NEW DELHI: The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) turned down the request from a female staff to undergo a gender change procedure, citing the Central Armed Police Forces medical wing’s opinion that this may have a “bad impact on the psychology and behaviour pattern of force personnel.”Earlier, ITBP sought guidance from the ministry of home affairs…
Jofra Archer (Image credit: England Cricket) NEW DELHI: Jofra Archer etched his name in the record books, becoming the fastest England bowler to claim 50 ODI wickets during the Group B clash against Afghanistan in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at Gaddafi Stadium.Archer made an explosive start, tearing through Afghanistan’s top order with three quick…
NEW DELHI: Nitish Kumar led-NDA government on Wednesday expanded its cabinet ahead of the assembly elections scheduled in November this year.Seven BJP MLAs including Sanjay Saraogi, Sunil Kumar, Jibesh Mishra, Motilal Prasad, Krishan Kumar Mantoo, Raju Kumar Singh and Vijay Kumar Mandal took oath as cabinet ministers.Bihar governor Arif Mohammed Khan administered the oaths.Earlier, Bihar…
NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed the arrest and banning of the pitch invader who breached security during the Champions Trophy Group A match between New Zealand and Bangladesh in Rawalpindi on Monday. The individual, reportedly carrying a photograph of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan leader Saad Rizvi, managed to evade security at the Rawalpindi…
NEW DELHI: NIT-Calicut professor Shaija A who was charged with praising Nathuram Godse on Mahatma Gandhi‘s Martyr’s Day last year has been appointed as the dean of the planning and development department with effect on March 7.The move has triggered opposition from Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the youth wing of the CPI(M), which…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday refuted speculations of internal rift within Congress as he accepted the invitation from Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev to participate in the grand Mahashiratri celebrations at the Isha Yoga Center in Coimbatore along with Union home minister Amit Shah.Shivakumar said that his visit does not mean he…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has spent Rs 66 crore in the fiscal year 2023-24, making a total of over 400 crore on legal proceedings during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s regime, from 2014 to 2024. The expenditure on court cases in 2023-24 exceeded the previous year’s spending by more than Rs 9 crore.Official records presented to…
NEW DELHI: The central government on Wednesday opposed the petition seeking imposition of lifetime ban on convicted politicians and said that taking such a step was solely under Parliament’s domain.“The question whether a life-time ban would be appropriate or not is a question that is solely within the domain of the parliament,” the affidavit said….
Pune police are searching for Datta Gade, a man with a criminal record, who allegedly raped a 26-year-old woman inside an empty MSRTC bus at Swargate bus stand. NEW DELHI: Pune police have launched a manhunt for a man with a criminal record for raping a 26-year-old woman inside a stationary Maharashtra State Road Transport…
NEW DELHI: Terrorists on Wednesday opened fire at an army vehicle in the Sunderbani area in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri, officials told news agency PTI.There were no immediate reports of any casualties in the brief firing near Phal village in the Sunderbani sector, they said.The terrorists, believed to be hiding in a forest, fired a…
