Bengaluru: Buoyed by the recent triumph in the Intercontinental Cup, the Indian football team will enter the SAFF Championship 2023 as a confident unit and look to extend its dominance in the tournament. India will face Pakistan in their opening outing at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium on Wednesday, and the match is all set to be…
Lahore: Pakistan Cricket Board interim chairman Najam Sethi has opted out of the race to become the next PCB chairman. PCB chairman has put out a tweet saying he doesn’t want to become a ‘bone of contention’ between Pakistan People’s Party Chief Asif Ali Zardari and current Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Najam Sethi has come out…
Bhubaneswar: Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra was not there but the National Inter-State Championship, the final selection trial for Asian Games, still saw top- class performances from the country’s elite athletes led by shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor and long jumper Murali Sreeshankar. Despite the hot and humid conditions here, more than 70 athletes breached the qualifying…
New Delhi: The Congress targeted the BJP-led Centre on Tuesday for not filling up vacancies in central government departments, saying they have doubled to 30 lakh ever since it assumed power in 2014. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge also accused the Narendra Modi government of being “anti-Dalit, anti-tribal, anti-backward and anti-economically weaker sections” and said that…
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday organised the state’s ‘Foundation Day’ programme at Raj Bhavan here, despite objections raised by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. At the programme, Bose spoke on ‘zero tolerance’ for violence and emphasised the right of the common people to vote freely. “I’m dedicated to the well-being and welfare of…
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday stepped up its attack on the government over the situation in violence-hit Manipur, saying that “every passing day of neglect” confirms the belief that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP are “interested in prolonging the conflict”. The Congress’ attack came a day after it demanded that an all-party delegation…
New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday questioned Sanville alias Sam D’Souza in connection with alleged bribe demand of Rs 25 crore from actor Shah Rukh Khan for not implicating his son Aryan Khan in the 2021 Cordelia cruise drug bust case, officials said. The agency had given a third notice to D’Souza last week to…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused urgent hearing on a plea seeking Army protection for minority Kuki tribals amid ethnic violence in Manipur. A vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and M M Sundresh said it is purely a law and order issue. Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves mentioned the matter on behalf of…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his visit to the US will be an opportunity to enrich the depth and diversity of the Indo-US partnership and asserted that together the two countries stand stronger in meeting shared global challenges. Modi said this “special invitation” from President Joseph Biden and First Lady Jill Biden…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Monday moved the Supreme Court against an order of the Madras High Court allowing arrested Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji, who was undergoing medical treatment at a government hospital in Chennai, to be shifted to a private facility. The Tamil Nadu Electricity, and Prohibition and Excise minister was arrested…
