People queue up outside Anna canteen in AP
The long-awaited Anna Canteens offering subsidised food for the poor were launched in Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) across Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.
About 100 canteens were opened in 35 ULBs in the first phase. They would serve breakfast, lunch and dinner for just ₹5 a plate on week days.
Amit Shah-Nitish meet in Patna
BJP president Amit Shah being greeted by supporters in Patna on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Ranjeet Kumar
Amid speculations over seat sharing disagreement and who would be the face of NDA in Bihar in the upcoming Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections, Bhartiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on Thursday reached Patna. He was accorded grand welcome in Patna by BJP leaders and party workers.
This is Mr. Shah’s first visit to the State since JD(U) had formed the government in Bihar with the BJP again in July 2017.
A large number of hoardings, posters and billboards with pictures of Mr. Shah and state BJP leaders have dotted every nook and corner of the state capital.
Child injured as slab collapses in Bandra
A damaged room after a slab collapsed in Govt Colony, Bandra, Mumbai on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Emmanuel
A 9-year-old girl child and her mother were injured when a slab crashed down at one of the house at Government Colony, in Bandra, Mumbai on early Thursday. Sources said the incessant rains could have weakened the old building, which lacked maintenance leading to the accident.
Sri Lanka - South Africa cricket Test match
South African cricket captain Faf du Plessis (R) along with his teammate Hashim Amla arrives to the field during the first day of first test against Sri Lankan in Galle on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Reuters
Sri Lanka's stand-in-captain Suranga Lakmal won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa in the first Test in Galle on Thursday.
Lakmal is leading the hosts in the absence of regular skipper Dinesh Chandimal, who is effectively suspended for the two-match series along with coach Chandika Hathurusingha pending an inquiry over a breach of the spirit of cricket.
Sri Lanka have fielded a four-man bowling attack that features three specialist spinners.
The Faf du Plessis-led South Africa have picked two spinners in their XI, in addition to their three fast bowlers led by the experienced Dale Steyn.
Croatian fans erupt in joy
Croatian fans celebrate at the end of the semifinal match between Croatia and England, in Zagreb, Croatia. | Photo Credit: AP
Tears and cries of joy, hugs and chants, firecrackers and flares -- Croatia was on fire late Wednesday after their victory against England set up a first ever appearance in a World Cup final.
“Croatia in World Cup finals! It is so beautiful! Miracle of all miracles in Russia!” the state-run HRT television commentator Drago Cosic shouted ecstatically.
Croatia beat England 2-1 in extra-time thanks to a Mario Mandzukic goal in the second period of extra-time to book a date with France in Moscow on Sunday.
Thousands of fans gathered at the country's largest fan zone in Zagreb's main square, braving intermittent rain to cheer on the “Fiery Ones” (Vatreni) on a giant screen.
Tension in Northern Ireland
Army bomb disposal officers bring equipment to deal with a car containing a suspect device cordoned off by police in the middle of a road in East Belfast ahead of Twelfth of July celebrations held by members of Loyalist Orders in Belfast, Northern Ireland. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
Northern Irish police came under gunfire and petrol bomb attack in the fifth night of violence in Londonderry late on Tuesday on the eve of a major annual parade in the British province that frequently triggers sectarian violence.
Three decades of fighting between mostly Protestant loyalists who want Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom and mainly Catholic Irish nationalists who want it to be part of a united Ireland, ended after a 1998 peace deal but the annual parades often revive tensions.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said the gunshots were "a blatant bid to murder police officers", escalating the simmering violence involving Catholic youths.
While no officers were injured in the shooting in the Bogside nationalist area of the city, two police officers and a civilian were hurt in street violence 24 hours earlier.