Month: October 2022

New Delhi:  A 10-year-old Delhi boy who was last month sexually assaulted and brutalised by three friends, including a cousin, died this morning while in treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Delhi government’s Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP). All the children involved are between 10 and 12 years of age, […]

Branded petrol will attract ₹ 4.60 a litre excise duty as against ₹ 2.60 currently. New Delhi:  The government has put off by one month the levy of an additional ₹ 2 per litre excise duty on petrol and diesel that is not doped with ethanol and bio-diesel in a bid to give the industry more time to implement the measure. […]

New Delhi:  A day after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s visit, the United States sanctioned an Indian company for purchasing Iranian petroleum and petrochemicals. The India-based petrochemical company, Tibalaji Petrochem Private Limited, is among a group of companies, including some from the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong, to be sanctioned by the US. The […]

With the Gandhis’ blessing, Mallikarjun Kharge will almost certainly win the election for Congress President. Why is this choice being trashed? First, Ashok Gehlot, the ideal candidate as far as the Gandhis were concerned, had to be ejected from the election on account of his full-blown revolt in Jaipur. On Thursday, Digvijaya Singh emerged as […]

Jacques Kallis is viewed as one of the best all-rounders to play the game of cricket. Over his 18-year long career, Kallis went on score 25,534 runs across all formats of the game and he also registered 55 scalps with the ball in hand. So, it is only fair to ask him on who he sees […]