Meet the underdogs of this year’s World Cup
This year’s World Cup is not just about Virat Kohli’s smashing 107 against Pakistan or Chris Gayle’s record-breaking 215 against Zimbabwe. There are other players like UAE’s Shaiman Anwar who scored over 300 runs in the tournament, including a century against Ireland and two... read more »
New Zealand prepares for Gayle in World Cup quarterfinal
The undefeated New Zealand squad is preparing to take on Chris Gayle in the World Cup quarterfinals, regardless of any uncertainty over the fitness of the star West Indies batsman. Gayle missed the West Indies last pool match against the United Arab Emirates on Sunday as the back injury which has... read more »
How Two Tax Notices May Put PM Modi’s Government on Backfoot
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government sent two notices demanding a total of Rs. 31,000 crore in taxes from Cairn Energy and its former subsidiary Cairn India last week for a transaction that occurred in 2006-07. Cairn Energy has been asked to pay Rs. 10,247 crore for the capital gains it... read more »
Government to issue ownership rights of 15 coal mines on March 23
Government will begin issuing ownership rights on March 23 for the coal blocks that have been auctioned so far, starting with successful bidders for 15 mines in the first tranche. As many as nineteen mines under Schedule II (already in production) category were auctioned in the first leg held... read more »
Gold falls Rs 195 per 10 gram; silver down Rs200 per kg Read more at: http://www.livemin...
New Delhi: Taking weak cues from overseas markets and subdued demand from jewellers, gold on Tuesday plunged by Rs195 to Rs26,430 per ten gram and silver by Rs200 to Rs36,000 per kg in... read more »
Former MP DP Yadav sentenced to life imprisonment
DEHRADUN: Uttar Pradesh strongman DP Yadav, who was convicted of killing former MLA Mahendra Singh Bhati, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the CBI court in Dehradun. On February... read more »
Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan Tried to Ensure We Lost Delhi Polls, Say AAP Leaders
NEW DELHI: Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan were removed from a key decision-making panel of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) because they attempted to ensure the defeat of the party in the... read more »
95 prisoners escape Islamic State-run jail in Syria
BEIRUT – Around 95 captives have escaped an Islamic State-run prison in northern Syria, a group monitoring the war said on Tuesday, saying the escapees included about 30 Kurdish... read more »
Suicide car bomber kills 1 in Egypt’s Sinai
A suicide car bomber targeted a police compound in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula early on Tuesday, killing one civilian and wounding 24 police conscript, security officials said. Egypt has for... read more »
