COOCH BEHAR: A BJP Minority Morcha rally, in support of the party’s Cooch Behar candidate Nisith Pramanik, raising “Allahu Akbar” slogans grabbed eyeballs in West Bengal’s Dinhata on Thursday.BJP Cooch Behar president and MLA Sukumar Roy told TOI on Friday the rally was held with Muslims from two assembly segments, Sitai and Dinhata. “We will…
BHOPAL: In a stunning blow to Congress ahead of Lok Sabha polls, party MLA from Amarwara assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh, Kamlesh Shah, a close aide of former CM Kamal Nath, joined BJP on Friday.The most important tower of Nath’s Chhindwara citadel has now fallen into BJP hands. He now finds himself holding the Chhindwara…
PATNA: RJD-Congress-Left Front Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) announced on Friday its seat-sharing formula for all 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, with Lalu Prasad‘s party getting the lion’s share of 26, Congress nine and Left parties five, reported.RJD‘s 26 seats are seven more than it had contested in 2019, when it drew a blank. Congress’s nine…
NEW DELHI: Responding to yet another piracy attack, the Indian Navy intercepted and rescued a hijacked Iranian fishing vessel Al-Kambar 786 and its 23-member Pakistani crew in the Arabian Sea on Friday.“The nine armed pirates, who had boarded the fishing vessel around 90 nautical miles south-west of Socotra late on Thursday evening, were forced to…
NEW DELHI: A blistering fifty from Venkatesh Iyer proved to be the driving force behind Kolkata Knight Riders‘ emphatic seven-wicket triumph over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL encounter on Friday.Venkatesh’s innings of 50 runs from 30 balls, including three fours and four sixes, combined with explosive performances from openers Sunil Narine (47 runs off…
NEW DELHI: A relentless half-century by Venkatesh Iyer acted as the driving force behind Kolkata Knight Riders‘ commanding seven-wicket triumph over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their recent IPL encounter. Venkatesh’s brisk 50 off 30 deliveries (3 fours, 4 sixes), coupled with explosive performances from openers Sunil Narine (47 off 22 balls, including 2 fours and…
NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department has forecasted temperatures to remain above normal along with heat wave conditions in April and May. Additionally, senior Scientist Dr. Naresh Kumar said that heavy rainfall will lash Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh today, with light showers expected in Delhi soon.“We are expecting above-normal temperatures as we are…
NEW DELHI: Batting maestro Virat Kohli is in ominous touch, after coming from a long break, as he surpassed Chris Gayle to record most sixes for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).Kohli, who has hit 241 sixes so far, leads the list for RCB followed by Gayle (239), AB de Villiers (238), Glenn Maxwell (67) and Faf…
NEW DELHI: Batting maestro Virat Kohli is in ominous touch, after coming from a long break, as he surpassed Chris Gayle to record most sixes for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).Kohli, who has hit 241 sixes so far, leads the list for RCB followed by Gayle (239), AB de Villiers (238), Glenn Maxwell (67) and Faf…
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