BCCI mulls over shifting of CSK matches from Chennai, shortlists four cities
The BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) has short-listed four cities to host the remaining scheduled Indian Premier League ( IPL) cricket matches in Chennai that would also be the Chennai Super King’s (CSK) home matches, in the wake of a volatile political situation in Tamil Nadu over the Cauvery water dispute, the board's Commitee of Administrators (CoA) head Vinod Rai said.
PM Modi calls for responsible pricing to ensure affordable energy to all
Prime Minster Narendra Modi on Wednesday called for reasonable and responsible pricing to provide easy access of affordable energy to all. Speaking at the International Energy Forum (IEF) conference in New Delhi, he said, “efforts at artificially distorting prices were self-destructing.”
More than 250 killed in Algeria military plane crash
More than 250 people, including members of Western Sahara’s Polisario independence movement, were killed when a military plane crashed in a field outside Algerian capital Algiers on April 11, officials said.
Mark Zuckerberg apologises to U.S. Congress for massive leak of Facebook users’ data
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg apologised to United States lawmakers on Tuesday for the leak of personal data on tens of millions of users as he faced a day of reckoning before a Congress mulling regulation of the global social media giant.
Shreyasi Singh claims gold in women’s double trap shooting
Shreyasi Singh held her nerve and produced some excellent shooting to win the women’s double trap gold medal in the 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, on Wednesday.
We want to link Aadhaar not because we see people as criminals, but to protect them from crime: UIDAI
The UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) wants to link Aadhaar not because it sees people as criminals but because it wants to protect them from crime.
Allocation of cases is CJI’s prerogative: Supreme Court
The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is a high constitutional office entrusted with the duty to constitute Benches and allocate cases for the smooth dispensation of justice by the Supreme Court, the court held in a judgment on Wednesday while dismissing a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by Asok Pande for a transparent and codified procedure for constitution of Benches and allocation of cases in the court.
Bride’s consent to marriage inherent part of Hindu marital law, says Supreme Court
Consent of a bride to marriage is an inherent part of the Hindu marital law, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday. With this, the court refused a plea to judicially declare that a Hindu marriage entered into without the bride’s voluntary consent or after playing fraud on her is invalid.
Unnao gang rape case: BJP MLA’s wife demands narco test of husband, minor
The wife of BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar on Wednesday demanded that a narco test be conducted of him and as well as of the minor from Unnao, who has accused her husband of gang-raping her along with his accomplices.
Trump warns Russia on Syria, says missiles ‘will be coming’
After Russia issued warnings to the United States against military strikes in Syria, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that missiles “will be coming” in response to Syria’s suspected chemical attack that killed at least 40 people.
