The World champions take on India at Gwalior on October 26 in their first match of the tri-series.
Pollution levels were inching towards 'severe plus emergency' category due to a change in wind direction and rampant stubble burning in neighbouring states
Out of 98 cities selected for the Rs 48,000 crore Smart Cities project, 24 are capital cities.
Meanwhile, the father of teenager today alleged that the CBI was torturing his son which was strongly refuted by the agency.
Fresh guidelines were issued by the government on Wednesday for enforcing the second phase of the coronavirus lockdown, with the Union home ministry barring all kinds of public transport and prohibiting opening of public places during this period.
He, however, stressed that the incidents cannot be justified and pitched for tough action against the perpetrators.
Havmor makes 150 products from its two plants and has around 30,000 dealers
Sidhu heaped praises on the former Pakistan cricket captain, referring to him as a 'pure soul' and someone who was seen as a 'Greek god'.
The overall Air Quality Index was recorded at 231 on Sunday which falls in 'poor' category.
The jump can be attributed to increased assistance through soft loan.
Raids are being carried out across the country by the Income Tax department in the wake of the burgeoning fake currency racket post demonetisation, as currencies both new and old have been seized in large amounts from Bengaluru, Panjim and Faridabad besides the national capital.
Shapoorji, Kalpataru, Godrej pursuing Rs 60,000 crore opportunity in the region
There were no immediate reports of any loss of life or damage to property.
Delhi government's odd-even scheme was launched in the national capital on Monday with common citizens giving it a mix response.
The revision petition challenges the trial court's order alleging that the magistrate 'has only desperately tried to shield the proposed accused'.
Varavara Rao reached home in Hyderabad on Thursday morning, while activists Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, were sent to Mumbai by road.
Banker Meera Sanyal and activist Mayank Gandhi figured in the Aam Aadmi Party's first list of probable candidates released late on Thursday night for forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra while no senior leader's name featured from Delhi and Haryana.
Successful inroads in new markets could drive Escorts' national share above the current 11 per cent, reports Ajay Modi.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday visited the family of the two Dalit children who were burnt alive at Sunped village in Faridabad and said the incident should not be given a "political or casteist colour".
The PM2.5 level (presence in the air of particles with a diametre of less than 2.5 micrometres) touched a new high at 158 as authorities predicted further deterioration of air quality in the coming days.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere in the arrest of five rights activists in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case and declined to appoint a SIT for probe into their arrest.
The court has asked Sadhvi Pragya Thakur to pay a surety of Rs 5 lakh and surrender her passport to the National Investigation Agency.
Delhi-based Jasmeet Singh Sandhu, an Indian Revenue Service officer, has secured third position in the test.
The expressway will decongest the road traffic from Delhi, especially reducing the number of trucks entering the national capital, helping reduce the pollution.
'Don't be under the illusion that we are in a lockdown for 21 days and then we are free.'
The Congress leader said though Modi had been in power for over a year now, prices of essentials have gone up instead of coming down.
The Delhi high court has sought a response from former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on a plea of a Congress MP seeking damages of Rs 1 crore from the AAP leader on the grounds that he has been defamed.
It discharged three accused -- Shyam Sahu, Shivnarayan Kalsangra and Praveen Takalki -- from the case.
Maharashtra Police found over 300 migrant workers holed up inside two container trucks meant for carrying essential commodities from Telangana to Rajasthan.
Tightening the noose around whistleblower Indian Administrative Service officer Ashok Khemka, the Haryana government has chargesheeted him in connection with cancellation of the mutation of a land deal between Robert Vadra and real estate major DLF in Gurgaon in October last year and accusing him of causing damage to the reputation of Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law.
'I only pray that no other Indian should go through such harassment and distress. Am I not a citizen of India?'
Maharashtra police on Tuesday raided the homes of prominent Left-wing activists in several states and arrested at least five of them for suspected Maoist links. Near simultaneous searches were carried out at the residences of prominent Telugu poet Varavara Rao in Hyderabad, activists Vernon Gonzalves and Arun Farreira in Mumbai, trade union activist Sudha Bhardwaj in Faridabad, and civil liberties activist Gautam Navalakha in New Delhi. Subsequently, Rao, Bhardwaj and Farreira were arrested. Although Navalakha was also arrested, the Delhi high court ordered police not to take him out of the national capital at least until Wednesday. According to unconfirmed reports, others whose residences were raided are Susan Abraham, Kranthi Tekula, Father Stan Swamy in Ranchi and Anand Teltumbde in Goa. The raids were carried out as part of a probe into the violence between Dalits and the upper caste Peshwas at Koregaon-Bhima village near Pune after an event called Elgar Parishad, or conclave, on December 31 last year. Here are their brief profiles:
