Patiala, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has increased the power rates by 2 paise per unit for all categories of consumers. The rates have been increased following the levy of fuel cost adjustment (FCA) surcharge. The surcharge has been levied at the rate of 2 paise per kilowatt hourRead More

  Dubai: Left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar struck twice today to propel Pakistan close to victory on the fifth and final day of the first Test against Australia. At lunch, Australia set a mammoth 438 to win, were in deep trouble on 117-7 with Steven Smith unbeaten on 31 and MitchellRead More

  New Delhi, Delhi Dynamos fired three stunning goals and scored another one from the penalty spot to outplay Chennaiyin FC 4-1 to record their first win in the Hero Indian Super League here today. Wim Raymaekers and Mads JUnker scored in the second and 21st minutes before Bruno AriasRead More

Kolkata: The new-found professionalism, thanks to the Indian Super League can really take the Indian football forward, Kerala Blasters FC assistant coach Trevor Morgan said on Saturday. “There has been good playing surfaces. Organisation has been fantastic, the whole thing has just become more professional. It needs that injection asRead More

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian badminton officials expressed “shock” on Sunday in their first response to doping allegations following reports that world number one Lee Chong Wei failed a test. The officials refused to identify the player, pending a second test, but local media has reported that the top shutter tested positiveRead More

  Karachi, Pakistan will not allow India to resolve the Kashmir issue in its own way and plans to send envoys to different countries to brief them about “Indian aggression” along the LoC, the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz has said. “India wants to resolveRead More

  Washington, A newly hired teacher confronted a gunman and was being hailed as a hero on Saturday after a deadly shooting rampage in the cafeteria of a Washington state high school. First-year social studies teacher Megan Silberberger intervened in the attack Friday at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, teachers union presidentRead More

  Singapore, The longer the Ebola outbreak rages in West Africa, the greater chance a traveler infected with the virus touches down in an Asian city. How quickly any case is detected, and the measures taken once it is, will determine whether the virus takes hold in a region whereRead More

  Hong Kong,  In a move that highlighted the difficulty of consolidating Hong Kong’s “umbrella movement,” protest leaders on Sunday scrapped plans to conduct a poll asking supporters to vote on what the democracy movement’s next move should be as the sit-ins entered their fifth week. The electronic vote wasRead More

Moscow, Russia has worked out a long-term military development programme that envisages construction of an advanced aircraft carrier for the Navy, a high-ranking military official said Saturday. “An aircraft carrier whose construction is planned will significantly differ from heavy aircraft cruisers that our Navy used to have and has now,”Read More