NEW DELHI: South Africa overcame an early scare to secure a nervy four-wicket victory over the Netherlands in the Twenty20 World Cup in Long Island, New York, on Saturday.David Miller anchored the innings with an unbeaten 59 off 51 balls, leading South Africa to 106 for six in 18.5 overs in response to the Netherlands’…
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of education has constituted a four-member panel headed by a former Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) chairperson to review the grace marks awarded to more than 1,563 candidates in the medical entrance exam National Eligibility Entrance Test-undergraduate (NEET-UG). This was informed by the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on Saturday.The medical/…
New Delhi: Narendra Modi will take oath as India’s Prime Minister on Sunday for the third time at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The oath-taking ceremony of Modi and his cabinet will be held in the presence of a large gathering of national and international dignitaries. On Friday, the President of India appointed Modi as the prime…
NEW DELHI: In a tragic incident on Thursday, a male passenger in his late 50s fell overboard from the MSC Euribia cruise ship while it was navigating through Norway’s Sognefjord, known as the “King of the Fjords.” The man’s body was recovered by a rescue helicopter approximately an hour after the incident and transported to…
KOLKATA: The INDIA bloc’s decision not to stake any claim to form the govt today does not mean that it is not going to stake claim tomorrow, CM Mamata Banerjee has said, adding that TDP’s Chandrababu Naidu and JD(U)’s Nitish Kumar “are also our friends”.Banerjee, who met Trinamool’s 29 new MPs at her Kalighat residence…
NEW DELHI: Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu will take oath as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh on June 12 at 9.27 am.The TDP, along with its alliance partners, BJP and Jana Sena, collectively secured 164 out of the 175 assembly seats, leaving a mere 11 seats for the opposition party, YSRCP.“Swearing –…
HYDERABAD: Fast moving consumer goods giant Coca Cola has uncorked plans for its third greenfield facility in Telangana at an investment of Rs 700 crore.The proposed facility, to be set up by the American giant’s wholly-owned subsidiary Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd (HCCB), is slated to come up in Peddapalli district.The announcement was made…
NEW DELHI: India captain Rohit Sharma emphasized that playing good cricket remains paramount as they prepare to face Pakistan in the upcoming T20 World Cup match in New York on Sunday.Rohit, ahead of the highly anticipated clash, highlighted the importance of focusing on their own performance rather than being overly concerned about the opposition or…
KANPUR: Strange it may sound but in the 2024 general elections, at least seven MPs from a single district, Etawah, have made it to the 18thLok Sabha. If we include two members of the Rajya Sabha as well, Etawah will perhaps emerge as the only district in the country which has sent nine of its…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday took a jibe at Narendra Modi‘s swearing-in ceremony after the BJP failed to secure a clear majority in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls. Tharoor stated that he would watch the India-Pakistan match instead of attending the ceremony, as he had not been invited. “I have not…
