Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Photo credit: ACB) NEW DELHI: Afghanistan’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz on Monday notched a masterful hundred to become the second youngest player ever to hit eight tons in men’s one-day international cricket. The Gurbaz century against along with a cracking 77-ball 70 from Azmatullah Omarzai powered Afghans to a five-wicket win over Bangladesh in the…
US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday picked Florida representative Mike Waltz as his national security adviser, according to various reports citing sources.Waltz, a former Army Green Beret, has established himself as a prominent critic of China.A Trump supporter and former National Guard colonel, Waltz has expressed concerns about Chinese activities in the Asia-Pacific region and…
MUMBAI: For the minority Christian community in Maharashtra, the election offers difficult choices, especially after home minister Amit Shah’s statement that a BJP govt in the state will implement the anti-conversion law and never allow quota for minorities. Despite the fact that no Christian candidate has been fielded by major political parties in Mumbai, community…
NAGPUR: As Maharashtra gears up for assembly elections, data reveals a stark under representation of Muslim candidates who make up only about 10% of the total contestants, according to the state’s election department. Of 4,136 candidates vying for seats in 288 constituencies, only 420 are Muslims, and more than half of these are running as…
HARIDWAR: A row erupted in Haridwar after the district administration invited three Muslim MLAs from the region for an event at Har-ki-Pauri ghat to mark the state foundation day, a move allegedly opposed by Ganga Sabha, the body administering the ghat. It argued that the three legislators should not have been invited as “non-Hindus are…
Uddhav Thackeray (File photo) NAGPUR/NASIK: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray expressed outrage after his bags were checked by officials deployed by EC at Wani, Yavatmal, ahead of a rally Saturday. A video circulated by the party shows Thackeray’s bags being examined, a move he termed “biased” and questioned whether such checks were conducted on…
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy Telangana CM A Revanth Reddy appealed Monday to Muslims to support Congress in the upcoming elections, warning that voting for regional parties could indirectly benefit BJP govt at the Centre. He emphasised that only two main political factions exist: “Modi Parivar” and “Gandhi Parivar”. “While Modi Parivar is trying to divide…
NEW DELHI/RANCHI: An election ad Congress issued for its 1991 Lok Sabha campaign slamming the reservation regime where people’s destiny was decided by caste and not by merit found a new lease of life with PM Narendra Modi citing this to say that Congress’s current pitch for caste census and for raising the ceiling on…
NEW DELHI: Observing that it is the fundamental right of every citizen to live in a pollution-free environment and that no religion promotes activities which cause pollution, Supreme Court Monday directed Delhi govt to decide by Nov 25 on a perpetual ban on selling and bursting of all kinds of firecrackers throughout the year in…
NEW DELHI: Pro-Khalistan terrorist and Sikhs For Justice chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on Monday threatened to attack Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, and other Hindu temples on Nov 16 and 17 while also taking aim at Indian diplomats.Pannun said, “We will shake the foundations of Ayodhya, birthplace of the violent Hindutva ideology.” SFJ said it planned…
