NEW DELHI: When former cricketer Atul Wassan announced that he wants Pakistan to defeat India in Sunday’s Champions Trophy match in Dubai, it caught everyone off guard.Pakistan will take on fierce opponents India in the duel of the heavyweights in an attempt to maintain their championship defense. After losing to New Zealand by 60 runs…
US President Donald Trump US district judge Carl Nichols on Friday gave the green light for US President Donald Trump’s administration to remove thousands of USAID staffers from their posts in the US and around the world. The ruling allows most USAID employees to be dismissed, with only a few kept on.Nichols at first declined…
After an illustrious 23-year career in the NFL, Tom Brady decided to retire following the 2022 season. It seemed like the seven-time Super Bowl champion would finally step away from the football field. However, his break from the sport was short-lived. A few months after his retirement, Brady made headlines by signing a staggering 10-year,…
A jury on Friday found Hadi Matar, an American-Lebanese man, guilty of attempting to kill novelist Salman Rushdie by storming a stage and repeatedly stabbing the Satanic Verses author.Matar now faces up to 25 years in prison and is set to be sentenced on April 23, a court official confirmed. He was convicted on charges…
Indian-origin leader Kash Patel took oath as the director of the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) on Hindu holy book Bhagavad Gita on Saturday. Addressing the people after the swearing-in, Patel highlighted how a first-generation Indian was set to lead the FBI and declared his achievement as proof that the “American dream” was alive and…
MUMBAI: RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra in his maiden monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting had said that it was an ‘appropriate time’ to cut rates, given the macroeconomic outlook and expected inflation alignment with the target. Malhotra had argued that monetary easing, along with agricultural growth and budgetary measures, would stimulate household consumption, housing investment and…
RANCHI/KOCHI: A Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) exam topper whose career got caught in a protracted legal tangle and a CBI probe into the fairness of the selection process was found dead with her IRS officer brother and their mother in a govt accommodation in Kerala’s Kochi on Friday, six days after she failed to…
MUMBAI: Stirring controversy, transport minister Pratap Sarnaik said MSRTC is suffering losses due to the discounts given to women and senior citizens, and that no new concessions will be given from now on. “Our sisters get a 50% concession, senior citizens also get concessions for years in buses, and due to those concessions, the situation…
NEW DELHI: New Delhi: Returning fire after the BJP’s claims linking USAID funds to the Congress, the AICC Friday said RSS and BJP have had traditional links to American money since the early 60s and have benefited politically from it. It argued the said $21 million flagged by the ruling party was in fact a…
JAIPUR: Rajasthan social justice minister Avinash Gehlot referred Friday to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as “Tumhari Dadi” (your grandmother) in response to a question in the assembly, triggering an uproar that led to suspension of six Congress MLAs for the full budget session, reports Shoeb Khan.Those suspended include state Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra.The…
