Stokes hits out at ICC for not paying enough attention to scheduling

Lords, 26/12: England Test captain Ben Stokes has hit out at the International Cricket Council (ICC) for not paying enough attention to scheduling, adding that the rising popularity of domestic T20 leagues across the world is threatening the existence of the longest format of the game.”The scheduling doesn’t get enough attention that it should. A…

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CBI arrests Videocon Group Chairman Venugopal Dhoot in ICICI loan fraud case

Mumbai, 26/12: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday arrested Videocon group chairman Venugopal Dhoot in the ICICI loan fraud case, news agency ANi reported.     This comes a day after the investigative agency produced former ICICI MD Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar in a Mumbai special court, which then remanded them…

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Over 31 killed in US weather-related incidents as savage blizzard cause widespread damage

Washington DC, 26/12: A lethal blizzard paralyzed Buffalo, New York, on Christmas Day, trapping motorists and rescue workers in their vehicles, leaving thousands of homes without power and raising the death toll from storms that have chilled much of the United States for days.     At least 30 people have died in US weather-related…

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Beijing willing to develop stable relations with New Delhi, says Chinese Foreign Minister

Beijing, 25/12: Beijing is keen to develop stable relations with New Delhi, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday, even as the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s recent incursion bid in Arunachal Pradesh indicated that the communist country was in no mood to pause its belligerence against India.     “China and India maintain communication…

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Mining baron Janardhana Reddy announces new party, to contest 2023 Karnataka polls

Bangalore, 25/12: Just four months to Assembly polls in Karnataka, former BJP leader and controversial mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy on Sunday floated his own party — Kalyana Rajya Pragati Paksha — and announced that he will contest from the Gangavati constituency in assembly elections next year.     With this, he ended months of…

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