Tarouba, 27/6: South Africa exorcised their agonising semifinal jinx through an exceptional spell of pace bowling as they walloped an emotionally drained Afghanistan by nine wickets to enter their first-ever T20 World Cup final here. They will face the winners of the second semifinal between India and England in the title clash, but the…
New Delhi, 27/8: Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani was admitted to the AIIMS here late on Wednesday night. He is stable and under observation,” a source said. The 96-year-old former deputy prime minister has been admitted in the old private ward of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and is learnt to…
New Delhi, 26/6: Sam Pitroda was back as Indian Overseas Congress chairman on Wednesday, within 50 days of his resignation from the post after his effort to depict India’s diversity invited accusations of making a racist statement. In a one-line statement, Congress General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal said, “Congress president has reappointed Sam Pitroda as…
London, 26/6: When Sussex’s Ollie Robinson came on to bowl against Leicestershire’s number eight batter Louis Kimber on Wednesday, little did the England bowler know he would go down in the record books for conceding 43 runs in an over. After Sussex had declared their second innings on 296-6 to post a target of 464,…
Bengaluru, 26/6: A Bengaluru court on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of rape and sexual harassment in multiple cases. The 33-year-old is presently in the custody of the Special Investigation Team, formed to probe his alleged sex crimes. Several explicit clips purportedly of him were…
New Delhi, 26/6: The CBI on Wednesday arrested Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in the excise ‘scam’ case today following his hearing in the Rouse Avenue Court. This comes after the court permitted the central agency to interrogate AAP national convener in the court premises in between the session.
New Delhi, 26/6: BJP MP Om Birla became Speaker of the Lok Sabha again on Wednesday. As he went to occupy the chair of the Speaker, Birla was accompanied by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju. While Birla contested against Congress candidate K Suresh the NDA…
Gangtok: Indian football icon Bhaichung Bhutia on Tuesday announced that he was quitting politics, following his defeat in the recently held assembly elections in Sikkim..Bhaichung, the vice president of the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), lost to SKM’s Rikshal Dorjee Bhutia in the Barfung seat, which marked his sixth electoral defeat.
Sriperumbudur, 25/6: The two women standing near the entrance to the iPhone factory in Tamil Nadu were upset. Parvathi and Janaki, sisters in their 20s, had come to the plant, run by major Apple supplier Foxconn, for interviews in March 2023 after seeing job ads on WhatsApp. But they had been turned away at the…
New Delhi, 25/6: : The Delhi High Court on Tuesday allowed the Enforcement Directorate’s plea for suspension of bail order granted in favour of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying the vacation Judge did not appropriately consider the materials on record in the liquor policy scam case
