Mong Kok (Hong Kong): Spin duo of Shreyanka Patil and Mannat Kashyap starred with the ball after a sedate batting effort to guide the India U-23 team to the Women’s Emerging Asia Cup T20 title with a 31-run win over Bangladesh in the final here on Wednesday. Electing to bat, India first posted a modest 127…
Taipei: Indian shuttlers HS Prannoy and Parupalli Kashyap cruised into the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals of the Taipei Open with straight game wins over their respective rivals here on Wednesday. World number nine Prannoy hardly broke a sweat as he took just 26 minutes to dispatch local shuttler Lin Yu-hsien 21-11 21-10 in the opening round…
New Delhi: The government’s rice procurement has reached 55.8 million tonnes so far in the ongoing 2022-23 marketing season, benefitting 1.22 crore farmers with MSP of Rs 1.7 lakh crore, the food ministry said on Tuesday. Wheat procurement has reached 26.2 million tonnes so far in the 2023-24 rabi marketing year (April-March), more than the last…
Jaipur: A Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped and murdered, leading to the suspension of two policemen for their suspected role in the incident in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district, officials said on Wednesday. Inspector General of Police (IG) Om Prakash said the body of the 20-year-old girl was found in the Khajuwala area on Tuesday. “Her family members…
Chennai: Following up on an announcement made on the floor of the Assembly, 500 retail liquor outlets in Tamil Nadu will stop functioning from June 22 onwards, the state-run TASMAC said on Wednesday. Minister V Senthil Balaji, who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate and hospitalised for heart-related ailment, had made the announcement in…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to urgently hear a public interest litigation by Hindu Sena’s national president to “stay the streaming” of the film “Adipurush”, a retelling of the epic Ramayana. A vacation bench of Justices Tara Vitasta Ganju and Amit Mahajan declined petitioner Vishnu Gupta’s request to list the matter for hearing…
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed state Congress chief K Sudhakaran, facing a Crime Branch probe in a cheating case involving controversial antique dealer Monson Mavunkal, to appear before the agency on June 23. Justice Justice Ziyad Rahman A A said that if Sudhakaran is arrested, he shall be released on bail on furnishing…
Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US First Lady Jill Biden will visit the National Science Foundation on Wednesday where they would interact with Indian and American students, the White House has said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting the US from June 21-24 at the invitation of US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill….
Washington: Describing the state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to America as a “watershed moment” in bilateral ties, US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti has said that this week will be one of those moments that can change the course of history as the two democracies get together for peace and prosperity. In his keynote…
Washington: The US remains deeply confident in India’s diversification of military equipment and believes that Washington’s proposal for industrial cooperation will further integrate the defence industries of the two countries, the Pentagon has said. Pentagon’s Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters at a news conference on Tuesday that the US encourages all its partners and…
