NEW DELHI: The United States national cricket team has already made a significant impact in the game’s hierarchy by defeating Pakistan last week at the 2024 T20 World Cup, a remarkable feat considering the sport’s relative obscurity in America compared to the fervor it generates in countries like England, where it originated. Cricket, with its…
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir, which witnessed record turnouts in the just-concluded Lok Sabha polls, has a rather busy security calendar in the months ahead. With the Amarnath yatra due to start on June 29 and stretching till Aug 19 and the impending polls at various levels — panchayat, urban bodies and assembly, of which…
Image used for representative purpose AHMEDABAD: Forget “donkey flight” for the nonce, say hello to bat, ball, and kabootar baazi. The New York leg of T20 World Cup is proving exciting not only for cricket fans but also human traffickers from Gujarat, who are using the game as a means to sneak people into the…
NEW DELHI: Congress and other opposition parties on Tuesday said PM Narendra Modi should pay heed to the ‘advice’ of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and visit Manipur which has seen violence for over a year now, a day after Bhagwat said the situation in the strife-torn state must be considered a priority.While Congress general secretary…
NEW DELHI: After formation of Modi-3.0 govt, the focus now shifts to who will be the next BJP chief amid looming electoral battles, including in Maharashtra and Haryana, where the party is incumbent and where it performed badly in Lok Sabha polls.J P Nadda, who has been inducted as a key cabinet minister in Modi…
NEW DELHI: Soon after assuming charge as law and justice minister on Tuesday, Arjun Ram Meghwal said a uniform civil code (UCC) and ‘one nation, one poll‘ were part of govt’s agenda, but refrained from giving a timeframe for implementation.The two initiatives were part of BJP’s poll promises and the party’s loss of majority in…
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha poll results have come as a reality check for “overconfident” BJP workers and many of its leaders as they were happy in their “bubble” and enjoying the glow of PM Modi’s aura but did not have their ear to the ground, RSS organ ‘Organiser’ said in an article in its…
NEW DELHI: Cross-border terrorism cannot be the policy of a good neighbour, S Jaishankar said Tuesday responding to questions about ties with Pakistan. Shortly after taking charge as external affairs minister for the second time, Jaishankar also said relations with neighbours will be the first and overriding priority for the new NDA govt’s foreign policy…
BHOPAL: A labourer from Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur cremated after being presumed dead in an accident in Rajasthan walked home on his terhavi (13th day ritual), leading his family to realise that they had identified the wrong man and performed his last rites.As the egregious episode of mistaken identity unfolded and Surendra Sharma (25) came back…
BENGALURU: Actor Darshan’s arrest on Tuesday in connection with the murder of a man who allegedly sent obscene texts to his co-star isn’t the actor’s first experience with law enforcement agencies. He was arrested in 2011 on charges of allegedly assaulting his wife, and in Nov 2023 his men allegedly unleashed ferocious dogs on an…
