BCCI confirms Pragyan Ojha as new chairman of selectors
Online Sports Desk The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has confirmed former spinner Ramesh Powar’s inclusion in the senior men’s selection committee, replacing the departing Ajit Agarkar. By seniority, South Zone selector Pragyan Ojha has become the new chief selector. Powar represented India in 2 Tests and 31 ODIs from 2004 to…
Telangana’s EAGLE Force busts inter-state synthetic drug network, finds suspected lab in Maharashtra
Hyderabad: Telangana’s anti-narcotics unit, EAGLE Force, said on Monday that it had busted an alleged inter-state network involved in the illegal manufacture and supply of synthetic drugs and unearthed a suspected clandestine laboratory in Maharashtra. The investigation led to the identification of a suspected drug manufacturing facility at Maregaon village in Gondia district, Maharashtra, and…
India-New Zealand FTA: Comm Min notifies tariff rate quota for apples, kiwifruit, Manuka honey
New Delhi: With the India-New Zealand free trade agreement set to be effective on October 20, the Commerce Ministry on Monday laid out a procedure to allocate concessional duty-based quotas for imports of apples, kiwifruit, and Manuka honey from the island nation. Under the pact, India is providing Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQs) in a calibrated…
Tiger Shroff shooting: All three accused are adults; motive under investigation, say Mumbai Police
Mumbai: None of the three accused held in the Tiger Shroff shooting case is a minor, Mumbai Police said on Monday, adding that two assailants had fired five to six rounds at the actor’s car. Addressing a press conference here, DCP Raj Tilak Roshan said one of the accused is 18 years old, and the…
3 kg gold worth Rs 4.03 crore seized from passenger at Delhi Airport
New Delhi: Gold rods weighing 3.2 kg and worth approximately Rs 4.03 crore were seized from an Indian passenger arriving from Dubai at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, a statement said on Monday. The passenger, who arrived on October 19, was intercepted by Customs officers based on spot profiling, an official statement said. A detailed…
Eight workers mowed down by speeding car in Punjab’s Sangrur; 12 injured
Chandigarh: Eight workers were killed, and 12 others sustained injuries after a car ran over them on Lehragaga-Jakhal road in Punjab’s Sangrur district on Sunday, police said. The incident occurred near Alisher village when a group of more than 20 workers enrolled under Viksit Bharat Guarantee Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Gramin (VB-G RAM G) —…
Meghalaya identifies 3.4 lakh hectares of cultivable wasteland: Study
Shillong: Satellite imagery and geographic information system (GIS) technology have helped identify over 3.4 lakh hectares of cultivable wasteland in Meghalaya, accounting for 15.2 per cent of the state’s geographical area, according to a study. The study, published in the Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International earlier this month, estimated that 3,40,673.36 hectares…
Tiger Shroff firing: CM Fadnavis assures strict action, 15 cop teams probe attack
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has said strict action would be taken against those responsible for firing at Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff in Mumbai and assured full support to the ongoing investigation. Police have formed 15 teams to nab the assailants, an official said. The 36-year-old actor escaped unhurt after gunmen opened fire at his car…
Why Is France Burning?
The world needs no lecture on democracy from a superpower that increasingly treats other nations’ sovereignty as negotiable, international law as optional and economic sanctions as instruments of political coercion. If there is one country whose conduct deserves relentless scrutiny, it is the United States under Donald Trump. From Europe to Bharat, political discontent, public…
Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma break T20I world record with 96-run stand
Online Sports Desk Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma on Sunday (October 18) broke the world record for the 50-plus partnerships, for any wicket, in a calendar year in Women’s T20Is. Their 96-run stand against Zimbabwe in the second T20I at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur, was their ninth in 2026, breaking the…
