Dantewada: Ten police personnel and a driver were killed after Naxals blew up the vehicle in which they were traveling in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Wednesday, police said. This was the biggest strike by the Maoists on the security forces in the state in the last two years. The blast, carried out using an Improvised…
Rawalpindi: New Zealand white-ball captain Kane Williamson is unlikely to play at the ODI World Cup later this year but the injured batter could still travel to India for the marquee-event as a team mentor. Head coach Gary Stead said he would “absolutely” look to use the experienced batter and limited overs skipper in a…
Incheon (South Korea): Manu Gandas will join Shubhankar Sharma for the Korea Championships as the DP World Tour returns to the country for the first time in a decade. Gandas, winner of the Indian PGTI Order of Merit in 2022, which earned him full playing rights on the DP World Tour, has now made seven…
New Delhi: Hours after star wrestler Vinesh Phogat appealed to sportspersons to join their protest to oust under-fire chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Olympic champion shooter Abhinav Bindra took to social media to announce his solidarity with the athletes. Vinesh along with Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakashi Malik have been sitting on an indefinite protest…
New Delhi: “Why are you not listening to our ‘Mann Ki Baat’,” the protesting wrestlers asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday and sought his time to discuss the sexual harassment allegations against his party’s MP and WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Country’s top wrestlers resumed their agitation against the wrestling federation’s chief on Sunday,…
Kolkata: Avani Prashanth carded a stunning 6-under 66 to move to the top after the second round of the Indian Golf Union-run Asian Games golf trials here. Amateur Avani, who became the first Indian in more than four decades to win the individual honours at the queen Sirikit Cup in February, rose from a 2-under 70…
Dubai: On a day star shutter Lakshya Sen made a first-round exit, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand kept the Indian flag high by advancing into the pre-quarterfinals of the Asia Badminton Championship here on Wednesday. The Commonwealth Games bronze medal-winning women’s doubles pair roared back from behind to defeat Indonesia’s Lanny Tria Mayasari and Ribka…
New Delhi: Ride-hailing app Uber on Wednesday announced the expansion of ‘Reserve’ facility across six more cities in India, giving riders an option to pre-book their rides 30 minutes to 90 days ahead of their travel. Uber Reserve will now be available for cash payments offering riders access to pre-booked rides, it said in a…
New Delhi: Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday launched IFFCO’s nano (liquid) DAP fertiliser for commercial sale at Rs 600 per 500 ml bottle, less than half of the current price of conventional DAP, to help India cut its import dependence. One 50 kg bag of conventional DAP (di-ammonium phosphate) is currently being sold to…
Colombo: Sri Lanka will negotiate debt restructuring with India, China and the Paris Club separately, as part of an IMF-backed plan to reduce and manage the island nation’s debt, President Ranil Wickremsinghe told lawmakers on Wednesday. Sri Lanka is considering restructuring its local debt parallelly with its external debt, Wickremesinghe told Parliament as the country grapples…
