Last Dance: Final chance for Kohli, Rohit to give India a World Cup after 13 years
Bengaluru: It’s tough to find two cricketers who are so different from each other yet so closely intertwined by the same thread of fate as Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Rohit’s initiation into top-flight cricket came at the idyllic Belfast in 2007 and Kohli’s a year later at the more conventional Dambulla. Another intriguing chapter […]
191 BJP, 143 Cong LS poll candidates face criminal cases: ADR
New Delhi: Out of the 440 BJP candidates contesting the Lok Sabha polls, 191 have declared criminal cases in their election affidavits, according to an analysis by a poll rights body. For the Congress, out of its 327 candidates, 143, or 44 per cent, have declared criminal cases, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said […]
During SP rule in UP, power supply uninterrupted on Ramzan not on Janmashtami: Amit Shah
Maharajganj/Ballia (UP): Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday slammed the Samajwadi Party over “power shortages” during its term in Uttar Pradesh, and said the supply was uninterrupted during Ramzan but not on Janmashtami. Addressing poll rallies in the state, Shah said this Lok Sabha election presents a choice between those who constructed the Ram temple […]
Delhi’s official marker Safdarjung observatory records 46.8 Deg C, highest in 79 years
New Delhi: Delhi’s primary weather station Safdarjung observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 46.8 degrees Celsius, the highest in 79 years, according to official data. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) data showed that Delhi’s maximum temperature was 46.7 degrees Celsius on June 1945. At 46.8 degrees Celsius, the Safdarjung observatory recorded its highest temperature six […]
Does PM believe Lord Jagannath to be his devotee, asks Cong
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi whether he was withholding Rs 7,000 crore of paddy procurement funds to West Bengal and if the CBI case against BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has got “washed away” in the ruling party’s “washing machine”. Raking up the BJP candidate Sambit Patra’s recent remarks that […]
India successfully test fires Rudra M-II missile
Balasore (Odisha): India on Wednesday successfully flight-tested the RudraM-II air-to-surface missile off the coast of Odisha, defence sources said. The flight test met all the trial objectives, validating the propulsion system and control & guidance algorithm, they said. RudraM-II is an indigenously developed solid-propelled air-launched missile system meant for the air-to-surface role to neutralise various […]
Irdai directs health insurers to decide on cashless authorisation in 1 hour
New Delhi, May 29 (PTI) Regulator Irdai on Wednesday released a master circular on health insurance specifying that an insurer will have to decide on cashless authorization within one hour of request. The master circular on Health Insurance products repeals 55 circulars issued earlier and it is a significant stride towards reinforcing the empowerment of […]
BSF opens fire on suspected Pak drone near LoC in Poonch
Jammu: The Border Security Force personnel fired several rounds to shoot down a suspected Pakistani drone near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch, officials said on Wednesday. The drone activity from across the border was picked up by the border guards in Khanetar garrison at around 11.30 pm on Tuesday, the officials said. They […]
Nawaz Sharif says Pak ‘violated’ agreement with India signed by him and Vajpayee in 1999
Lahore: Former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday admitted that Islamabad had “violated” an agreement with India signed by him and ex-prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999, in an apparent reference to the Kargil misadventure by Gen Pervez Musharraf. “On May 28, 1998, Pakistan carried out five nuclear tests. After that Vajpayee Saheb came […]
2019 temple priest murder case solved, main accused nabbed from Haryana: Police
Jammu: Police on Tuesday claimed to have solved a five-year-old murder case of a temple priest with the arrest of the main accused from Haryana. Baba Pragat Nath (65), a resident of Uttar Pradesh, was found dead with injuries to his head inside the temple in Toph Sherkhania on the intervening night of November 15 […]
