sharp weapons,” Army spokesman Brigadier-General Nayeem Ashfaq Chowdhury told reporters, without giving the nationality of the victims. The […]
» Read more12 killed, 25 missing as heavy rains lash Uttarakhand
Twelve persons were killed and 25 others were missing as torrential rains and landslides hit Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh and Chamoli districts in the wee hours of Friday, burying villages in sludge with many residents trapped under the debris. While eight persons were killed in cloudburst in Pithoragarh district, four lives were claimed by heavy rains in Chamoli district. Two persons were […]
» Read moreGautam Adani makes a ‘courtesy call’ on Jayalalithaa
Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani and Managing Director Rajesh Adani called on Chief Minister Jayalalithaa at her office in the Secretariat on Thursday. While the government termed it a “courtesy call” lasting barely 10 minutes, the Adani group representatives also were not forthcoming with details on what transpired at the meeting. The Adani Group, one of the leading business houses […]
» Read moreIndian money in Swiss banks dips by 33%
Money held by Indians in Swiss banks has fallen by nearly one-third to a record low of 1.2 billion franc (about Rs.8,392 crore) amid a continuing global clampdown on the famed secrecy wall of Switzerland’s banking system. The funds held by Indians with banks in Switzerland fell by CHF 596.42 million to CHF 1,217.6 million at the end of 2015, […]
» Read morePetrol price cut by 89 paise a litre, diesel by 49 paise
Petrol price was on Thursday reduced by 89 paise a litre and diesel by 49 paise per litre. Petrol will cost Rs 64.76 a litre in Delhi from Thursday midnight. On the other hand, diesel will now cost Rs 54.7.
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