Crisis in Hyderabad Cricket Deepens: Three Matches, Three Defeats
Three defeats, a 262-run hammering by Delhi and mounting questions over selection. How much longer must Hyderabad’s women cricketers wait for accountability? Special Correspondent Hyderabad women’s cricket is in free fall. Three matches, three defeats, and a reported 262-run assault by Delhi in 20 overs have raised serious questions about the team’s competitiveness, selection practices…
‘People will celebrate’: Piyush Goyal says India to have comparative edge in US trade deal
New Delhi: India will have a “strong comparative advantage” in the trade deal being negotiated with the United States, Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday, adding that no farmers’ interests would be compromised in the agreement. Goyal said that the people of India would “celebrate” once details of the deal are…
INDIA bloc leaders give final shape to CEC’s Oct 30 ‘public impeachment’
New Delhi: Several INDIA bloc leaders have given the final shape to the “public impeachment” proceedings that they intend to carry out against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence on Friday as a symbolic protest over the “vote chori” issue. The INDIA bloc leaders met at Kharge’s residence here…
Odisha plans air evacuations in Ganjam district as Cyclone Arnab maroons 300 villages
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government was coordinating with the Union Home Ministry to airlift people from Ganjam district, where around 300 villages have been marooned by heavy rain and flash floods triggered by Cyclone Arnab, a top state official said on Thursday. Chief Secretary Anu Garg said teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and…
SC disposes of Mahua Moitra’s plea for public disclosure of ultimate beneficial owners of AIFs, FPIs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to issue any direction to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) mandating public disclosure of ultimate beneficial owners and portfolios of alternative investment funds (AIFs), foreign portfolio investors and their intermediaries in India. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna, R Mahadevan and DK Upadhyaya, hearing…
Rejected by voters, Congress trying to create anarchy: JD(U)’s Sanjay Jha
Patna: JD(U) national working president Sanjay Jha on Friday accused the Congress of trying to create anarchy in the country after being repeatedly rejected by voters. Speaking to reporters in Patna, Jha noted the Congress’s performance in the MLC elections to assert his point. “The MLC elections indicate that whatever be the mode of election,…
Opposition Demand Irrational, Unacceptable: BJP
Hyderabad: The Telangana BJP on Thursday strongly criticised the Congress-led Opposition for staging a dharna near Rail Nilayam, the South Central Railway headquarters in Secunderabad, on Wednesday, demanding special trains to ferry its workers to New Delhi for the November 1 rally. BJP State Chief Spokesperson and Media In-charge N. V. Subash questioned the Opposition’s…
UP MLC polls: BJP wins 6, SP poised to win 5
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections could throw up a six-five result. While the BJP has already won six of the 11 seats, the Samajwadi Party is poised to bag five with three results announced and two yet to be. A senior district official said on Thursday that the SP has won the Lucknow…
Stop sermonising others; introspect why BJP lost Varanasi seats in MLC polls: Cong slams PM
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his taunt at the opposition party’s showing in the MLC elections, saying he must stop trolling and sermonising others and instead reflect on why the BJP lost both seats in his own parliamentary constituency of Varanasi. Congress general secretary in-charge communications…
India votes in favour of UNGA resolution calling for end to US embargo on Cuba
United Nations: India voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution calling for an end to the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the US against Cuba, reiterating that the restrictions should be lifted to help the Caribbean nation pursue its development aspirations. The 193-member General Assembly adopted the resolution on Wednesday with…
