Tehran, July 4: India’s Minister of State for External Affairs, Pabitra Margerita, and the Governor of Bihar, Lieutenant General (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain, represented India at the funeral ceremony of the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamenei. Minister Margerita expressed on the social media platform ‘X’, “Lieutenant General (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain […]
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Morne Morkel (Image credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: India bowling coach Morne Morkel has made it clear that the team management will continue to back openers Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma, despite growing calls for 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to make his international debut.Sooryavanshi has been one of the biggest talking points since being […]
Galle, July 3: Sai Sudharsan’s impressive century has put India A in a strong position against Sri Lanka A in the second unofficial Test. At the end of the second day’s play, India A scored 247 runs for the loss of one wicket. The left-handed opener, Sudharsan, achieved his second consecutive century, remaining unbeaten at […]
NEW DELHI: Seeking to allay public fears over ethanol-blended fuel, petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri Thursday said a “make-believe” narrative had been unleashed on social media over the past few days.Addressing a press conference, the minister said the reduction in mileage of an E20-fuelled vehicle is “minor”. “It is well established that when you have […]
New Delhi, July 2: The governments of India and Japan, along with their stakeholders, will celebrate the year 2027 as the ‘India-Japan Year of Shared Horizons’. This celebration marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Thursday that both nations will […]
NEW DELHI: The Centre has widened its scrutiny of messaging platforms with username-based communication, with the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) issuing notices to Telegram and Signal days after directing WhatsApp to justify its proposed username feature and pause its rollout in India.According to sources quoted by PTI, the notices to Telegram and […]
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Wednesday held that an accused person cannot claim default bail on the ground that the chargesheet, which was filed in court within the statutory period, was not provided to him according to that timeline.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N K Singh said, “We are of the view that simple […]
Chester-le-Street, July 1: India has set a target of 190 runs for England in the first match of the ongoing T20 series at Riverside Ground on Wednesday. Abhishek Sharma and captain Shreyas Iyer played crucial roles in achieving this formidable score, despite light rain during the innings. Winning the toss and opting to bat, the […]
SRINAGAR: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti joined nearly 60 signatories from across India in calling for renewed dialogue between India and Pakistan, inviting a stinging criticism from BJP. The party accused them of “once again choosing to echo Pakistan’s narrative instead of standing with the victims of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism”.In […]
Complaint filed over alleged conspiracy to topple TVK-led Vijay government NEW DELHI: The Tamil Nadu Police arrested 3 people over an alleged horse-trading bid aimed at destabilising Vijay-led government. The action followed allegations by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) MLA N Ilaiyaraja, who claimed he was offered Rs 35 crore to influence his vote on a […]
