Star batter preferred choice of new coach Gambhir and chief selector Agarkar over PandyaNEW DELHI: Ahead of India’s white-ball tour of Sri Lanka, the national selectors and new head coach Gautam Gambhir are contemplating taking a hard call on appointing the captain for T20Is. TOI understands that the think-tank has to decide between Hardik Pandya…
Six students were killed during protests in Bangladesh against the quota system in government jobs. In response, the government has ordered schools and universities nationwide to close indefinitely.The clashes on Tuesday prompted the education ministry to mandate the shutdown for “the security of the students,” said spokesman M A Khair. The order was extended to…
The team has been instructed to submit its findings within a week BAGESHWAR: Uttarakhand govt on Tuesday formed an investigative panel to probe the unauthorised construction of a temple by a self-styled godman on govt land near Devi Kund on the Sunderdhunga glacier at an altitude of 16,500 feet. Baba Yogi Chaitanya Akash, who built…
CHENNAI: We believe that police firing against anti-Sterlite protesters in 2018, wherein 13 persons were killed, was a predetermined act carried out at the behest of an industrialist,” the Madras HC said Monday, adding “one particular industrialist… wanted to teach the protesters a lesson and the authorities facilitated it.”HC directed Tamil Nadu’s Directorate of Vigilance…
NEW DELHI: A report by India’s G20 taskforce has suggested the creation of a viable financial plan to support the development and ongoing maintenance of digital public infrastructure (DPI) components, ensuring the availability of resources for implementing DPI.“This may include interested countries, organisations managing DPIs, multilateral development banks, DPI-specific funds, project financing mechanisms, investment promotion…
NEW DELHI: IMF on Tuesday revised the growth projection for India to 7% during the current financial year, compared to the earlier estimate of 6.8%, citing upward revisions to growth last year and improved prospects for private consumption, especially in rural areas. The assessment will provide comfort to analysts and policymakers as rural demand is…
AGARTALA: A fresh incident of arson, allegedly carried out by a group of displaced Bru tribe from Mizoram, was reported in Gandatwisa sub-division of Tripura‘s Dhalai district early Tuesday. Homeless families living in nearby shelters claimed two shops were set on fire. Police had to resort to lathicharge to disperse the crowd, resulting in injuries…
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Commission of Railway Safety (CRS), in its provisional findings in the Kanchanjunga Express accident that claimed 10 lives, has pointed to wrong authority letters issued to loco pilots on how to negotiate defective signals and lapses at “multiple levels” in train operations following failure of automatic signals.In its report to the Railway Board,…
While recommending a 10-fold increase in electromagnetic field (EMF) emissions from mobile towers, a government committee in its report also noted that the measure may adversely impact public opinion and lead to “heightened mistrust”. “The revision of EMF norms could lead to heightened public mistrust due to the negative health effects of EMF radiation,” it…
Good train rear-ended Kanchanjunga Express KOLKATA/SILIGURI: The bereaved family of goods train loco pilot Anil Kumar has been vindicated as a chief commissioner of railway safety (CCRS) report has cleared him of the blame for the June 17 Kanchanjunga Express accident, which claimed 10 lives and left 43 injured.“My husband was blamed for the accident…
