New Delhi, 26/12: The BJP on Monday attacked the Congress and demanded an apology over unsavoury remarks made against former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee by a leader attached to the Congress chief’s office, even as the opposition party distanced itself from the controversy. Gaurav Pandhi, who is a coordinator with Congress president…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Mumbai, 25/12: A day after actor Tunisha Sharma died by suicide, the BJP assured that the angle of love jihad would be investigated in the case and if necessary, action would be taken. The 20-year-old Tunisha’s co-actor Shazeen Mohammed Khan has been arrested on the charge of abetting her suicide by the police…
New Delhi, 25/12: The latest round of clashes between Indian and Chinese armies in Arunachal Pradesh has once again underlined the gravity of the China challenge faced by India. In fact, India and China have been locked in a border standoff in Ladakh since April 2020. India has mirrored and matched the Chinese deployments in…
Mirpur 25/12: India beat Bangladesh by three wickets in the low-scoring second test to complete a 2-0 series sweep in Mirpur on Sunday. Chasing 145 for victory on a turning track, India overcame a batting collapse to reach the target in the first session on the penultimate day at Mirpur’s Shere Bangla National…
Bengaluru,25/12: Covid preparedness levels in Bengaluru’s private hospitals vary. Those with Covid isolation wards plan to continue with the same while those without these are awaiting directions from the government or demand from patients. While a circular from the health department has asked private hospitals to be prepared in case of a…
