Kochi/Bengaluru: The death toll from floods in India’s states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra rose to 95, official figures showed on Saturday, as heavy rain and landslides forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate their homes. ### Seasonal monsoon rains from June to September are a crucial lifeline for agrarian Indian society, delivering 70 per cent…
Dubai: While monsoon wrecks havoc in Mumbai, a 70-year-old man was killed in Mumbai’s Chembur area on August 8, during a fight over honking. ### According to a report by Indian broadcast channel NDTV, Deepak Chawariya, 28, and his brother Manoj, 32, were riding on a motorcycle to work, when they were allegedly abused by…
Cape Town: South Africa have appointed Enoch Nkwe as interim team director for next month’s tour of India, a role which replaces that of head coach after the Proteas opted not to renew Ottis Gibson’s contract in the wake of their dismal Cricket World Cup. ### South Africa won only three of their nine matches…
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan received an honorary doctorate degree from Melbourne’s La Trobe University for his contributions and efforts towards underprivileged children and women’s empowerment through Meer Foundation besides his achievements in the Indian entertainment industry. ### The official Twitter account of the university shared a string of photographs of Khan and excerpts from…
Makkah, Saudi Arabia: More than 2 million pilgrims were gathered in the holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia to perform initial rites of the hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage that takes the faithful along a path traversed by the Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him) some 1,400 years ago. ### The hajj in Islam is…
The week passing by would certainly leave the South African cricket fan with a hollow feeling. First Dale Steyn and now Hashim Amla — the news of the duo calling time on their Test careers could not have at a worse time for the Proteas when they are still trying to come to terms with…
