New Delhi: Nitish Kumar Reddy announced himself on the international stage with a flamboyant 74 as a youthful Indian side delivered yet another commanding performance to thrash Bangladesh by 86 runs in the second T20I here on Wednesday. With the win, the hosts took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. The 21-year-old Reddy…
New Delhi: Veteran industrialist Ratan Tata died at a Mumbai hospital late on Wednesday night, a top police official told PTI. The chairman emeritus of the Tata group was 86. Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran, in a statement, confirmed the death of Tata, and described him as his “friend, mentor and guide”. For the past…
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday demanded a thorough probe into “discrepancies” found in some Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during the counting of votes of the Haryana assembly polls and demanded that such EVMs should be sealed and secured pending the inquiry. A delegation of top Congress leaders comprising former chief ministers Bhupinder Singh Hooda…
Thiruvanthapuram: R Sreelekha, the first woman IPS officer from Kerala and also the first woman officer in the state to adorn the Director General of Police (DGP) rank, joined the BJP on Wednesday. She received the party membership from BJP state president K Surendran, at her residence at Easwara Vilsasm here. Sreelekha, who retired from service…
Ranchi: India batter Ishan Kishan on Wednesday returned to the Jharkhand Ranji team as its captain, following his controversial pullout last season that led to his exclusion from the BCCI central contract. The explosive left-hander, who became a regular in India’s white-ball squad after Rishabh Pant’s road accident in December 2022, took a break during…
Mumbai: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday said the confidence in inflation cooling down in the near future, resulting in a better balance between growth and price rise, led the central bank to change the policy stance to neutral. He, however, made it clear that there are “significant risks” to inflation like the ones arising…
Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the BJP’s victory in the Haryana elections shows the mood in the country and the people have shown they will not fall prey to the hateful conspiracies of the Congress and “urban Naxals”. The Congress is an irresponsible party and a factory to “spread hatred” which wants…
Omar Abdullah’s latest statement that his government will work with the Centre to further development in Jammu and Kashmir signals a significant change in the region’s political landscape. This announcement interestingly comes soon after he was named the possible Chief Minister by his father and party chief of the National Conference. This shift occurs in…
Kollam: Noted Malayalam actor T P Madhavan died at a private hospital here on Wednesday, film industry sources said. He was 88. Madhavan’s death occurred while he was being treated at the hospital for various ailments. He had been residing at Gandhi Bhavan in Pathanapuram for the past eight years. Madhavan began his acting career…
Vantaa (Finland): India’s star shuttler Lakshya Sen progressed to the men’s singles round of 16 at the Arctic Open Super 500 tournament after his opponent Rasmus Gemke withdrew from the opening round match here on Wednesday. Sen, who lost out on a maiden Olympic medal in Paris after defeat in the bronze medal play-off contest,…
