New Delhi, 29/3: India captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday moved up one place to be eighth in the batters’ list while all-rounder Hardik Pandya jumped 10 positions to be 76th among bowlers in the ICC ODI Rankings. Shubman Gill remains India’s best-placed batter at number 5, while Virat Kohli was at the seventh…
Kolkata, 29/3: Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday asked if Rahul Gandhi can be disqualified for his comments about a community, then why similar action cannot be taken against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for hurting the sentiments of women by his taunts against Mamata Banerjee. The TMC national general secretary was speaking…
Jharsuguda, 29/3: In a major development the Election Commission Wednesday announced the date for the by-election to the Jharsuguda Assembly constituency in Odisha, which fell vacant following the death of Health Minister Naba Kishore Das. The by-poll will be held on May 10 and the counting of votes will be undertaken on May 13,…
Bhubaneswar, Mar 28: Samrudhi Biswal, a sixth-grade student of KiiT International School, has emerged as the champion in the U-14 Girls State level School Badminton Championship held at KIIT DU. The Competition was organized by the Odisha Government. Samrudhi Biswal, with her exceptional skills and dedication, defeated her opponents in the U-14 Girls Badminton team…
New Delhi : Chairman of Jindal Steel & Power Mr Naveen Jindal has been honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award by the University of Texas (Dallas) for his accomplishments in industry, politics, and education. An Alumni of UT Dallas 1992 batch, Mr Jindal received the award in a ceremony held by the University on the 25th of…
Washington DC, 29/3: A group of influential lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan legislation in the US Senate to comprehensively overhaul the H-1B and L-1 visa programmes and usher in more transparency in the recruitment of foreign workers. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in…
New Delhi, 29/3: The rupee declined by 10 paise to 82.26 against the US dollar in opening trade on Wednesday due to firm crude oil prices and a stronger greenback in overseas markets. Early gains in domestic stock markets however restricted the rupee losses against the dollar. At the interbank foreign exchange market,…
Chilka, 29/3:As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and create Maritime & Coastal Awareness programme, a Car Rally was Flagged off by Adm R Hari Kumar, PVSM, AVSM,VSM, ADC, Chief of the Naval Staff in presence of Mrs Kala Hari Kumar, President NWWA and VAdm MA Hampiholi, PVSM,AVSM, NM, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command…
Nagpur, 28/3: Amid back-to-back threats and extortion calls to Union Road Transport and Highways Minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari’s office in Nagpur, the Maharashtra police have arrested a convict from Hindalga jail in Belagavi in neighbouring Karnataka. The convict, identified as Jayesh Pujari alias Jayesh Kantha, was taken into custody from…
Kolkata, 28/3: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore had visualised India as a leading source of knowledge in the global arena, while speaking at the convocation of the Visva-Bharati university, founded by the first Asian to win the Nobel prize. Murmu, the visitor of the central university, also said…
