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Dubai may have been hot and humid over the past week but thunder and snow rained on the city on Saturday night. And the royal blue silks, the colours of Godolphin, hung over the spectacular Meydan Racecourse as Thunder Snow won the 23rd renewal of the $10 million Dubai World Cup. The four-year-old bay colt from Helmet, the mount of Christophe Soumillon, ended Emirati handler Saeed bin Suroor's two

Dubai may have been hot and humid over the past week but thunder and snow rained on the city on Saturday night. And the royal blue silks, the colours of Godolphin, hung over the spectacular Meydan Racecourse as Thunder Snow won the 23rd renewal of the $10 million Dubai World Cup. The four-year-old bay colt from Helmet, the mount of Christophe Soumillon, ended Emirati handler Saeed bin Suroor's two

Srinagar, Apr 1: At least one civilian protester was killed while dozens others were injured in security forces action near encounter sites at Dragad and Kachdora areas of southern Shopian district on Sunday. A police official said a youth identified as Zubair Bhat suffered injuries near encounter site at Kachdora when security forces fired upon the protesters. He was shifted to a hospital, where

Srinagar, Apr 1: At least a dozen suspected militants were killed and two army men sustained injuries in separate ongoing encounters in Shopian and Anantnag districts of south Kashmir on Sunday. Director General of Police (DGP) Shesh Pal Vaid in a tweet said that seven bodies of militants have been recovered from the site of a gunfight in Dragad village of Shopian. He said the slain included top

The police have arrested a dozen miscreants from Bihar and Jharkhand including a prominent leader of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the students wing of BJP in connection with the leak of question papers of CBSE for Mathematics (Class X) and Economics (Class XII) . This information was revealed by Akhilesh B Variar, Superintendent of Police, Chatra district (Jharkhand) in a press

The government is awaiting a nod from Baghdad ambassador, for Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh to fly to Iraq to bring the mortal remains of Indians, who were killed by ISIS in Mosul. Singh has confirmed that he will fly to Iraq soon after the nod in a C-17 plane to bring back the mortal remains of 39 Indians. “As soon as we get a nod from Baghdad ambassador, we will leave with a C

United Nations, Mar 31: The UN Security Council heard fears of a further escalation in Israeli-Palestinian violence in the Gaza Strip during emergency talks Friday despite a failure to agree a joint statement on deadly clashes. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also called for an “independent and transparent investigation” and reaffirmed “the readiness” of the world body to revitalize peace

Gaza City, Mar 31: The Israeli army started unleashing violence as tens of thousands of Gazans marched near the border in a major demonstration marking the 42nd anniversary of Land Day. According to reports, at least 16 Palestinians killed and hundreds more wounded in the conflict’s worst single day of violence since the 2014 Gaza war. Israel’s military targeted three Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip

New Delhi, Mar 31: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct re-examinations for Class XII economics paper all over the country on April 25. The re-examination, if any, for Class X mathematics paper, will not be held across the country. "If at all re-examinations for the Class X mathematics paper has to be held, it will be done only for the National Capital Region of Delhi and

David Warner, former Australia vice-captain, made a tearful apology on Saturday for his role in the ball-tampering scandal that has left the cricketing world reeling, saying he is "resigned to the fact" he may never play for Australia again. The left-handed opener repeatedly said he was taking "full responsibility for my part" in the controversy, which saw Australian cricketer Cameron Bancroft use