Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, former lawyer on Sunday said she helped former IPL chief Lalit Modi to leave India on ‘humanitarian grounds’ to meet his cancer-afflicted wife in 2013 – before she became a minister. Sushma Swaraj, in a series of tweets, said she helped Modi after he said his wife was suffering from…
The 800th anniversary of Magna Carta ( Latin for “the Great Charter”), one of the most celebrated documents in history, agreed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15th June 1215, drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebel barons, it promised…
Day 4 of 5 Second Test Australia Vs WestIndies Played at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica, Jun 11-15, 2015. Australia 399 (126.5 ov) Steve Smith 199 off 361, 21 fours and 2 sixes, MJ Clarke 47 off 107, 4 fours and 2 sixes, JE Taylor 47-6, JO Holder 64-2, 212-2 declared ( 65 ov) SE Marsh…
Day 5 of 5 India tour of Bangladesh, Only Test: Bangladesh v India at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah, Bangladesh Jun 10-14, 2015 India 462 for 6 (103.3 ov) (Dhawan 173 off 195, 23 fours, Vijay 150 off 272, 12 fours and 1 six, Rahane 98 off 103, 14 fours, Shakib 4-105) v Bangladesh 256 (65.5…
The Queen was looking resplendent in an enchanting pearl coloured ensemble on her official birthday yesterday. Surrounded by her family to watch a flypast from the balcony at Buckingham Palace, and to greet the happy crowds, Prince George got into the spirit of things as he and his father Prince William pointed to the sky…
The fate of thousands of MBBS aspirants will be decided on Friday following the controversy over an answer to a question in the Maharashtra Common Entrance Test paper. Day before the final merit list of the MH-CET was to be announced, the Bombay high court on Thursday set up a committee under Dr T Lahane,…
A truck carrying ammonia leaked after it got stuck under a flyover on the Doraha Bypass Road along a canal 25 km from Ludhiana in North India. Six persons succumbed to different hospitals in Doraha, Khanna and Ludhiana, died and over 100 people complaints about breathing after inhaling the gas. Details were still awaited and…
New Zealand tour of England, 2nd ODI: England v New Zealand at The Kennington Oval, London, Jun 12, 2015 New Zealand 398/5 (50 ov) LRPL Taylor 119 not out off 96, 10 fours and 4 sixes, Kane Williamson 93 off 88, 12 fours and 1 six, MJ Guptil 50 off 54, 6 fours and 1…
It is in it’s 16th year and has over 1,300 exhibiting galleries and 232,000 visitors worldwide each year and it provides yard upon yard of exhibits showcasing top artists from galleries from all over London and across the globe to feast your eyes on and possibly empty your wallet on too! Old favourites like Damien…
After the GCSE tough Maths question which stumped many students, some pupils who noticed a fill-in-the-blank answer was given in a question below in the easy Chemistry paper, were pleasantly surprised. Some students have been making fun of the exam on Twitter. AQA, which set the paper, said it was aware of the mistake before…