A S Kashyap

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has reportedly called off the proposed tour to Zimbabwe citing broadcasting issues and fatigue factors.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men were scheduled to play three ODIs and two T20 Internationals in Zimbabwe from July 10.

Meanwhile, India suffered their first-ever series defeat against Bangladesh on Sunday after the hosts claimed a six-wicket win in Dhaka to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series. (ANI)

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said he has directed the city’s Health Department to implement the demands of the doctors of the national capital who have gone on strike, adding that his government is committed to providing the best health facilities to the people.

Kejriwal shared the information on twitter.

“Most demands of striking docs genuine. I hv directed health dept to implement them. Health dept shud hv resolved it earlier,” he wrote.

Tracking implementation of the Intra Uterine Contraceptive Device (IUCD) and Pregnancy Test Card for women in India’s rural hinterland has become easier with HLFPPT launching a unique software device that effectively monitors the functioning of these family planning devices and also tracks the performance of Health Service Providers (HSPs).

The resident doctors began an indefinite strike here on Monday demanding more rooms, cleaner environment, better salaries and working hours.

“Our demands are same as was during the strike in February. We are 1,500 resident doctors and there are only 150 rooms that too in bad shape. When we come after 36 hours of duty, we find that there is

leakage in our rooms. There are a lot of stray dogs and cats roaming everywhere. We don’t have OTs here because of which there is a long waiting list. The patients suffer and then they blame us for all this.

An updated Audi Q3 car with features like all new LED lamp cluster with integrated dynamic turn signals was launched at a grand event held in the national capital recently.

“Audi Q3 is all about CEO’s, CFO’s and young entrepreneurs, start young and live big” said Nidhi, the General Manager of Operations (Audi West), while speaking on the occasion.

“The slogan “Start Young live Big” is all about new Audi Q3 as Audi always talks about being supportive, being progressive and being smart. And this is what the smart body we have with us,” she added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday condemned the attack on Afghanistan Parliament and termed it as a despicable and cowardly act.

“The attack on the Afghanistan Parliament is a despicable and cowardly act. There is no place for such attacks in a democracy,” he tweeted.

“My prayers are with those injured. We stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Afghanistan in this hour,” he added.

A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, has claimed responsibility for the attack on Afghan Parliament on Twitter.

The CISF personnel, who have been arrested for their involvement in the violent clash with the Airport Authority of India (AAI) employees at the Kozhikode Airport, were brought to the Malappuram Police Station on Monday.

One CISF personnel was killed in the clash, which took place on June 10.

The clash was a sequel to a dispute on security clearance of the AAI

staff which resulted in the death of the CISF jawan when a gun went

off accidentally. (ANI)

All seven Taliban attackers involved in the Afghan Parliament attack have been killed by the special forces after a siege that lasted over an hour.

According to Tolo News, the health officials said that 31 civilians have been injured and no deaths have been reported.

Kabul Police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi confirmed that a car detonated outside the Parliament earlier today followed by a series of explosions resulted in immediate evacuation of MPs and journalists from the Parliament.

The attack took place as the new Defence Minister Massoom Stanekzai was being introduced to the MPs.

Customs officials on Monday seized around 50 kilograms of gold at the Visakhapatnam Airport in the city.

According to reports, around 100 passengers travelling from Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok detained have been detained in connection with the case.

Further details are awaited. (ANI)

A Europe-wide police unit is reportedly being formed that will be responsible for combing through the World Wide Web to spot social media accounts linked to the Islamic State (IS) and blocking them.

The European police agency, Europol, will team up with unnamed social media companies to track the accounts. The aim will be to shut down accounts linked to the terror group within two hours of being set up, reports the BBC.

Amid the ongoing row over Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari not being invited for the International Day of Yoga celebrations, the Congress Party on Monday alleged that the ruling BJP at the Centre has become a habitual offender to people holding constitutional offices, and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should learn decorum from veterans L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi.

“The BJP and the Government of India are becoming habitual offenders to people holding constitutional offices. If the BJP insults the people holding constitutional positions, it is not a good sign. This is an

The Reserve Bank of India will conduct overnight variable rate reverse repo auction for a notified amount of ? 25,000 crore on Monday evening.

The auction will be conducted between 4 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. as per the revised guidelines on Term Repo Auctions issued on February 13, 2014.

Successful offers will get the allotment at their respective offered rates. Offers at or above the repo rate will be rejected.

The reversal of the overnight variable rate reverse repo will take place on Tuesday (June 23). (ANI)

The rate of interest on the Floating Rate Bonds, 2020 (FRB, 2020) applicable for the half year June 21, 2015 to December 20, 2015 shall be 7.80 per cent per annum, the RBI has announced.

