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Newsroom, Jun 16: The swashbuckling opener Rohit Sharma who today became just the second Indian cricketer to hit a century against arch-rivals Pakistan in a World Cup match has won the hearts of Indian cricket fans across the world. Sharma brought up an 85-ball century in India's ICC World Cup 2019 match vs Pakistan at Old Trafford in Manchester. His brilliant 140 off 113 balls which included a

Mumbai, Jun 16: Former Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and Mumbai BJP chief Ashish Shelar were among the eight who were sworn in as ministers in the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra cabinet on Sunday. Apart from the eight ministers, five were inducted as junior ministers as part of a cabinet expansion which took place a day before the beginning of the state legislature's monsoon session

Jerusalem, Jun 16: An Israeli court Sunday convicted the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of fraudulently using state funds for meals, under a plea bargain which saw her admit to lesser charges. Sara Netanyahu was found guilty of exploiting the mistake of another person and ordered to pay a fine and compensation, in a deal approved by Jerusalem magistrates’ court justice Avital Chen

Kolkata, Jun 16: Patients have been facing the heat of junior doctors' protest in West Bengal as services remained affected in state-run hospitals and colleges for the sixth day on Sunday. At SSKM hospital in Kolkata, Raiganj-resident Samuel Haque, who was admitted with a cardiac problem, said he was uncertain about his treatment. His brother said, "We came to Kolkata last Sunday when everything

New Delhi, Jun 16: The NIA has alleged that its probe into terror financing in Jammu and Kashmir has revealed that hardline separatist leaders received funds from abroad and utilised them for personal gains -- from amassing properties to paying for foreign education of their kin. The agency has interrogated several top leaders of Hurriyat Conference and other organisations and claimed that they

New Delhi, Jun 16: Tigers have been found to be killing elephants, mainly young ones, in the famed Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand and in a few cases eating them too, according to an official study. The findings, which is a part of the study conducted by the park authority, signals a worrying trend in wildlife as tigers usually don't eat elephants, wildlife experts say. A total of nine tigers

Ayodhya, Jun 16: Government should bring an ordinance to construct Ram temple, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said on Sunday in Ayodhya, asserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has the courage to do so and there would be no one to stop it. Thackeray offered prayers at the makeshift Ram Lalla temple along with his son Aditya and 18 newly-elected lawmakers of his party. The Shiv Sena has said

Mumbai, Jun 16: Rajasthan beauty Suman Rao on Saturday was crowned as Femina Miss India 2019. The 22-year-old was crowned by her predecessor Anukreethy Vas, Miss India 2019.The first runner-up Sanjana Vij from Telangana was sashed by 2018 Miss Grand India Meenakshi Chaudhary of Haryana. Besides this, Bihar's Shreya Shankar was crowned as Miss India United Continents 2019 and Chhattisgarh's Shivani

Kolkata, Jun 16: The impasse at the state-run medical colleges and hospitals in West Bengal entered the sixth day, on Sunday, even as the agitating doctors asserted that they were open to talks with the government, the venue for which would be decided by a governing body of medical practitioners. Earlier, the agitators had insisted that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visit the city's NRS Medical

Dubai, Jun 16: A six-year-old Indian boy died after he was left behind alone in a bus for several hours in Dubai, the media reported on Sunday. The child, identified as Mohamed Farhan Faisal from the south Indian state of Kerala, was a student at an Islamic centre in Al Quoz. According to family sources, he slept off after boarding the bus from Karama. He was left behind after all the other