Islamabad, 15//9: Asad Rauf, former ICC elite panel umpire from Pakistan, has died following a cardiac arrest in Lahore. Rauf was 66 years old. He officiated in 64 Tests (49 as on-field umpire and 15 as TV umpire), 139 ODIs and 28 T20Is. Rauf was one of Pakistan’s most prominent umpires in the…
Kashmir, 14/9: Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said Article 370 was not an obstacle in the development of Jammu and Kashmir, and claimed that the erstwhile state had performed better that the national average on 30 indices. The former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir also claimed that he never ruled out…
Kolkata, 14/9: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said police could have opened fire on “violent” BJP protesters during its march to the state secretariat, but the government exercised “maximum” restraint. Banerjee also alleged that the saffron party brought in goons armed with bombs in trains from outside the state to…
Bangalore, 14/9: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai told the Assembly on Wednesday that a new law to make Kannada “legally mandatory” and increase the usage of the language will be introduced. Bommai made the announcement in response to protests by the JD(S) against Hindi Diwas. “We’re bringing a law so that Kannada usage…
New Delhi, 14/9: President Droupadi Murmu will be visiting London from September 17 to 19 to attend the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and offer condolences on behalf of the Government of India, news agency ANI reported.
Mumbai, 14/9: Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez on Wednesday arrived at the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) office in Delhi for questioning in connection with the Rs 200 crore extortion cum cheating case involving multimillionaire conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. Chandrashekhar is also under the investigation of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police.
Goa, 14/9:Eight Congress MLAs in Goa will join BJP today, claimed state party chief Sadanand Shet Tanavade. The list includes Digambar Kamat, Michael Lobo, Delilah Lobo, Rajesh Phaldesai, Kedar Naik, Sankalp Amonkar, Aleixo Sequeira and Rudolf Fernandes. The Congress has a total of 11 MLAs in Goa.
Washington DC, 14/9: Twitter shareholders on Tuesday voted to approve Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover bid. The vote came as Musk’s lead team is in a court battle to get out of the deal. Twitter confirmed that a preliminary count shows it has enough votes to approve the deal, reports The Verge.
Patna, 13/9:The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar was left embarrassed on Tuesday over the reported candid admission of rampant corruption by the state’s Minister for Agriculture Sudhakar Singh. Singh, whose remarks at a public meeting two days ago have gone viral, dug in his heels even as the BJP, which had been gunning…
New Delhi, 13/9:The apex child rights body NCPCR has asked the Election Commission to initiate necessary action and inquiry into a complaint against the Congress and Rahul Gandhi for allegedly “misusing children as political tools” in the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights said it is in…