It may be recalled that the rate of interest on the FRB, 2020 was set at average rate (rounded off up to two decimal places) of the implicit yields at the cut-off prices of the last three auctions of Government of India 182 day Treasury Bills held up to period preceding the coupon reset date, which is June 21.

A woman named Silvana Valentino Locke is a crazy cat lover, who forks out 90,000 pounds each year on her 122 cats.

The mother of two, who lives with her 32-year-old husband, has 52 cats living in her four-bedroom house while 40 live at the bottom of her garden with another 30 in a neighbouring field, reported the Mirror.

Talking about her love for the cats, 55-year-old Locke claims that it’s an addiction and she feels like she has OCD about cats and it’s her job to look after them all.

Intel has launched a free Android app that lets user’s use their phone as a keyboard and track-pad for their PC.

According to the nextweb.com, Intel Remote Keyboard was designed for use with mini PCs, but users can use it on any system running Windows 7 or 8.

For app to work, download the android app and install the companion desktop software. When user devices are on the same Wi-Fi network, Intel Remote Keyboard will detect their PC automatically.

The app supports both portrait and landscape modes and includes an on-screen keyboard and a track-pad with a scroll bar.

Hugh Hefner has finally responded to her former girlfriend Holly Madison claims of mistreatment in her tell-all memoir.

The 89-year-old playboy said that over the course of his life he had more than his fair share of romantic relationships with wonderful women, reported Us magazine.

He added that many of his lady love moved on to live happy, healthy and productive lives and are still friends with him but there were a few who have chosen to rewrite history in an attempt to stay in the spotlight.

Former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff has backed Ben Stokes, saying that the all-rounder is a more talented player than he was and has all qualities to become one of the country’s great.

Stokes proved his match-winning skills when he scored 92 and 101 against New Zealand at Lord’s before he dismissed Kane Williamson and Brendon McCullum in successive balls to help England to victory.

Describing Stokes as an ‘impact and personality player’, Flintoff said the all-rounder is capable of surpassing his own achievements, the BBC reported.

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Monday said that the sand mafia in Madhya Pradesh, who allegedly burnt alive journalist Sandeep Kothari, is flourishing under the state patronage.

“This is not the first incident where people have been killed because of the Sand Mafia. During my tenure, we had given the right to give leases to the Gram Panchayats, to the local bodies and they were collecting the revenues,” Singh told the media here.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday expressed deep concern over the suicide terror attack on Afghan Parliament and termed it as another heinous attempt by fundamentalists to subvert democratic forces.

“Smt.Gandhi condemned the attack, terming it as another heinous attempt by fundamentalists to subvert democratic forces #Afghanistan,” the official Twitter handle of Congress tweeted.

“Smt. Gandhi said that the Congress Party as indeed the entire Nation stood by the people of #Afghanistan,” it added.

India’s ODI skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has offered to step down after the side suffered the first-ever series defeat against Bangladesh on Sunday.

Bangladesh took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series with a six-wicket win over the World Cup semi-finalists in Dhaka yesterday.

Reflecting on the defeat, Dhoni said if it is a justifiable thing that Indian cricket would start doing really well from the moment of his removal then he would love to step away and play as a player, the Guardian reported.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who often obliges people with a selfie, today refused one to a volunteer while participating in the yoga day event at Rajpath.

Soon after addressing the gathering, Modi climbed down from the podium to join over 35,000 participants to perform ‘asanas’. As soon as the PM joined the front row to perform yoga, a young woman wearing a ‘volunteer’ badge requested him for a selfie.

Country’s top stock exchange NSE will introduce an overnight liquid transaction facility on its web-based Mutual Fund platform, from June 22.

The facility will enable traders, especially small investors, to invest even for a single night in liquid funds.

A similar product was introduced last month by BSE.

The exchange has seen daily transactions worth Rs 400-500 crore in the product so far.

As the Modi government struggles to get the land bill passed, key RSS affiliates have slammed as “detestable and unacceptable” several provisions in the ordinance brought by it replacing the Land Acquisition Law passed by the UPA dispensation.

A new study has revealed that infrared dry blanching may help in retaining higher level of vitamin C in dried mangoes.

Research by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), found that infrared dry blanching prior to blanching may improve the retention of water-soluble vitamins, like vitamin C in dried mangos.

88 Pakistani fishermen, who were released from various jails in Gujarat as part of a goodwill gesture earlier this week, reached the Wagah border on Sunday.

Out of total 115 Pakistani fishermen, the release of remaining 27 of them will be considered as and when their nationality is confirmed by the Pakistan High Commission in India.

Their release has been done so that they can be with their family members during the holy month of Ramzan.

Pakistan had on Friday repatriated 113 Indian fishermen via the Attari-Wagah joint check post.