Ayodhya (UP), (UNI) A massive huge turnout of devotees was witnessed in Ayodhya on the second day on Wednesday after the consecration ceremony of Lord Ram during which people stood in long queues around Rampath and the temple premises since morning braving severe cold coupled with fog. Devotees of all ages fervently kept chanting Jai…
Hyderabad, Jan 24 (UNI) Team India captain Rohit Sharma was forthright about India’s selection headache for the first Test of the ICC World Test Championship series between India and England that begins here from Thursday. With Virat Kohli absent due to personal reasons and KL Rahul ruled out as a wicketkeeping option by head coach…
Mumbai, Jan 24 (UNI) The BSE Sensex on Wednesday rallied 689.76 pts to close high at 71,060.31 on the strength of Telecommunications, Metal and Oil and Gas stocks. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose 215.45 pts at 21,453.95. The NSE registered days high and low at 21,482.35 and 21,137.20 pts respectively. High oscillation was witnessed…
Nanchang, Jan 24 (UNI) The death toll from a building fire in the city of Xinyu in east China’s Jiangxi Province on Wednesday afternoon has risen to 39, local authorities said. The fire broke out at approximately 3 p.m. from a street shop in the Yushui District of Xinyu, said the local fire response emergency…
Mumbai, Jan 24 (UNI) Maharashtra state Governor and chancellor of universities Ramesh Bais has been appointed to Dr. Vijay Janardhan Phulari as new vice chancellor of Fr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (BAMU) in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. According to the official press statement issued on Wednesday, Dr. Vijay Phulari is a senior professor at Shivaji University, Kolhapur,…
Mapusa (Goa), Jan 24 (UNI) India’s Nithya Mani qualified for the main draw of the ongoing WTT Star Contender Goa 2024 after winning her final qualifying round match on Wednesday at the Peddem Indoor Stadium here. Chennai-based Nithya won a nail-biting contest against England’s Tin-Tin Ho by 3-2 (11-7, 6-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-7) in the…
Melbourne, Jan 24 (UNI) China’s top-ranked tennis player Zheng Qinwen reached her maiden Grand Slam semifinal after a comeback victory over unseeded Anna Kalinskaya at the Australian Open on Wednesday. Zheng fought back 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1 in a tense night session quarterfinal at the Rod Laver Arena. The 21-year-old Zheng will start as the…
Varanasi, Jan 24 (UNI) The Varanasi district court on Wednesday ordered to provide a copy of the report of the scientific survey done by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to the parties involved in the original suit in the Gyanvapi complex case. In its order the court of District Judge Dr Ajaya Krishna Vishvesha…
Srinagar, Jan 24 (UNI) Ahead of Republic Day, Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police, R. R Swain on Wednesday directed officers to ensure the highest level of security arrangements and further strengthen the security grids, saying that serious attempts are being made by handlers from across the border to infiltrate terrorists into J&K. Swain…
New Delhi, Jan 24 (UNI) The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the scheme on Wednesday for the promotion of coal gasification projects by state-owned companies and the private sector, with an outlay of Rs 8,500 crore towards incentives for coal gasification projects under three categories. Coal gasification is considered a cleaner…
