Airtel plans Rs 2,000 cr customer interactivity programme
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Leading telecom operator Airtel has launched ‘Project Next’, a digital programme which, it says, will transform customer experience across all its services, with an investment of Rs 2,000 crore over the next three years. “We plan to invest Rs 2,000 crore over the next three years to launch several digital […]
125 crore Indians support Free Tibet: BJP leader Koshiyari on China’s Kashmir barb
July 10, 2017 Veteran BJP leader and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Bhagat Singh Koshyari has raised the issue of independence of Tibet from China saying “every Indian” is in support of the idea. An old RSS hand, Koshyari is an avid supporter of Tibetan independence from China. Koshiyari’s remark has come a day after a […]
BCCI postpones announcement of new coach
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday decided to postpone the selection of a new coach for the national team by a few days. Lalchand Rajput, Virender Sehwag, Richard Pybus, Ravi Shastri and Tom Moody were the candidates who were interviewed […]
5 things India did wrong to lose the one-off T20I
10 July 2017 India lost the one-off T20I against the West Indies last night. Badly. It was the World T20 semi-final all over again as the Men in Blue put up a below par score that was still worth giving a fight, and one West Indian just got stuck into the visitors’ bowling and decimated. […]
ICC Test Rankings: Ashwin, Jadeja maintain top slots, Pujara, Kohli stay at 4th and 5th
July 10, 2017 India’s spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin continued to sit at the top two positions in the ICC Test bowlers’ rankings, released on Monday. Jadeja is heading the table with 898 points while Ashwin is placed at the second spot with 865 points but none of the other Indian bowlers […]
Air India stops serving non-vegetarian meals
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) National passenger carrier Air India on Monday said that it has stopped serving non-vegetarian meals to passengers on board its domestic flights’ economy class segment. “Air India has taken a conscious decision not to have non-vegetarian meal in economy class on its domestic flights,” a statement from Air India said. […]
China says there was ‘no bilateral meeting’ between Modi, Xi
Beijing, July 10 (IANS) China on Monday said that President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had “no bilateral meeting” on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, after India had claimed the two leaders discussed “a range of issues”. “According to my information, the two said leaders did not hold any […]
UK court rejects bid to halt Saudi arms sales
London’s High Court has ruled that Britain’s multi-billion-pound arms sales to its ally Saudi Arabia is lawful. The Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) had sought an order to block the export licences for British-made bombs, fighter jets and other munitions. The campaigners argued they were being used by the Saudi-led Arab coalition in Yemen […]
Bomb kills police chief and guard in SW Pakistan: Officials
QUETTA: A bomb on Monday killed a police chief and his guard, and wounded 11 others in a southwestern Pakistani town bordering Afghanistan, officials said, the latest attack to strike the restive area. The bombing took place in Chaman, a tense border town in southwestern Balochistan province, which has seen many bombings and extremist attacks […]
Sushma Swaraj Hits Out At Sartaj Aziz Over Pak Visa For Kulbhushan Jadhav’s Mother
NEW DELHI In tweets this morning, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj tore into her Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz for “not showing the courtesy to acknowledge” her letter on a visa for the mother of Kulbhushan Jadhav, the Indian sentenced to death in Pakistan. However, any Pakistani national asking for a medical visa would be granted one immediately if […]
