Dubai: Australia great Ricky Ponting has likened Ben Stokes’ match-winning abilities to Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s on-field demeanour, saying the England skipper is far ahead of his contemporaries in pressure situations just like the Indian legend used to be. Stokes almost single-handedly carried England to a series-levelling win, scoring 155 off 214 balls in the second Ashes…
Toronto: An Indian-origin MP in Canada has slammed the provocative pro-Khalistani posters labelling some senior Indian diplomats as “killers” and warned that the “snakes in our backyard are raising their heads and hissing.” Chandra Arya, a Liberal Party politician, who hails from Karnataka, also underlined that it was only a question of time when they…
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has approved draft of Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill 2023 for tabling it in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament, an official source said on Wednesday. The bill proposes to levy penalty of up to Rs 250 crore on entities for every instance of violation of norms in the bill. “The Cabinet…
Bengaluru: Hosts India clinched the SAFF Championships title for the ninth time after beating Kuwait 5-4 in a tense penalty shootout after both sides were deadlocked 1-1 in 120 minutes in the summit clash here on Tuesday. After five rounds of penalty kicks the scoreline remained 4-4 and sudden death rule was applied. Mahesh Naorem scored…
Islamabad: The IMF’s executive board is set to meet on July 12 to review the USD 3 billion Standby Arrangement with cash-strapped Pakistan and will also possibly release the first tranche of USD 1.1 billion as part of the loan programme, a media report said on Wednesday. The Pakistan government and the International Monetary Fund…
Mumbai: Surrounded by party workers, including 32 of NCP’s 53 MLAs, Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday reminded his 83-year-old uncle Sharad Pawar that it was time for him to retire. “In BJP, leaders retire at 75, when are you going to stop,” Ajit Pawar said, speaking at the meeting convened by him in…
New Delhi: A day after his appointment as the Telangana BJP president, Union minister G Kishan Reddy skipped the meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. Though no official reason was cited for his absence, some leaders believe it could be an indication of his likely exit from the Union Cabinet…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh on July 7 and Telangana and Rajasthan the next day and will inaugurate or lay foundation stones of projects worth around Rs 50,000 crore, his office said on Wednesday. All these states except Uttar Pradesh are slated to go to polls later this year….
New Delhi: The factional fight of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has reached the doorstep of the Election Commission with the group led by Ajit Pawar filing over 40 affidavits of MLAs and MPs in his support. The Sharad Pawar camp has filed a caveat with the poll authority urging it to hear them first before…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended interim protection from arrest to activist Teesta Setalvad in a case linked to the 2002 post-Godhra riots. The next hearing will be on July 19. A bench of Justices B R Gavai, A S Bopanna and Dipankar Datta issued notice to the Gujarat government on the appeal filed…
