Hardik Pandya, the captain of Mumbai Indians, has been in the news for all the wrong reasons in this IPL. His trade as captain from Gujarat Titans to replace a highly successful skipper in Rohit Sharma, also an India captain, was not received well by the fans and in every venue he has played, more…
MEERUT: From the narrow alleys of Mairashtra (the ancient name of Meerut) to the vibrant streets of the modern-day city, Arun Govil, instantly recognisable as ‘Lord Ram’ thanks to the hugely popular TV version of Ramayan in the ’80s, hops out of a luxury car and steps onto a decorated truck, at times walking through…
India’s T20 World Cup squad is expected to be announced by the BCCI before the end of this month, and the interest around that transcends boundaries, which shows in the words of former Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake.The T20 World Cup is scheduled to be co-hosted by the USA and the West Indies from June 2…
India’s batting legend, revered as the God of cricket, celebrates his 51st birthday on Wednesday, April 24.Since that day against Pakistan in 1989, when a 16-year-old Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest Indian cricketer to play in an international match, the kid grew into a cricketer that went on to rewrite numerous batting records in his…
At New York University, police swept in to arrest 133 protesting students Monday night, ending a standoff with the school’s administration. At Yale University, police placed protesters’ wrists into zip ties Monday morning and escorted them onto campus shuttles to receive summonses for trespassing. Columbia kept its classroom doors closed Monday, moving lectures online and…
MUMBAI: Demand for consumer loans is no longer limited to large cities. In the last festival quarter (Oct-Dec 2023), Kanpur and Bara Banki in Uttar Pradesh were among the top ten cities in terms of consumer loan growth, replacing Jaipur and Surat.According to an analysis by credit bureau CRIF High Mark, cities outside the top…
The sixth day of Donald Trump‘s criminal trial got off to a dreadful start for the former US president on Tuesday as the judge questioned his lawyer’s credibility and a key witness pulled back the curtain on what prosecutors say was a conspiracy to influence the 2016 presidential polls.In a pivotal stretch of testimony, David…
The US Secret Service is in the business of protecting the president, whether he’s inside the Oval Office or visiting a foreign war zone. But protecting a former president in prison? The prospect is unprecedented. That would be the challenge if Donald Trump – whom the agency is required by law to protect around the…
NEW DELHI: overnment has moved Supreme Court seeking clarification on assigning spectrum for specific purposes — such as satellite communication, for use by defence forces and PSUs, and for Metro or railway operations — instead of auctions, mandated by the apex court in 2012 following the 2G scam.The petition, which was filed last Dec, came…
CUTTACK: The Supreme Court Tuesday suspended the sentence of Barabati-Cuttack MLA Mohammed Moquim in the Orissa Rural Housing Development Corporation (ORHDC) loan fraud case, but did not stay his conviction, dashing his hopes of contesting the assembly elections next month.The Representation of the People Act mandates the disqualification of MLAs sentenced to a jail term…
