NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he is optimistic that the textile sector will achieve the Rs 9 lakh crore annual exports target ahead of the 2030 deadline. This assumes significance in view of the General Budget 2025 announcement of a five-year Cotton Mission to increase cotton productivity especially of extra-long staple…
(Images via Getty Images and X) YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia, known as BeerBiceps, has issued his first statement since facing backlash for his controversial remarks on comedian Samay Raina’s show India’s Got Latent. The controversy escalated after former WWE wrestler Saurav Gurjar, also known as Sanga, condemned Allahbadia and threatened him publicly. Saurav Gurjar’s fiery warning…
Maharashtra CM D Fadnavis (File photo) NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis defended the state government’s decision to form a committee to examine legal options against “love jihad“. He said that while interfaith marriages are not wrong, deceitful conversions through false identities must be addressed.“The Supreme Court has also acknowledged the reality of love…
NEW DELHI: The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League season will kick-off with a high-octane clash between defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Eden Gardens on March 22. Eden Gardens, the home ground of IPL 2024 title winners KKR, will also be the venue for the grand finale on May…
Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal court for his arraignment on state murder and terror charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, in New York. AP/PTI( A legal defense fundraiser for Luigi Mangione, the suspect accused in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has raised $447,378 so far, with a goal of…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s pace bowler Haris Rauf has regained fitness and will be ready for their ICC Champions Trophy opening fixture against New Zealand on Wednesday, as per reliable sources. A source within the Pakistan camp informed PTI on Sunday that Haris, who had suffered a muscular strain in his lower chest during the recent…
Elvish Yadav, a social media influencer, is under fire for allegedly making “derogatory and racist” remarks about Chum Darang, a former Miss Arunachal and Big Boss 18 participant, on a podcast with fellow contestant Rajat Dalal. On Saturday, Elvish clarified his podcast statements, noting that his disrespectful words about Chum had been removed from the…
NEW DELHI: A Mumbai court ordered Hitesh Mehta, the former general manager and head of accounts at New India Cooperative Bank, into police custody over the alleged Rs 122 crore misappropriation case. The holiday court on Sunday remanded Mehta and his co-accused, Dharmesh Paun, in custody until February 21 as the economic offences wing (EOW)…
A US military aircraft landed at Amritsar airport on Saturday night, carrying 116 Indian migrants who had been deported from the United States. Among them was Daljit Singh, who had left his village in Punjab last year with hopes of a better future. Instead, he returned in shackles, his hands cuffed and legs chained throughout…
Image credit: TimesofIndia.com TimesofIndia.com in DUBAI: Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant took a blow to his left knee while doing drills at the ICC Academy in Dubai on Sunday. He was stationed right next to the net where Hardik Pandya was batting and a slash from the right-hander hit him on the knee. Pant was down on…
