NEW DELHI: Amidst reports that former Australian cricketers Ricky Ponting and Justin Langer turned down offers to coach the Indian senior men’s team, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah categorically denied the board approached any former Australian cricketer with a coaching offer.Jay Shah said in a statement on Friday,…
NEW DELHI: Days after the Arab League called for the deployment of UN peacemakers in Gaza and West Bank, the department chief responded saying that the world can’t expect the United Nations to stop wars citing its limitations.Calling the mission in Israeli occupied Palestinian territories “very, very, very hypothetical,” under secretary-general for peace operations Jean-Pierre…
New Delhi: Jewellery retailer Senco Gold saw its quarter-on-quarter net profit fall to Rs 32 crore in Q4FY24 against Rs 109.3 crore in Q3, regulatory filings showed. In sales terms, Senco’s Q4 revenue from operations stood at Rs 1,137 crore, while in the December quarter, the company reported an income of Rs 1,652 crore. However,…
NEW DELHI: The West Bengal CID detained one person for his alleged involvement in the murder of Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar on Thrusday evening. Police suspect that the MP could have been “lured’ into a New Town flat by a woman and then murdered by contract killers.The detained person is a resident of an…
Having fought his way back from abdomen injury, star spinner holds key for Royals in Chepauk qualifier vs mighty SRHCHENNAI: A week before the start of the IPL, Ravichandran Ashwin had an evening to cherish at his very own Chepauk. A felicitation was organized by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association for the master offie for…
MUMBAI: Punit Goenka-helmed Zee Entertainment Enterprises has sought a termination fee of $90 million from Sony Pictures Networks India after the latter pulled the plug on a $10-billion merger deal. In a regulatory filing, Zee said: “Sony Pictures Networks India (now known as Culver Max) and Bangla Entertainment, a unit of Sony Pictures, have failed…
After five rounds of polling, an analysis of turnout shows that of the 409 seats where data can be compared with 2019, nearly two-thirds, or 258, have witnessed a lower percentage turnout this year and 88 (more than one in five) have seen even the absolute number of votes drop from five years ago.Seats with…
NEW DELHI: Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal waited with his parents at his official Civil Lines residence for Delhi Police to arrive for questioning them in the Swati Maliwal assault case. However, the cops did not visit the house on Thursday.Around noon, Kejriwal released a video message saying, “I am waiting for police with my parents…
NEW DELHI: Campaigning ended Thursday for the penultimate phase of Lok Sabha elections in 58 constituencies across six states and two UTs, including all seven seats in Delhi, amid severe heatwave conditions sweeping across northern India.Delhi is likely to experience record-high temperatures of up to 46 degrees celsius during Saturday’s polling, according to forecasts.In addition…
PRAYAGRAJ: Quashing an FIR lodged by a chief judicial magistrate at UP‘s Banda against officials of the state electricity dept, Allahabad HC Tuesday said the act was “unbecoming of a judge”, reported.A bench of justices Rahul Chaturvedi and Mohd Azhar Husain Idrisi noted that the Banda CJM had levelled “wild and tailored” allegations of fraud,…
