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In fresh jibe at PM Modi on India-China face-off, Rahul Gandhi again accuses govt of surrendering Indian territory
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi further sharpened his attack on the government on the face-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers in Ladakh region. And in his direct line of fire is Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Read more
Goa ‘gangsters’ attack rival, end up shooting one of their own; 9 held
Nine persons, including two minors, were arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of one Sonu Yadav in the wee hours of Saturday morning at Santa Cruz, a locality on the outskirts of the state’s capital Panaji. Read more
88-year-old woman killed in Delhi’s Safdarjung Enclave: Police
An 88-year-old woman was killed with her throat slit and her husband, 94, was tied up in their house in south Delhi’s Safdarjung Enclave late on Saturday night, police said on Sunday. Kanta Chawla lived on the ground floor of a four-story residential building with her husband. Read more
June 21 solar eclipse decade’s 23rd, one more to go this year: Report
{{/usCountry}}June 21 solar eclipse decade’s 23rd, one more to go this year: Report
{{/usCountry}}The solar eclipse on Sunday is the 23rd such celestial event in a decade, according to US space agency NASA’s website on eclipses. Read more
South Korea records 48 new Covid-19 cases, some outside Seoul
South Korea has reported 48 new cases of Covid-19 as health authorities struggle to contain a resurgence that’s erasing some of the country’s hard-won gains against the virus. Figures released by the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday brought the national caseload to 12,421 confirmed infections including 280 deaths. Read more
How Sachin Tendulkar’s first India captain helped him become ‘world’s best batsman’, Sivaramakrishnan explains
Kris Srikkanth may have captained India in just four Tests and 13 ODIs, but he had what it takes to have been given a longer captaincy rope, feels former India leg-spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan. Read more
Rana Daggubati’s pre-wedding celebrations begin, fiancee Miheeka Bajaj shares pic
Baahubali actor Rana Daggubati’s fiancee Miheeka Bajaj has shared a photo dressed in traditional finery on Instagram, fuelling the speculations that their pre-wedding celebrations have started. Read more
Solar Eclipse 2020: Images of the celestial event from around the country. They’re mesmerising
Solar Eclipse which is happening today on June 21 is very special as it’s the last one visible from India this year until it occurs again on 2022. During a solar eclipse the moon passes in front of the sun and completely blocks its light. Read more
Cycling in the times of Covid-19: From freedom to fitness to distancing
Soon after Partition, a group of Hindi writers — Bhisham Sahni, Nirmal Verma, Krishna Baldev Vaid, Manohar Shyam Joshi and others — set up the Cultural Forum in Delhi. For four years, writes Sahni in his memoir, Today’s Pasts (2015), they met regularly and read their works out to each other. Read more
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