NEW DELHI: India captain Rohit Sharma endured another failure in Test cricket, getting dismissed for a duck on the first day of the second Test against New Zealand in Pune on Thursday.Kiwi pacer Tim Southee silenced the Pune crowd with a stunning delivery that sent Rohit packing. Rohit was completely squared up in defense as…
Union defence minister Rajnath Singh (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Union defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the India-China pact that eases border tension between New Delhi and Beijing was the outcome of the “power of engaging in dialogue“.He said that the consensus between both nations includes “patrolling, grazing in traditional areas”.“India and China have…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau found himself the target of sharp jabs in Parliament on Wednesday, as he attempted to defend his government’s record on immigration. In the midst of a heated debate, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre tore into Trudeau, blaming him for the ongoing housing crisis, claiming the PM “cannot fix what he broke…
NEW DELHI: Thursday yet again saw big Indian carriers getting threats for over 80 flights, after a brief respite on Wednesday. Sources across airlines say the same handle targeted flights. Under the newly changed protocol, such mass threats from the same handle are treated as non-specific to minimise disruptions by not requiring diversions.“We confirm that…
NEW DELHI: Some eyebrows were raised when Washington Sundar replaced Kuldeep Yadav in the Indian playing XI for the second Test against New Zealand that got underway on Thursday at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune.Having played his last Test against England in 2021, Sundar was making his comeback into the Indian team. New Zealand…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar‘s faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), asking the party to fully comply with the court’s interim order that allowed the use of ‘clock’ symbol in elections, but with a disclaimer. The notice came in response to a…
More than 70 flights of several Indian airlines received fresh bomb threats on Thursday, according to news agency PTI sources.Sources have revealed that around 20 flights each from Air India, Vistara, and IndiGo, as well as 14 flights from Akasa Air, have received bomb threats. Over the span of 11 days, nearly 250 flights operated…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole on Thursday said that the seat sharing agreement between the Maha Vikas Agadhi (MVA) had been finalised but the chief ministerial face would only be decided after the government comes to power in Maharashtra. The three MVA allies — Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), and Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad…
“He (Modi) has made India very strong. Now he is the only one who can deliver 10% economic growth annually,” Watsa said. Prem Watsa, the billionaire CEO of Fairfax Financial Holdings who has earned the moniker of ‘Canada’s Warren Buffet’, expressed his confidence in India’s ability to achieve double-digit economic growth, which he believes is…
S Jaishankar at Brics meeting in Kazan NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar, speaking at the Brics Plus Summit on Thursday, reiterated India’s pitch for reforms in the permanent and the non-permanent categories of the UN Security Council.Speaking at the 16th Brics summit in Brics plus format in Russia’s Kazan, Jaishankar also sought reforms…
